. "Just got back from after work drinks at the Oak Barrel. I don't think I will be going back. The beer prices are RIDICULOUS. Mind you, it was my fault for not looking at the prices but who would have thought a pint of beer would have cost $13. For a pint of beer. Really. That equals about a $400 profit for that keg of beer.\nThe space is nice, pleasant, yet another \"lodge\". Our server was attentive and perfectly fine. Much like previous posts the food is good but the menu is pretty much a duplicate of the Deagan's menu. The calamari is still excellent, the pork rillette was good but basically pulled BBQ pork and not pork rillette, the dates were good although $8 for 3 bacon wrapped dated is a bit crazy. When I pointed this out to the manager/chef he stated they were so expensive because of the bacon and cheese. Well since haloumi cheese retails at abour $6.99 a pound and you only need a half slice of bacon per date I thought that was a pretty lame reason. Perhaps this is why the restaurant was half full at 7:30 on a Friday night and there were 10 servers standing around.\nI did speak with the manager/chef about the beer prices and he told me that if you went anywhere else in the city the beer mark ups would be the same. Well that seems like a crock to me as I go to the Beer Engine, Lizardville and Fat Heads fairly regularly. I hope the Oak Barrel gets it together as it is nice to have a \"not chain\" in the Independence area but If they don't I predict they will be gone in less than a year. Perhaps the manager/chef should be overseeing the wait staff and kitchen rather that drinking with family or friends in the bar."^^ . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . "2013-02-23T00:00:00"^^ . . "2"^^ . "0"^^ .