Location: 3355 Briarfield Blvd, Maumee, OH 43537
Website: http://www.barrspublichouse.com/
Hours: check website
Reservations: call or make reservation on website; highly recommend making reservations.
Menu: https://app.menuvative.com/embed/1.0/menu?menuId=360
(or navigate to "Pub Menu" from main website)
Price: Varied, moderate to expensive; plenty of price points. Dinner entrees range from $10/$12 - $30+. Many options in all price points
Selection: nicely varied - something for everyone; menu is clearly labeled as Vegetarian (V1), Vegan (V2), Gluten-Free (GF), and Dairy-Free (DF) - really nice selection of features.
We met my daughter and her family for a dinner on Saturday night at this (new to me) restaurant in Maumee, Ohio.
I made reservations for us earlier in the day and everyone was excited to try this restaurant for dinner.
The space is quite nice, updated to a modern yet comfortable setting with great background music and beautifully decorated.
The cocktail menu is very inventive and challenging to narrow down to a choice. Our table ordered three cocktails and all were delightful:
a) walnut mint julep: makers mark/ fresh mint/ black walnut bitters / house-made walnut syrup/ over crushed ice
b) bourbon cherry smash: Muddled House Brandied Cherries/ Basil Hayden/ Carpano Antiqua Vermouth/ Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
c) blueberry-lavender margarita: Blueberry Lavender syrup, St. Germain, Tequila Blanco, Fresh Lemon, Fresh blueberriers
We ordered a basket of sweet potato fries for the table while figuring out our finalists for dinner choices.
The sweet potato fries come with a sweet dipping sauce but were also quite good on their own.
(They also can come tossed in cinnamon-sugar for those who prefer the dessert treatment of a sweet potato. I appreciated the option to have them savory, lightly salted.)
Our dinner orders:
1) sous-vide ribs (half rack), with fried brussel sprouts, side of macaroni & cheese
2) bowl of chicken noodle soup
3) Guinness "impossible" sloppy joe with side of macaroni & cheese
4) "impossible" sliders (with cheddar) and side of macaroni & cheese
5) spinach-poppy seed salad, asiago truffle trifecta
6) cajun pasta, added chicken
The only leftovers? Half the chicken noodle soup (5-yr old loved it and insisted on taking it home so it was really good as well) and about half the asiago truffle trifecta - enormous portion and simply too much for me to eat along with a salad.
The service is impeccable, social-distancing is perfected, and the food. My goodness, the food was out of this world fantastic.
Tips:
1) allow time to study the menu - in advance, if possible, but bring your smart phone and scan the link at the reception area so you can peruse the menu. I would highly recommend looking at the menu in advance of your arrival, most links have a photo of the food and description.
2) Another menu-related tip: choose the drop-down menu to select "hand-crafted cocktails", "lunch", "dinner starters", "dinner", etc. They also have links for entertainment, specials, and special events.
3) Make reservations.
4) Arrive hungry. Service is excellent and quite fast and portions are quite large.
5) Arrive thirsty. Seriously - their cocktail menu is what I am already thinking about ... although those Brussels Sprouts? Close second.
I cannot give enough accolades about their service.
We were a table of "6", with 2 under age 12 and we interacted with at least 4 employees from being seated to placing our drinks and dinner orders to being served and leaving.
Everyone was extremely knowledgeable and friendly - a perfect experience. read more