I had friends in from out of town and wanted to take them out to Witherspoon Distillery for a tour and tasting (they are whiskey fans). The distillery and whiskey were quite good (so my friends said...I am not a whiskey gal), but the food from the food truck was quite the disappointment.
The menu sounded delicious (I mean, the menu definitely will get your hopes up for some serious food truck deliciousness)! We ordered the German pretzel with mustard, chili Frito pie hot dog (tell me this doesn't sound indulgently delicious and I believe they are made with Nathan's hot dogs which are great dogs) and chicken cordon blue bites. The pretzel was just a pretzel stick and tasted like it was simply frozen and put into a steamer (kind of tasty but very small and not special). The Frito pie hot dog was a HUGE disappointment. If you are going to have a name that includes Brats in the name, your hot dogs / sausage / brats should be top notch. To boot, the toppings were minimal and there was only about 5 Frito on the entire dish. If you are going to call something a chili Frito pie dog, make sure you go ALL THE WAY. The chicken cordon blue balls were the best thing and were just mediocre. The chicken cordon blue balls could have been improved with maybe a sauce and to be a bit hotter on the inside. It just kind of seemed like they fried a pre-made frozen product.
The whiskey was quite good (again, as stated by my friends) and the food did NOT match the experience at all. In all honesty, the food brought down the experience at the distillery. I would not recommend this food truck. They have potential and a fabulous sounding menu. Maybe if the cost was half, I would think different, but not likely.
I would recommend that Witherspoon get a different truck to compliment their product. So much marketing could assist here.
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