I would definitely call this a family friendly brewery! We have been passing this place for ages and finally got round to stopping in with some friends. The pull? Hearing that they had a great kids play area inside.
The Little Explorers clubhouse is so fun! Great for those little busy ones, I would say for 2-5 years. But then head upstairs for older kid games like corn hole, shuffle board, a hockey table, some fun arcade games too!
We checked it out on a Saturday late afternoon and it was bustling! But there were still quite a few tables available both on the main floor and upstairs. While there is quite a bit of parking around it was a lot fuller than we expected and we had to park on the street area. I did notice some electric vehicle parking too.
Beer! Got to say someone spent a lot of time on pairing the beer to the food within the menu and it was so nice! I love love love that! We ended up getting a couple flights so we could try 8 different beers- my favourites were the sours and the espresso one, which i think was on a rotating tap. Also recall enjoying the mango wheat.
Onto the food! For the kids we ordered a burger buddy $12.00 - for the kiddos their menu includes chicken nuggets, burgers, Mac n cheese and cheese pizza; and the kids even have a brunch menu on Saturday and Sunday 10-1pm that has a Sleepy head breakfast (eggs, bacon, toast and tater tots) or French toast. And the kids menu items are served with juice or soda & an ice cream scoop.
For the adults we ordered the bimbimbap bowl $25 - shaved beef, crispy fried rice, kimchi, edamame, pickled daikon radish, carrots, house-made korean sauce, fried egg, green onion, sesame. So good! And a little spicy but only from the kimchi sauce. A great filling portion. The pulled pork poutine $21.50 - pulled pork, fries, cheese curds, apple slaw, green onion, bbq sauce, gravy. So filling! Liked that it came in the same kind of bowl as the bimbimbap. And finally had to try a burger so we got the Jalepeno Popper Smash Burger $24.50 - two smash patties, jalapeno whipped cream cheese, mozzarella, jalapeno ranch, espresso bacon jam
served with fries or back porch greens | pop it before you smash it for 5. The burger was probably the most underwhelming, it was still a tasty burger don't get me wrong but didn't taste the jalapeño whipped cream cheese or the espresso bacon jam at all. They had some plain sliced jalapeños... so yeah for the extra verbiage on the menu I just didn't think it had the gusto it promised. And sad to say but the portion of fries was too small- it comes in a cute cup but it's the same portion as a kids meal...but honestly the rest of the meal was worthwhile.
Treats! We also got the Sweet Bae-gnets $12 aka beignets - fluffy dough squares tossed in icing sugar, served with nutella + strawberry compote: these were pretty much my favourite thing we had! So fluffy! And both the Nutella and strawberry compote were a delightful pairing.
Will we be back? Absolutely! read more