This place has become my usual spot for lunch when I'm in Albany area. There's parking lot next to…read morebrewery. I had raspberry and dragon fruit hard seltzer. It is very refreshing. Not overly sweet. I could smell the raspberry when I was drinking it. It has vibrant raspberry color too. My favorite dish here is the chili. Not too salty but well seasoned. Perfect consistency. Brussel sprouts are great appetizer. Crispy, not bitter as it is drizzled with balsamic vinegar. My husband had Reuben sandwich. It's good but greasy. You order the food and drink at the bar area. You are given a buzzer that you put on the table. The waiter will come to deliver the food. There's misunderstanding about our salad order. We ordered regular salad but were given a side dish size. The waiter quickly told the kitchen to make regular size salad.

Food is back on the up and up. Menu is gaining depth and creativity once again. Execution this…read moretime was as good as you'll get at a brewery. Well done! Beer was terrific as always! See you all in a few months.

I have found the best restaurant-made potato chips at Common Roots Brewing in Albany. The thing is,…read moreI wasn't even looking for them. They came free with my Nashville fried chicken sandwich order.They do great deep fryer food. My sandwich was all sorts of crispy, spicy and tangy fun. The space, however, has changed a lot. I remember when it was the Pump Station several years ago. The late owner, Neil Evan, was a fixture there and his seafood Mac & Cheese was something to rave about. By contrast, Common Roots has a more limited menu and plainer furniture. A lot of pizza varieties, tacos, salads and burgers. Decent bar food. By contrast, Common Roots flagship in Glens Falls appears to have a better menu with more variety. I generally eat healthy. I can't eat bar food regularly. The meal was great for a Friday night out. There's also a very good non-alcoholic beverage and drinks menu. I was happy to see all of varieties of stout. The snowy stout was delicious. So was the kombucha. The bar where I sat was clean, sleek and modern. The bartender, who took my order was helpful with suggestions. The main dining area looked a bit sparse for 8pm on a Friday night but the business is still relatively new. I'd like to see an expanded menu with at least a few more healthy choices and some family-friendly selections. Meanwhile, I'll know where to go if I get a craving for awesome freshly made potato chips.

Great beer and great food. Stopped here after touring the capital and it was a fun,delicious spot.read more

Bad service. Slow. Disinterested waitress. Ok. That happens. No big deal. Typically at a brewery…read moreyou get decent food - usually a scratch kitchen or at least a lot of fresh stuff. The "buttermilk chicken sandwich" was 3 sh*tty out of a bad bag frozen chicken tenders. Seriously. Deeply disappointed - buyer beware Boneless wings ? Out of. A bag Fries ? Same. Gross My recommendation- there's a lot of other super high quality restaurants in Albany and good breweries too. Avoid kitchens that false advertise and feed you frozen food out of a bag

Druthers is a reliable brewery/pub/restaurant. They can accommodate anything from small parties to…read morelarge work gatherings. They have warehouse, dark wood decor. I am not normally a beer drinker but will drink one when I'm at a brewery. The oatmeal stout was delicious with notes of chocolate. I ordered the chicken pot pie. It was a deconstructed version with no crust served in a cast iron skillet. More like a thick soup with bread crumbs on top. The flavor was very good. The Mac and Cheese is rich, flavorful and delicious also in a skillet. Others had tacos, salad and Gobbler sandwiches. All were praised as being filling and tasty. I'm eying the Gobbler for next time. Regular beer drinkers can comment more on the different types that they have.

What a great spot in Delmar! I came here on a Saturday…read moreevening with my boyfriend. They had a good selection of their own beers as well as one vodka soda collaboration and other New York State canned drinks, including Nine Pin cider and Southern Tier vodka sodas. My boyfriend loves Extra Special Bitter (ESB) beers, which they were offering on tap, so he tried their Her Majesty's Malt ESB. He really liked it and was hoping to get it in cans to-go, however, they didn't have any cans available. I went with their collaboration with Albany Distilling Co., which was a farm vodka soda called Grape Mule Punch. It was delicious! The bartender served it with ice and a lime - super refreshing for a summer night. The bartender was really friendly and helpful, and it was a cool spot to hang out. We're definitely looking forward to visiting again!

Love the location. Like the vibe. Nice place to listen to live music on a warm evening. Their…read moreDelmartian Hazy IPA is very good. .........The problem is the limited selection. I was there one early summer weekend night and they had only 3 beers on draft and NO IPAs on draft. That's just ridiculous for a brewery.

One of the best breweries in Albany. Friendly bartenders, gluten-free and n/an options available…read more Dog and children friendly. Shoutout to Janine, Chris, Sara, Jen, Connie, and Andy. Highly recommend!

Remember the theme song from "Cheers," "Where everybody knows your name?" Fort Orange would…read morerewrite it to be "Where everybody knows your dog's name." That's a nice add-on to a beer list we really enjoyed. They had several stouts on tap, all with great flavor, and I was able to enjoy a flight including them all (reasonably priced too). It's a very friendly place, conversations flow as easily as the beers. The space and decor are great too. One thing to watch is parking. Evidently you can only park in the lot certain hours, a subset of the times the brewery is open. But there's ample street parking, so there should be no worries there. I'll rewrite the song myself as well: "Where everyone wants to return."

What a cool space! I came because they graciously hosted a Bethlehem Women's Book Club event. I…read morecame early to get a drink with my hubby at the bar. They were specialty cocktails and delicious and strong so worth the $14 price per drink. My husband hung out at the bar while I went to my book event. We then reconnected and got a table to order the chili chimmichuri wings and bbq chicken pizza. The wings were honestly the best I've had in ages. I didn't try the pizza but my husband literally ate the whole thing (in 2 sittings). I would definitely return to try their other wing flavors and another cocktail! A must try in the area!

The pizza sucks, service sucks, beer wasn't even brewed at the place. I don't know why they're…read morecalling themselves a brewery worst place ever. at this point, they should've just kept it a furniture store. I had more fun walking around there buying furniture, then eating pizza and drinking beer at this dump.

What a beautiful, CLEAN, friendly, and inviting venue!…read more Aside from incredible cider at more than fair prices (try the classic, the Mule cider, and the Imperial (if you want more bang in your cider)), Nine Pin is absolutely SPOTLESS inside - so impressed with how clean this place is. Also impressive are their Bavarian pretzels with Cider Cheese, the ambient music, the selection of games to play, and their robust calendar of events. The team members working there are super friendly and knowledgeable. One of the highlights of this visit was watching a couple at a nearby table order a cider flight, and it comes as an impressive display of nine tap offerings framed in a nine-pin bowling pin diamond - WOW!!! Though I am not in Albany often, I do have a few friends in the area and rest assured the next time I am in this city, Nine Pin will be where I ask to meet up with all of my friends. I'm excited for another trip here. Well done Nine Pin!

I really like this place!…read more Food is good. Had some of the apps and pizzas. Nothing remarkable, but still great overall! Cider flight was fun. I also like that they do offer real cocktails. My 8 year old daughter love the donuts and mocktails. Overall, perfect for big groups. You order at the counter, so you don't need to stress about splitting the bill. Easy spot to bring kids. We brought our own board games and art materials to entertain our kids ages 1-8 years old. No issues!

Beer choices are fantastic, each having a signature flavor! The food is delicious and live music…read moremakes it priceless!

Keep looking over your shoulder, Dru***** and Fid***, there's a new kid in town, and I'm willing to…read morebet you may have already lost some of your customers to this place. As of this review, Broken Loop has only been open about 1 month, and on a Friday evening, the parking lot was full, every table was full, and there was a steady turnover of folks coming in. Good for them!! But I'm not surprised. The folks working here have got it right. Of course we'll start with the beer. Just a couple of weeks ago, they were only showing 3 beers on their website. Last night they were up to 6, and their brewer told me they plan to get up to 12 on tap as soon as possible. My Golden Stout was interesting, the lightest and freshest stout I've ever had, with hints of caramel. My friend really enjoyed his hazy IPA, he said it's one of the best he's had. The food is equally good, and the menu is pretty extensive. We both got the chili, which was rich and full of flavor, with tortilla chips and thin slices of fresh jalapenos for texture and more flavor. Everything else we saw served to others looked equally good. And then there's the service here. I think every person behind the bar made an effort to speak to us at one point or another in the evening, including the woman who brought out our food. When was the last time they did that for you at one of the places I alluded to in my first sentence? But the best part is that Broken Loop is now the closest brewery to my house, and I'm pretty sure this is going to become a destination for me.

We are from out of town and don't have a BJs near us. I have been to this location once before…read more Previously the service was horrible but we all loved the food. Our experience last night was much better service. We had Vicky as our server and she was a delight. So hardworking and caring. You can tell she pours her heart into her job. My major rave about BJ's this trip is the happy hour deals and deals of the week. We were thinking we were going to use a good sit down dinner and we ended up diving into "snacks". We just made it before the end of Happy Hour and we got some spinach artichoke dip and we both ordered personal pizzas. We also took advantage of the $5 wing specials on Wednesday. The spin dip was great but seemed to be missing something. Maybe some spice. The personal pizzas were a bit smaller than we were expecting, but for a $7 special you couldn't go wrong. I had the BJ's classic combo minus olives. It was delicious. The freshest toppings. The wings were a bit disappointing. Maybe because we're from Buffalo... but the dill pickle boneless really didn't have much flavor. The hot honey buffalo didn't seem to show any of those flavors. I almost wonder if they were the wrong flavor. But anyways, cheap deals, great waitress! I'll be back next time I'm passing through. We also loved that even though the place was packed, it wasn't loud! They have designed it well.

Lunch at BJ's on Super Bowl Sunday was a total delight. Our meals were delicious and served…read morepromptly and attractive. The Brewhouse Bites Samper, Boneless Wings, and a California Chicken Club Sandwich were our choices. All three of us were very pleased with our meals and they were plentiful enough so that we each carried leftovers home. There was no wait time to be seated, and our server couldn't have been nicer or more efficient. BJ's takes good care of their diners. The prices are popular, and the sports bar isn't over- played. It was indeed "family friendly." I'll definitely be back, and I recommend you hungry people go as well.