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The Watering Hole

4.8 (4 reviews)

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2 years ago

A fantastic bar and restaurant in historic Defiance Missouri! Amazing wagyu burgers and great drinks. Service is fantastic.

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1 year ago

Loved this little bar/restaurant along 94! Small, local, good vibes. Delicious food. Friendly service. Off the beaten path.

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Good News Brewing Defiance - Pretzel with cheese sauce and mustard

Good News Brewing Defiance

4.0(80 reviews)
0.4 mi

Located in Defiance, MO, this location of Good News Brewing LLC opened in 2019 as the second…read morebrewpub. We stopped in for a drink and snack on a Sunday and found the beer and service to be excellent. I ordered two pints: one of the Hazelnut Coffee Milk Stout ($7) which I liked very much. The British Golden Ale ($7) was good as well, and the giant Bavarian Pretzel with beer cheese ($13) went really well with both. We stuck around the bar, watching the opening weekend of the NFL season and shooting the breeze with our guide, before heading back towards St. Louis. Defiance was so named in the late 19th Century, as a remembrance of standing tall to get its own train station in defiance of what its neighboring town wanted. Today, it is remembered as the area where the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone lived out is last days AND the gateway town to the Missouri Valley Wine Country, which our group of four had visited earlier in the day.

Good News Brewing is one of our go-to's if biking that stretch of the Katy Trail…read more They have a lot on site and across the street for parking. Their specialty is beer and pizza but I've noticed other things on the menu this last time. We got the bbq chicken pizza with a pretzel, 2 beers and a soda. The soda does have refills which is great if you're the DD. We ate it all, it was very good. They have indoor and outdoor seating. A stage for events and you can rent out the space. They have other locations that we have yet to try. This one is our favorite.

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