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On the way home we strongly considered going through a nearby desserterie, but when looking through the window everything looked super rich, so we passed and just went to our normal market for treats. Anyways, that aside it was a good experience. Right about the time I was becoming angry, she came back, I think there was some confusion over whether we just wanted drinks or food as well. She took our drinks quickly, but then disappeared for awhile. The food was pretty good, though it took our server for-freaking-ever to actually take our food order. I went with the Sonoma Wrap (Turkey, bacon, sundried tomato-goat cheese, guacamole, arugula, onion) and SB went with the Turkey & Havarti (on a baguette with pesto-mayo). We actually spent almost twice as much on alcohol as we did on food, just because of the food being fairly cheap and then halved from there. Of course it was still pretty good, it was very crisp for a cider and not sickeningly sweet, I liked it, SB liked it (obviously, since she finished almost all of it herself since we largely weren’t sharing due to sickness). I was actually surprised by just how clear the Original Sin Cider was. You also probably guessed which was which in the photo above. SB went with the cider, if you didn’t guess that. It was slightly above average strength for a standard ale, but I’m not complaining. It was pretty good, it was sort of a blend between a red and a brown ale, nothing too exceptional, but nothing really bad either. Its from the Boston Brewing Company, which is apparently owned by Samuel Adams.

I’m not entirely sure if its brewed exclusively for Grendel’s Den or not, but that was my assumption and that is why I got it. Grendel’s Ale only has three ratings and no real reviews on Beer Advocate, so apparently this is not as common a beer as I figured it would be. For drinks, we went with the following:ġ. The patio area was above ground actually, but the restaurant itself was actually mostly below ground. We decided to go, it wasn’t a long walk, it was a nice day, and it was half priced. The good news is that the food is well priced (for this area) and so you can eat for about 3.80$ a person during this time (it doesn’t apply to alcohol though, of course). So if you go and take advantage of half-price food, you better be hungry.

There were really weird stipulations with it though, such as you have to spend at least 3$ (no biggie), to you have to sit inside, no patio seating (uh, ok?) and then no doggy bags (uh, what.?). This was reminiscent of the pervasive Happy-Hours in Seattle. I was drawn to this place because every day from 5:00 to 7:30 all their food is half price. I think there is some psychology there, surely.Īnyways, it was my week to pick (we alternate) and I found a place called Grendel‘s Den. Its weird, the more we have to pick from, the more difficult it gets. In fact, we are still struggling with having so many options to choose from. Given how much stuff we have around us, you’d think this would be easy, but it actually isn’t.

Instead we wanted something we could walk to and wouldn’t need to rely on public transit. So we weren’t quite feeling a trip to the level we took last week. We were also sick (me on the upswing, SB still in the midst of it). Lots of school related stuff to turn in and for me specifically, a lot of organization related stuff popped up. It was an especially long week for both SB and I. Hello all, its time again for another Beer Blurb/Friday night out.