Braddock's Tavern

20 years ago...this was a great place to go on a date or special occasion.
Today, I returned to take my mother and wife out for brunch.
Absolute disappointment. The meals were pre and poorly made. Not sure how my meal qualified to be priced at $24.95. Definitely won't return ever again.

My wife and I visited Braddock's during the Medford Christmas Dickens Festival and we had a perfect dinner.  The food was excellent!!!  We started with the fried calamari which was perfectly fried, was well seasoned and the calamari was FRESH!!! To have fresh calamari and not rubbery nonsense is nice because I feel like I cant remember the last time I had calamari this good!!  For  our second course we had soup.   My wife had a roasted pepper soup which was very good and I had French Onion soup which was perfect.  The best French Onion Soup I have had in a long time as well.  I am a French Onion Soup snob too and I was just telling my wife the other day that I can't remember the last time I had memorable FO Soup....well Braddock's was very memorable.  For our dinner course I had a perfectly cooked medium Braddock's burger with bacon, cheese, fried onions, lettuce tomato and raw onion.  I cut the burger in half and it could of been a model for what a great burger looks like.  Every ingredient including the snowflake roll was perfect and french fries were great as well.  My wife had the Chicken Oscar and she loved everything as well.  We definitely will be going back and since I was a long time Medford resident who has moved North I am very happy to see a Medford landmark like Braddock's putting out great food.  I know we didn't eat a fine dining type meal but it was perfect and then we walked outside and enjoyed the great holiday atmosphere of the Dickens Festival!!l  I know I used the word perfect a lot during this review but that's how I felt during and after dinner.

Good food, great ambiance... good service. I'm glad I'm not a vegetarian, because there really weren't many non-meat options, but I love my meat so it wasn't a problem! They have some great drinks, so I may just hit the place up for the bar next time instead of food. It's a cute place to take a date or a friendly lunch/dinner out.