Brewhouse West

Tried this place randomly the other day after quick day hike. Great choice! Awesome food and an open air, even though it's smoking, atmosphere with garage doors that open all the way around, and a huge patio. I had the fish tacos with blackened fish, homemade salsa, and Cajun ranch sauce. They came with lettuce and tomato, cheese, and a huge side of red beans and rice. Awesome!!!! They were wonderfully tasty and even seemed like the shells were freshly fried. My husband had the special, which were two brats on buns with a side of fries. His brats came with grilled onions and peppers on top, and he said it was really good, but mine was better...hehe. The beer menu was large, even though our waitress was not familiar with the list of  beers at all. I think she said they had around 30. Beers were fresh and lines were obviously well used and clean. Overall a casual, lucky shot of a place to stop that we both enjoyed a lot. Prices were also good for what we had. Can't beat that. I think our bill was around $27 for both meals and two beers. Great little place to stop in if you're driving by!

first visit was today. I thought this would a great place to grab a bite boy was I wrong. We say a patron return a drink called a bushwhacker to the bar, the bartender asked the waitress to ask the patron if they drank from it. The patron said no, the bartender then returned the drink to the frozen mix machine. I was afraid of what would be going on in the kitchen after seeing what they do at the bar!!!!! Will never go there again...

I really liked this place! I came for Wednesday trivia a few weeks ago with just one other person. We got a table right away and had The Friendliest Waitress (TFW). TFW clued us in that there was a special to get a free pint glass with each Newcastle Werewolf beer order on any Wednesday in October! I realize I'm writing this review a bit too late for other readers to take advantage of this deal, but there could be others in the future (your present!) so look for posters!

I got a huge quesadilla and was only able to eat about 1/3 of it. Pretty tasty. TFW was very attentive and gave us some beer advice. I maybe loved TFW so much because we share a birthday, as I learned when she carded me. (So we're kind of best friends now, and if that biases my review ,so be it.)

Trivia was fun, there were about 15 teams and mine did NOT win.

Also be warned - smoking is allowed in this bar!