My wife & I seek out brewpubs as we travel. Â We've probably been to a couple of hundred breweries across the country and this is the first brewery where we liked, would order and would drink ALL of their offerings. Â We, and another couple, ordered their beer tasting sampler and we were delighted and amazed by the flavors, texture (yes) and depth of the brew process. Â
The food was nothing special but was palatable. Â But the beer, oh my!!!!
I am only giving this place four stars because it is a fun place to go to during the summer because they have live music and awesome beers. If I were rating this place on their food a lone I would give it 3 stars but I love a place to go to for some entertainment so I give them the benefit of the doubt. My first experience of this place was pretty bad. They were out of almost everything that we wanted and we settled for nachos. The cheese was grainy and there was nothing special about them at all. The cheese kind of turned us off. I did get a flight of beers for $10 and I was REALLY happy with the choices of beer.
I'm not sure why but we gave them another try a few months later and I am glad we did. They did have everything on their menu and I ordered a chicken pesto sandwich and it was really good. I would either take this place or leave it but like I said before it is fun to go during the summer evenings, on their beautiful outdoor patio. I believe their live entertainment is on Thursday and Friday nights, I am not sure about Saturday nights. The staff is usually very friendly, you might get a bad waitress now and again but what place is perfect?
This is a nice place to go with friends, especially in Summer when the outdoor seating is available, to talk, drink beer, etc. - a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. The food, regrettably, is uniformly greasy. It seems everything is fried. Maybe that type of dense, heavy food goes well with the strong, craft beer (?) but it isn't very appealing for me.
A couple of years ago we were at the Creamery and one of my friends, a vegetarian, was complaining that they had nothing at all for vegetarians. I guess her voice carries because the owner came out and asked her, "What do you people like to eat?" He was being sincere - I believe he truly didn't know, and wanted to make his restaurant a better place for his customers. She made some suggestions and ever since there have been some vegetarian entrees (two different veggie burgers, for example.
Last night I had the hummus appetizer (which is definitely more than enough for a meal) and felt it was very "heavy" and had too much olive oil. It was served with pita chips that were, unfortunately, deep fried. We were using the upstairs section for a meeting and we also ordered a sampler platter for everybody to share and, again, everything was deep fried. I really enjoy going to the Creamery but the food is a bit dense.