Main Street Brewery

Food was bland, small and overpriced. Table was sticky and server was meh. I liked the beer ok, but will pass next time around.

Eh, I think I liked the building better. Look up at the old roof. This building is straight out of a long ago era. Beautiful- I think they knocked down a wall and combined two very old places. We thought it might be an old bank. Anyhow, the ambiance was awesome. The food? Not super memorable. My dad's girlfriend had a chicken sandwich but asked for no bread- she said it was very dull on its own, but then I suppose the bread helps that. She also had fries.
My dad had a bangers and mash (three huge plump sausages and mashed potatoes) and he couldn't quite finish it all. I am trying to remember what I had, and can't. And this was just over a week ago. I remember a scoop or two of potato salad. I believe I had a burger of some kind.

Service was just normal. Perhaps if I had ordered a beer or two I would have experienced the brewery to its fullest capability.

My dining companion (okay, so it was my mom) and I arrived shortly before closing and were afraid we might not be seated. However, we were greeted enthusiastically, assured we would still be served, immediately told the specials and shown to a table. Huzzah!

Unfortunately, this was the best part of our experience.

Our waiter (a young/college-age-ish guy) disappeared for long periods of time. Since we were quite literally the only table in his section--indeed, the only diners left in the whole dining area--I'm not sure how he could've forgotten about us. But we never got silverware (I yoinked some from another table), our water glasses were never refilled, and we had to ask another passing waitress to pick up my soup when he forgot to bring it out with the rest of our meal, assured me he'd be right back with it, and then went AWOL for a full 10min.

As for the food, it was okay but nothing to write home about. The bread we received with our meal was cold and hard. It had a dense texture and nice flavor that I'm sure was delicious when fresh and warm, but the effect was lost entirely. Mom's salmon had a very nice flavor but was visibly overcooked (an easy mistake to make with fish). I ordered the Nutty Blue salad (greens, walnuts, blue cheese dressing, and cranberries). It was tasty--the walnuts were excellent and the blue cheese dressing was nice and chunky. However, the lettuce/greens were still dripping wet from being washed which watered down the dressing... but at least I know they washed 'em, right? Finally, my green chili and corn chowder was delicious but bordering on cold by the time I actually received it (see previous paragraph). All in all, the meal had tremendous potential but under-delivered. :-/ Perhaps these things would not have occurred if we'd dined earlier. Perhaps the cook was just ready to be done for the night. But why keep the kitchen open if you're not going to offer the late customers the same experience as the earlier diners?

Between the mediocre service and the meh food, I can't say I'd eat here again, but the drink menu looked intriguing so perhaps it's still worth a second chance in the future. All in all, Main Street Brewery has potential, but tonight I can't say it delivered.