Ophelia's Tapas & Wine Bar

Delicious! Our favorite was the roasted asparagus and prosciutto tapa, and the hey babe salad. Also ate the Brie and puff pastry, and balsamic Brie and pear puff pastry. Everything was great!

Ophelia your breakin my heart your shaking my confidence daily.
We needed a casual tapas bar that had old whiskey, young ideas and a cozy corner to explore wise ideas. Ophelias has all of this in spades.

The Humus is a bit thick and this is the ONLY thing keeping it from being a 5 star joint. I have often said "God bless the chickpea" and now I guess I need to add the humble grape seed oil. For the love of god people it's humus not chickpea play-doh. We also had the roasted garlic cloves in olive oil and bread, sweet googely moogely roasted garlic cloves dancing in a virgin olive oil never tasted so good. These were roasted to sweet and earthy perfection. This little delight was followed by the pan seared garlic sherry beef tenderloin, which despite it's size (it is a tapas bar after all) was tender juicy and delicious, flaked with little bits of garlic. I just noticed I have ingested enough garlic tonight they may have to stop calling me Irishman and start calling me guido. Oh the shame. Although the upside is I don't have to worry about getting molested by a vampire on our way home. The last bit of food we had was Mrs. Lovett,s meat pie. This was about as good as an old fashioned meat pie gets. It was filled with large meaty chunks and more than a bit of Gorgonzola cheese. The herbs and seasonings danced on my tongue like a long lost friend stopping by to say hi and maybe stay on my couch for night. It was magnificent. All this was complimented by the fact they have Guinness on tap, a nice reisling  for my true love and 2 glasses of 18 year old Irish whiskey for us to toast the days worries away.

The staff is very friendly and very attentive. She made recommendations and stopped by just enough to make sure we were well taken care of but not so much as to be a burden. The jazz playing in the background takes you to a place where all the men wear hats and the food is something to be enjoyed. To paraphrase a great man "If food be the music of love play on". Play on indeed Ophelia's we will gladly dance many times here.

I've only been a few times, but each time has been grand.
Each time I've gotten something different, but I always have absinthe.
There are a few places that serve absinthe in Springfield, but here they serve it using the flame method using an absinthe fountain.
The staff is friendly and attentive.
They do have a few veg friendly options and a few of the items they can alter to make them veg friendly.
I'll be back and I'm bringing friends.