The Playwright Public House

We spotted this place on our morning walk. It is in the railroad district. Since they advertised music in the early evening, we walked down after our afternoon play.  Great choice.

This is a pub and should be rated as such. It feels comfortable inside.  The staff if friendly and the service was good.  I ordered chicken pot pie and Rebecca had Shepherd's Pie.  Both were very good and filing. Mine had a good balance between potato, chicken, carrots and celery.  Just plain good. Expectations were exceeded.

We ordered wine by the glass and the glasses felt generous.  There were good choices for a pub.

All in all, a good dinner at a relaxing play.  By the way, the music was also good.

Picked this place off Yelp after a play at the Festival.  We got there at about 10:40 (kitchen closed at 9) and happened in to the end of a set by a jazz trio.

The room was maybe half full, with a clearly local crowd who were really enjoying to good jazz.  It had a nice vice.

We both had the burger, with the baked, spiced "fries".  The burger was excellent - the fries were special.  I am normally pretty suspicious of baked things trying to pretend to be fries.  They tend to be dry and uninspired.  Had these not been called out on the menu as baked, I don't think I would ever have cottoned on.

Good place to grab a beer or a bite after a play, just don't dawdle on a weeknight!

Big update. So I was informed that my family and friends went to watch the Oregon/Stanford game a week ago. Sounds fun right? Good food,beer and good times. Not!! The bar turned off the game in the 4th quarter because a cello player was coming on stage. ARE YOU F***** KIDDING ME? A CELLO PLAYER? WAIT A MINUTE A CELLO PLAYER?  If a bar owner alienates 50 plus people who are watching the games he or she is out of touch. As a bar owner you need to be aware of what is going on. IE the Oregon Stanford game with BCS implications. Sports aside football equals beer, food and money. If I could give zero stars I would. As a bar owner this is unacceptable. I take back my old review. I like classical music but you can keep your cello player.....:)