Brewpub
Date and time reviewed: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:14:58 EDT
Overall Score: 41.7
Selection: 0.75 | Service: 2.5 | Atmosphere: 3 | Food: 0.75
Reviewer: Curmudgeon
Back in the medieval days, Belgian monks were having trouble getting people to attend their worship services. So they hit upon an idea…
Everyone who came got a glass of beer.
And the tithing bowls over-flowed with cash.
They still do, although now they’re cash registers and almost any brewery or brewpub that opens its doors have to really screw things up not to succeed.
Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh has a direct connection to this story. Housed in an old Catholic Church, its main room is the old sanctuary, the confessional now a waiter’s stand; the holy water bowls remain although I was sad beer was not pouring from the fountains.
Wife Persimmon & I went there for dinner with a friend who was excited to show off their beer and pizza.
Too bad. Wrong night. The well-respected pizza oven was down for repair; the beer fermenters had just been replaced. So, no pizza and only 4 beers; Pale Ale, Bud rip-off, Oktoberfest and a Stout.
Bland, watery, little taste, no layers or character.
The food was decent; fettucine w/chicken, a vegan stew with kale, potatoes & carrots, a salad full of lettuce, tomato and french fries. (French fries?) Yep.
And like the beer, bland & un-offensive so as to please the typical American palate.
All that for $75.
What do you think my recommendation is going to be?
Source:Church Brew Works