Cheddar Tom wrote:First time seeing this thread...I don't like the Tap Room at all and much prefer Bottleworks. I also hate the location of the Tap Room, though Southwest being shut down at McCausland has me thinking both their locations suck at the moment.
What the ...??? What's not to like about the Tap Room?
Actually, if you're referring to the food the quality has gone way down over the years imo.
I guess I could understand if the only times I had gone were during their busiest events, like the oyster and stout festival.
Side note- they had a huge event here in DC a few weeks ago, and I got to meet Tom Schlafly and Dan Kopman. The latter even struck up a conversation with me because he was happy to see a Cardinals hat. They were really nice dudes.
I only went once before I left town, and it was awesome (if you like oysters and stouts). But also hard to move around. The wait time for a table was like an hour or something.
Went to Tap Room in October 2013...not remotely impressed with whatever was on the menu at the time. Not a drinker so I'm typically judging a Schlafly by the menu and I much prefer BW.
Freed Roger wrote:Went to Bottleworks for first time in long while. brunch is pretty good there. Looks like they spruced up their regular menu. The beer selections were good, brewing the Irish Stout.
Still, I think they should reconfigure that space-get rid of that wall separating the sterile Ms Sherry -sequel dining area- have a bigger central square bar in the middle of the whole deal and radiate from there.
Along this line, drank at the nearby two local craft beer bars-Global Brew and Side Project. Not sure why they have tables seats, but nobody waiting on them...global brew-they had a waitress but she acted pissed at life and didn't bother to come over to a group of ten thirsty gents. side Project -the setup isn't conducive to busy time - you get your beer over the top of the bros at the bar.
The spruced up menu is thanks to a long time friend of mine.
Besides being a great chef, she is super nice (and beautiful, too!)
Hmmm, not sure I remember her but apparently I went to high school with her at Metro. I clicked on that link and knew the name sounded familiar and one quick search on Facebook and what do you know, she went to Metro and I think she was a year ahead of me there. Maybe two.
Yep. That's her. I'm a few years older than her. My high school friends were friends with her sister and cousin. Her cousin Danny was the drummer in a local death metal band that was pretty good back in the early 90s. Man we used to party HARD back then. LOL
