American Fresh Brewhouse Beer Garden - Assembly Row

American Fresh Brewhouse  Beer Garden - Assembly RowAmerican Fresh Brewhouse  Beer Garden - Assembly Row
American Fresh Brewhouse  Beer Garden - Assembly RowAmerican Fresh Brewhouse  Beer Garden - Assembly Row
Bar, Eatery, Beer-to-go

301 Canal St
Somerville, Massachusetts, 02145-4329
United States

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PLACE STATS
Average:
3.95
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
7
pDev:
3.8%
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Ratings by mynie:
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Reviewed by mynie from Maryland

4.05/5  rDev +2.5%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
What a weird, pleasant little place.

Downtown Boston was nuts. The weather was nice and there was a music festival and so even though I needed to do work I couldn't because there was no parking. Th-that's a good excuse, right? Lack of parking? Besides, no need to be productive on such a gorgeous day.

So I hopped back on the highway and made toward the nearby burbs, figuring incorrectly that I could find my way to Cambridge if I squinted hard enough. The unnavigability of Massachusetts is impossible to overstate: run a google map search from Point A to Point B and it produces a line that looks like someone on acid tried to do math in cursive.

Anyhow, I wound up in a slummy area of Sommerville and then decided to run a phone search for alcohol. It sent me to the parking lot of an outlet mall. I parked, figuring what the hell, I can pick up some cheap misprinted Pumas or whatever and then go to this foodcourt brewery, and seriously while I was thinking this I physically ran into this weird little shanty place that sold beer.

It wasn't until I was halfway through my pint that I realized I was sitting in the taproom.

When they say this is an outdoor restaurant, they don't mean they've got a porch. The whole thing is outdoors, like an immobile food truck. There's a merch shed, an orderin' shed, and a kitchen shed. And tables. And it was packed.

The servers were friendly but greatly overtaxed. The only taplist I could find was written in chalk, but it was very descriptive. They had about 10 taps, all house beers, all a little too expensive, but all nicely brewed.

Food selection was simplistic, with a heavy and inexplicable emphasis on fluffer nutters. Lots of sweet and savory grilled sandwiches, some fried crap. Didn't sample but it smelled good, like a carnival.

So... I dunno how to review this, really. It's a damn pleasant little spot, and it'd be criminal to stop by the outlet mall without poking your head in.
May 25, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.63 by mklisz from New Hampshire

Jun 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.04 by SpAiReArGsEonNE from New Jersey

Dec 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.09 by Mikeluzzjr from Massachusetts

Apr 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.91 by SveNss0N from Massachusetts

Apr 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by Dicers from California

Mar 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by mchengcit from Massachusetts

Feb 25, 2015
American Fresh Brewhouse Beer Garden - Assembly Row in Somerville, MA
Place rating: 3.95 out of 5 with 7 ratings