Original Saratoga Brew Pub
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Reviewed by ecoboy from Rhode Island
3.35/5 rDev 0%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev 0%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3.5 | food: 3.5
Yes, folks, I have done karaoke at a brewpub. This one.
The two concepts just do not coexist in my mind, so I had to do a little pipe stretching. It would only happen out of town, trust me. If patron song choices are indicative of the atmosphere at a brewpub, lemme give you these: songs from Grease, country hits, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. And I thought Saratoga was dripping with the highfalootin'!
I have a hard time understanding what Saratoga must be like outside of the summer racing season. I have been once in June and twice in August to this brewpub. All three times at night, twice on weekends. It seemed like a popular destination, but it's hard for me to know whether anybody was a local. No wait, scratch that. A wonderfully rowdy bachelorette party from Ballston Spa (love THAT name) was there once, taking the place over. In the summer, anyway, the place can really get going on a weekend night, and enjoying a quiet beer is nigh impossible.
But the food choices are good, the servers stay on their toes, and if you want a ripsnorting brewpub with high ceilings and exposed brick where you aren't there to sample, but do some "recreational drinking" as BA Margaret calls it, this might be a destination for you.
Aug 29, 2003The two concepts just do not coexist in my mind, so I had to do a little pipe stretching. It would only happen out of town, trust me. If patron song choices are indicative of the atmosphere at a brewpub, lemme give you these: songs from Grease, country hits, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. And I thought Saratoga was dripping with the highfalootin'!
I have a hard time understanding what Saratoga must be like outside of the summer racing season. I have been once in June and twice in August to this brewpub. All three times at night, twice on weekends. It seemed like a popular destination, but it's hard for me to know whether anybody was a local. No wait, scratch that. A wonderfully rowdy bachelorette party from Ballston Spa (love THAT name) was there once, taking the place over. In the summer, anyway, the place can really get going on a weekend night, and enjoying a quiet beer is nigh impossible.
But the food choices are good, the servers stay on their toes, and if you want a ripsnorting brewpub with high ceilings and exposed brick where you aren't there to sample, but do some "recreational drinking" as BA Margaret calls it, this might be a destination for you.
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