Pacific Crest Brewing Company & Tap Room
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Reviewed by Knuckles from Washington
3.7/5 rDev 0%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4 | service: 3 | selection: 4 | food: 4
3.7/5 rDev 0%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4 | service: 3 | selection: 4 | food: 4
Saturday morning began with us making a mad drive from Bremerton to Seattle to make it to the Museum of Flight in time to see Santa come flying in on his helicopter with Rhubarb the Reindeer (the Tacoma Rainiers really disturbing looking mascot) riding shotgun. What can I say, I have kids and they dig Santa. Me, I dig the Museum of Flight. So afterwards my brother in law suggests that we head down to Pacific Crest, as that's the place his sister has worked for years now and I've never actually been anywhere near it. I'm up for it, and my dad decides he wants to come as well. After a little bit of south Seattle shucking and jiving (if you've ever had to drive in that part of the city, you'd know what I was talking about) we get there.
Atmosphere: It's tucked into a small building with two or three businesses in it (strip mall is really too grandiose a title for the building). It's got a nice little outdoor seating area (which, of course, is right next to Marginal Way wich is a major north/south thoroughfare through south Seattle). Walk inside and it reminds you of a production brewery that has had a taproom slapped onto it. This isn't a bad thing, mind you, I kind of dig that. The taproom area occupies the entire front of the brewery. Bar straight in front of you and to the left, food prep area in front of you and to the right, tables to the left and to the right, and the brewery itself is behind the kitchen/food prep area.
Quality: Everything we had was good, but goddammit, they served the porter on nitro. I object to the current obsession with serving any and every dark beer breweries make on nitro. KNOCK IT OFF!!!
Service: Actually, this was sort of non-existent. You're supposed to go up to the counter to order, which I find annoying, but when we did order everything came fairly quickly.
Selection: They had more on tap than I'm accustomed to seeing from Pacific Crest, so that was nice. They had their porter, red, winter warmer, blonde, IPA, barleywine, brown and something else that I cannot recall. I've had the IPA and the winter warmer before, so I went with the porter. Good, but it's character was hidden behind the nitro. Again, if breweries are going to do this, serve it both ways. I don't want the nitro.
Food: Barbecue, and dammit, it's fine. My brother in law and I had the brisket sandwich and chili, and my dad had a somewhat lameass salad. My complaint here would be that there are no options whatsoever for the vegetarian, and you'd think they could at least offer a vegetarian chili. (Favorite comment of the day, when my dad asked if the beans had meat in them. "No, they're just pork and beans.")
Value: Pretty damn reasonable. $5.50 per sandwich (no frills of course), and sadly, I didn't pay any attention at all to what the beer cost. But I think the pitcher (of NITRO freakin porter) was $10.
If you're down at the Museum of Flight (and don't have your kids with you), this place is only about a half mile south and well worth the trip.
Dec 19, 2005Atmosphere: It's tucked into a small building with two or three businesses in it (strip mall is really too grandiose a title for the building). It's got a nice little outdoor seating area (which, of course, is right next to Marginal Way wich is a major north/south thoroughfare through south Seattle). Walk inside and it reminds you of a production brewery that has had a taproom slapped onto it. This isn't a bad thing, mind you, I kind of dig that. The taproom area occupies the entire front of the brewery. Bar straight in front of you and to the left, food prep area in front of you and to the right, tables to the left and to the right, and the brewery itself is behind the kitchen/food prep area.
Quality: Everything we had was good, but goddammit, they served the porter on nitro. I object to the current obsession with serving any and every dark beer breweries make on nitro. KNOCK IT OFF!!!
Service: Actually, this was sort of non-existent. You're supposed to go up to the counter to order, which I find annoying, but when we did order everything came fairly quickly.
Selection: They had more on tap than I'm accustomed to seeing from Pacific Crest, so that was nice. They had their porter, red, winter warmer, blonde, IPA, barleywine, brown and something else that I cannot recall. I've had the IPA and the winter warmer before, so I went with the porter. Good, but it's character was hidden behind the nitro. Again, if breweries are going to do this, serve it both ways. I don't want the nitro.
Food: Barbecue, and dammit, it's fine. My brother in law and I had the brisket sandwich and chili, and my dad had a somewhat lameass salad. My complaint here would be that there are no options whatsoever for the vegetarian, and you'd think they could at least offer a vegetarian chili. (Favorite comment of the day, when my dad asked if the beans had meat in them. "No, they're just pork and beans.")
Value: Pretty damn reasonable. $5.50 per sandwich (no frills of course), and sadly, I didn't pay any attention at all to what the beer cost. But I think the pitcher (of NITRO freakin porter) was $10.
If you're down at the Museum of Flight (and don't have your kids with you), this place is only about a half mile south and well worth the trip.
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