Wallet-watchers (my hand's up) and indecisive types will be glad that four bucks buys a 6-ounce sample of most on-site-produced beers. The latter - a hefty dish with crisp bacon bits, tomato, red onion, hunks of blue cheese and a good blue cheese dressing - is among Derive’s best values. Lettuce, Big Mac-like “Smack” sauce and a pickle garnish complete the irresistible package.īoth sandwiches partner well with Derive’s on-target fries (big, crisp, golden-brown) and wedge salad ($6). Saddleberk: Food review: Delicious roast beef, wings and salads among highlights at Saddleberkĭitto for the smashed burger ($12), whose texturally appealing crinkly patty had likewise benefited from high-heat cooking. Though its overlapping slabs of delightfully extra-crispy (if dark-brown crusted) juicy meat made it somewhat unwieldy, this messy assembly with a glossy bun, pickles and a rich, jalapeno-spiked slaw was fun to eat. More spiciness arrived with the Sriracha-marinated hot chicken sandwich ($12). If an attention-grabbing snack is calling, those aforementioned chicken wings, or Derive’s likewise recommended cauliflower wings ($9) - soft florets beneath a flaky, crackly crust - can be ignited by the aptly titled spicy garlic sauce. This includes the largely intact decor, which celebrates art, nature and irony in a manner that fits Clintonville to (or like) a T-shirt designed by Homage. Secondly (thirdly, fourthly and fifthly), from a pleasant setting to impressive house beers to crowd-pleasing dishes to recent examples of efficient service, everything else about Derive points to a fine neighborhood hangout.ĭerive’s owners have wisely retained much of what made Sip Local, the previous brewpub that occupied the site, a popular spot. Firstly, Derive corrected those mistakes properly with sincere apologies and comped menu items. Positives easily outweighed negatives, though. The unintentional sight gag accompanying that blunder was almost funny.ĭad's Coneys review: Remember Talita's? If so, then you are bound to love Dad's Coneys During our next meal there, when we’d nearly finished the entrees, we were presented with celery and blue cheese for an appetizer of wings that never arrived. On one occasion, my table endured a painful wait for a pizza after our pie was delivered to the wrong table.
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