Thursday 23rd of October 2008 12:02:32 AM

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Stopped in for dinner on our drive to Bend and hit Taco night so the place was pretty busy. This is a nice little brewpub that we had visited about 10 years ago on another trip. It is now one of the several Cascade Lakes pubs. DorandBob provide a good description of the physical layout. There were more than a dozen taps that included 4 seasonals and a BMC. I liked both the 20” Brown (on Nitro) and Santa’s Little Helper. We happened in on Taco Wednesday so it was busy because the taco’s were fully loaded and great. We didn’t bother to look at the full menu. There is a decent size parking lot along the side.
Update 07/09 - Stopped by again and had dinner. Busy but good service and friendly folks. Current seasonal was tasty, Mt Baldy Bock.

Friday 15th of August 2008 12:40:33 PM

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Quite a good selection for a brewpub - more than the usual ale range and 4 different special brews when we visited. The IPA was excellent.

This is a neighborhood/local place - families, workers after work, couples, etc. - but we felt perfectly welcome. Outside there is a raised area about the street in front of the building that’s nicely shaded in the afternoon (important around here where it can be quite hot in summer). This space has a long wooden deck with 5 picnic tables and a big sand horseshoe pit. Inside has wooden tables along the sides and a very long L-shaped wooden bar. The lighting is quite good with a lot of windows. The bar area has stools along the bar and several tall bar tables that are made from a thick narrow piece of wood with stacked aluminum kegs for table legs. The floors are large square ceramic tiles, the walls are light paint with dark green wood panelling on the bottom half. The primary decoration is an extensive selection of both old and current beer coasters and pub towels.

We only tried some of the food, so can’t say much, but it was a good burger and potato salad in the best American tradition (not gourmet, but well made and tasty).