[Ed Note: In October 2010, the Montgomery Brewing Company announced they were closing for renovations. Since then, no work has apparently been done. It is now December 21, 2010 and it appears the MBC is finito. Perhaps the following blog foretold the problem....]
I think the LITG crowd was underwhelmed by the Brew Pub. You folks better get off your butt.
I ordered a "Brew Pub Club," with a cup of gumbo, which, according to the menu, was supposed to be $8.50 http://www.montgomerybrewpub.com/Lunch.html . They got the gumbo out real quick (good), but I had to ask for tabasco & crackers (bad). The gumbo itself was flavorful, but the consistency of jello, so it came out of the cup in two bites. I didn't find a shrimp in there, but then again I didn't look real hard to begin with. Then my "Brew Pub Club" comes out. It was pretty much like anybody else's club: no better, no worse. Maybe a tad soggier. There were some non-extraordinary fries. All-in-all, about what you'd expect for $8.50, plus I'm thinking maybe $1.50 for the weak unsweet tea, tax & tip.
This ordinary lunch should've been about $13.00 bucks total, BUT NO! Apparently I wasn't specific enough that I wanted the club sandwich/cup of gumbo COMBO! Because of the aforesaid non-extraordinary fries, I got the Brew Pub Club ($7.50, but with fries!), plus a couple bites of tasty but pasty gumbo ($3.95), plus tea ($1.50... oops, sorry... not so fast! $2.25!!!) for a total of $15.07 pre-tip.
I'm no whiner, so I ponied up, left a $2.93 tip, or 21.4% of the pre-tax check (our service was real good, and LITG never stiffs hard-working waitpersons). So anyway, that was $18.00 for lunch... the WORST bang for the buck in LITG history (with the exception of that new hotel, maybe). The last time I spent so much for lunch in Montgomery was at Nancy Paterson's and I left there very satisfied.
$18.00 lunch = 30 shares of CNB common as of 7/20/09
Food = 2.5 biscuits
Service = 3 biscuits
Value = 1 biscuit
Wow! That's a lot of CNB stock. Would that compute to about 2 for an order of fries?
ReplyDeleteThe rating system for the Brew Pub ought to be mugs of beer--which is pretty good there but not for lunch (unless you are calling it a productive day).
They certainly can do better. The Chicken Picatta is a good dish. Perhaps LITG will inspire them to improvement.
Good review Doyle B!
Binion
Looks like they' need to pick things up if they want to compete with the likes of Dreamland, Saza's, and Winzell's.
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