Alternate Ending Beer Co. — Restaurant in Aberdeen Township

We have enjoyed going to the Alternate Ending craft brewery many times since they opened, but I want to provide a special shout out for exceptional treatment by their management along with some special brews, and desserts we got from them recently. It started with my recent complaint to their management that my pre-Thanksgiving online order for one of their holiday specialty peanut butter pies missed the delivery in time for Thanksgiving.

Not only did they respond to my request to make up that missing pie in time for my family Hanukkah/Christmas holiday party, but they also included their latest Nutella mouse pie for free with my order. Let me say, that there wasn’t much left of either pie at my family party. The Nutella mouse was smooth, light and creamy with a nice nutella overtone, chocolate cookie crumb shell, and chocolate icing. But by popular demand (by many of my family members) the peanut butter pie with chocolate chips and cookie crumb shell won the taste test - hands down. It was truly delicious, rich and made us all happy just to have a bite of it in our mouths for a few seconds. YUM! My thanks to Scott for making things right for me in time for our party – you and the pies ROCK!

I also had the pleasure of trying their 18-month barrel aged imperial stout “A Beautiful Friendship”. It’s the dessert wine of stouts. It has richness and layers of flavors that drink more like a dessert than a stout. I shared it with friends and it got immediate accolades. My recommendation – drink it icy cold. It’s wonderful – try it now.

My wife and I have other other craft brews and stouts from them and they have had way more hits than misses. There are some that they no longer brew that break our hearts that they don’t make more (like Mordechai Stout that tasted like a liquid Mounds Bar). But now that they are making specialty holiday pies and foods, we like them even more.

On top of it all, they have a great upscale bar vibe, with movie nights, and other events often. It gets busy and crowded some nights but I highly recommend it for a night out – or for take out if you’re not into...

I REALLY wanted to like this place because we had been in the area a year ago and were not able to get in--apparently you need reservations FYI. I really like the theme of the place, super cool, but the prices are outrageous. $30 for a pizza?! Also the pizza pricing is unclear on menu--the left side is the list of pizzas they created and on the right is build you own. Above it shows Detroit style or grandma style--so it looks like you are supposed to select the style crust (det or gram) and then either the named pizzas or the BYO. We ordered a classic ($20) plus ricotta ($3) and asked for it grandma style. They charged us $29 for the pizza. If it is more for the different styles then make that clear on your menu. The pizza came out seconds after it came out of the oven so it was a hot mess trying to cut it because they did not properly cut it. I couldn't imagine it having more toppings than what we had because everything just fell off when you cut it. They don't give you a pizza spatula or anything-- just a butter knife and forks. Then they put it on this wobbly tray/stool so cutting was a disaster-had to stand up every time we wanted to get a slice and it was the messiest pizza ever--not pizza you want to eat in public. Let pizzas chill back there for a few so its actually edible when it gets to the table. Also for a place that boasts about their 6 hour sauce--there was NONE on our pizza it was just overloaded with mozzarella that is a little too salty, especially with little to no sauce. Out of many beers on their menu, but they are still listed on the board. Overall a pretty bad experience that was...

The experience was horrible. Restaurants need to realize that the open floor plan is the worst idea as the noise level gets so high you can't hear your server or anyone at your table. Walked in and waited online for a hostess who decided that the lady behind me with her dog deserved to be addressed and sat before my party was. It shouldn't take two hostesses to pet the dog and talk with the owner before seating the party in front of them. The fact that they pet the dog and didn't wash their hands before seating me and handling my menus disgusted me. Next came the server who when I asked if there was a burger bun I could get without seeds gave me the $3 upcharge gluten free bun instead of knowing what other options were available such as their pretzel bun. The tables were so close I could barely get out of my seat without ramming into the person at the table behind me. This also forced the food runners to have to lift people's food over other tables heads in order to get across the restaurant. With a kitchen fully visible from the dining room your cooks should be wearing aprons and actually washing their hand after scratching their faces and coming back from the bathroom. By the end of my meal the noise my head was pounding from the mass noise of the restaurant I just wanted to leave but I couldn't find my server for the check. Had to dispute the gluten free bun charge and completely missed the 2.5% surcharge that I later learned was a forced tip for the "non-tipped" employees. I'm paying $15 for a burger you need to pay your own "non-tipped" employees a real salary. Never saw anyone resembling a manager the...