Grindstone Tap House

Grindstone tap house has been on my list of places to check out since I first moved to Berea two years ago. For one reason or another, we had never visited. Tonight, we finally changed that. My wife likes to eat very early so we arrived around 5pm or so. Got seated and settled in and the waitress came over and took our drink order and provided some menus. Having read some reviews a couple of years back, I was excited to try several things on the menu. Ultimately, I ordered a soft pretzel appetizer and the south of the border entree as my main dish. Pretzel came out quick, was served with a Cajun mustard and a jalapeno queso cheese dipping sauce. The mustard was extremely fascinating. Blend of several flavors that hit your taste buds one after the other. It paired very well with the pretzel. The queso was also quite good, had just a bit of a kick to it but not overwhelming so. Shortly after finishing up the pretzel, our meals arrived. The south of the border dish, just a mound of tater tots, eggs, cheese, chicken, sour cream was just a sight to behold. The tater tots were seasoned and by themselves were amazing. Combine them with the other parts of the dish and you have an extremely flavorful meal. I was very impressed by it and could barely put a dent in all of the tater tots. Disappointed we took this long to try it out but will absolutely be coming back to try their pizza (which I was told by a few folks that it is wonderful) and the chicken or steak Philly sub.