The Village TapHouse — Restaurant in Bethel Park

How ordinary can you get?

Décor? Ordinary. Menu? Ordinary. Beer list? Ordinary. That’s a summary of our recent experience in this place. Nothing bad, nothing special.

We’ve seen the signs that they’re coming for months. And they opened in Oct 2024, but this was our first opportunity to try them out. Walking in, the bar hits you right in the face and then you notice how wide open and empty all the space is. There are high tops scattered around and some low table around the wide-open area. It was a nice day, so we chose to sit outside, in their patio / deck. It’s also pretty open with the same furnishings. Tables and chairs are black medal and the same as the interior ones.

The menu features hamburgers and sandwiches. All the standards are there. Nothing unusual or particularly unique. All come with fries as a side. One salad. You can make some upgrades, like add another patty to your burger. Oh, you can substitute a side salad for the fries, but then there is an upcharge of $3 for that. Really? An upcharge for a side salad? Hmmm…

The beer list is also ordinary. Yuengling. IC Light, Miller, Bud, you get the idea. Some in cans, some bottles, some drafts. The most adventuresome beer was the Sam Adams seasonal beer. Really.

We ordered a Mushroom Swiss Burger and a Cajun Chicken. They came in due course and we bit into them. YOWZIR!!!! How much salt did they use on that burger??? It was on the verge of inedible. The fries were salted, but significantly less so than the burger itself. The chicken sandwich was messy, but not bad. Prices were reasonable for what we got.

But given how ordinary everything was (setting aside the high salt quotient), is there really any reason to go...

Food, great, customer service, incredible, atmosphere, and prices great as well. This one 🌟 review is because of the bartender, Michelle, she has great customer service, was very friendly and personable, but shouldn't be working around food or anything someone puts on their lips. Check the cameras on September 17th between 9:50pm Est to 10:14pm Est for your records. I watched this woman cough in both hands, without washing or sanitizing them and handle things at that bar including open my seltzer. It was one of the grossest displays of food/drink management ive personally ever seen. I didn't want to cause a scene and be that guy so I notified nobody, I ate (as another gentleman from the kitchen gave me my food) and tipped. I post this review as a public notion and teaching experience, for Michelle and further people to do better in the handling of food and beverages...

I really want to like this place. It has a million TVs and bar food. It’s the type of place you go on Game day to watch some games. We’ve been there theee times during the day on Saturday during football season. They have had only one or two servers every time, making service insanely slow. I feel bad for the servers - they need more staff on game day Saturdays. Also - they don’t subscribe to the Big 10 network. We’re in Big 10 country! And they have a million TVs. Watching the game there is kind of the point. Spend the $30 for a subscription! I want to see this place succeed but management needs to make some tweaks to keep people coming. back. PS - the pretzel stick app is...