The Standard Pour — Restaurant in Sonora

Solid 4 stars. We came in on a Saturday afternoon for lunch and had a heck of a time deciding what to get because the menu, while not huge, had many options that were very appealing. Finally, I decided on one of the specials, the barbacoa beef tostada. Sounded great, got the venom(hot sauce) on the side, gald I did, because while it was very tasty, it packs some serious heat, and I would not have been able to eat the meal if it were tossed in. On to the actual meal- it was not a tostada. It was a taco salad. It came served in a deep-fried bowl shell, and there was more lettuce than anything else, lettuce mind you that was not listed as an ingredient on the menu board. I understand that a tostada comes with lettuce so I didn't care, I expected there to be lettuce, but it was spring mix-y type lettuce, which doesn't really give me the taco salad vibe. However, the lime crema dressing(ish) made the weird lettuce tolerable. I actually got extra, it was really, really good. The beef was very tender and had an excellent flavor. The black bean "salsa" was a little lack-luster, mostly in quantity. I couldn't really get enough of it to tell what the flavor was, and even though it had raw onions, they were so finely sliced they weren't that noticeable, which was fine by me because raw onions are not something I typically enjoy(and again wasn't listed as an ingredient) Overall, I wouldn't order it again, mostly due to the size versus price point. It was $16, and it left a lot to be desired in the content/full after a meal department. Fortunately, we got our kiddo the grilled cheese, which was very good, she really liked it and we got it with tots which were perfectly crispy and since I knew she wasn't going to eat them all I got a little extra snack. This one I would order again for her, it was good bread, good cheese, and excellently executed tots. My husband also ordered one of the specials, the pepperoni flatbread. It came drizzled with hot honey, which wasn't bad, but it was definitely a weird combination. He was in the same boat as me, it was a good meal, but the price point versus the quantity of food was just off. This was only our second time eating here, and it loads better than our first experience, but paying almost $50 for lunch and leaving hungry doesn't really encourage...

Restaurant should be called "Pour Management". My family of 4 dined here on Wednesday Oct 18th. About 5 minutes after ordering our food and beer the power went out. Our server came over and told us the kitchen was still functioning but if we didn't want to stay, she could cancel the order. Our beers were full and we were hungry so we decided to stay. There was no mention of any other issues at the point. Our food came out pretty fast but in to go boxes. Our server informed us that "she" said it was a safety hazard for us to be there and we had to take our food home and eat it. Our server only referred to the person in charge as she, but I assumed this was a manager or owner. Our server was very nice and did her best to accommodate us with the incredibly poor management decision. Our server told us it would take a while to manually add up the checks for all the tables and we had some time to eat while we were waiting for the check. It took our server about 15 minutes to get the check to us and we actually had time to eat our food out of the to go boxes at the table. Despite this, I felt that the management that evening tried to take advantage of us. The management was concerned more about getting our money than doing the right thing. The management tried to force us to take $100 worth of ordered food home with no apology, discount, or choice in the matter. The type of person that would make this decision has no business being in the restaurant business. I understand that things happen that are out of the restaurants control, BUT, the restaurant had the power to give us the choice if we wanted to take the food to go . Trying to force this on us is inexcusable. I'll never enter this restaurant again. They appreciate your money and care less about customer service. With management like this, I wouldn't be surprised if they go...

This is a lovely old building/restaurant and a cute, tiny little town. However, there's not much on the menu that I personally like. I've tried the fish and chips, pulled pork, tacos and sliders, and it was all just meh (to me).

It's a small menu to begin with, but they also have some weird quirks... like, you want a basic salad with ranch dressing - but the ranch is oddly sweet, almost more like a French dressing of some sort, and the lettuce is the frilly, chewy kind that never fits into your mouth in one graceful bite. The sweet ranch is super weird to me and definitely not my kinda thing... I like buttermilk ranch, tangy, with NO sweetness.

My fiance loves the kobe beef sliders, but the pickles they put on it (IMO) are a bit gross ... almost like bread & butter pickles (which he says he doesn't like, but he likes these for some reason - the only pickles I care for are dill.)

I'm not really as picky as I sound, I swear! I'm not a serious foodie, but there are a few things where I draw the line ... you don't mess around with dill pickles: they should have a tart, garlicky, vinegary flavor with a hint of spice and NO sweetness. And ranch dressing! Ranch should never taste sweet... if I wanted something sweet, I'd ask for Thousand Island or French. Blech! Lol.

The fiance of course also likes their beer selection and the fact that he can see sports on the TVs near the bar area.

There have been a few times we've waited a really long time for service or for our food, and it didn't seem that busy.

Oh well 🤷 ... my guy likes it so I deal with the lack of menu options from time to time. I can do sliders on occasion and just ask for the pickles on the side 🙄 but I wish they'd change it up a bit or add...