Frady's Taphouse & Eatery — Restaurant in High Point

Frady’s Taphouse & Eatery is absolutely delicious. The staff was friendly and Eric, the owner, as well. The place feels welcoming and like you can kick back and stay for a while. My wife and I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the food.

We had the Bavarian Pretzels & Red Oak Beer Cheese. They were very soft and fluffy, with a light crisp on the exterior, cooked perfectly, and the beer cheese was excellent and adds a great creaminess. We also got the spicy brown mustard which cuts through the richness of the pretzel and cheese. The salt-to-pretzel ratio is spot on. Great distribution.

The Crispy Fried Green Beans had an excellent crunch. The freshness of the green beans comes through. And the dipping sauce helps cool off the hot green beans and adds a nice contrast.

The Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich was fantastic. The sauce has great flavor. It’s spicy, but not too hot. The chicken is cooked well. The bun is soft and holds the chicken well without falling apart. Definitely messy! I started off holding it and switched to a fork to eat it.

The fries have a perfect crisp and crunch. They’re thin, but slightly bigger than shoestring. They are slightly seasoned and came out hot.

The Philly Cheesesteak looked amazing. My wife said it was very good. The portion was generous and she liked the sub sauce. I might try it the next time I go. The tater tots also looked good.

The Potato Salad had a good tanginess from the mustard. The potatoes were cooked well and had a creaminess without being mushy. Very delicious and a nice crunch from the celery.

For dessert, we tried the Peanut Butter Pie and Butterfinger Cake. The Peanut Butter Pie had a beautiful presentation. The peanut butter is light and fluffy and delicious. The whip cream adds a nice freshness and airiness to the pie. The crust is light and flaky. Great flavor combinations!

The Butterfinger Cake: I tasted a black licorice flavor in the cake, but my wife and the waitress swear it’s not in there. But there was definitely some sort of added spice to the cake that made it tasty. she didn’t taste it. The top is covered with butterfinger crumbles. The cake is dark and moist. The icing is buttercream.

We also tried the Lemon Drop Martini which was extremely refreshing. It had a nice balance of sweet and sour with a great presentation.

We loved this place and will...

(3.5 stars)

Frady Family Farms built up a reputation during the past few years for selling top-notch smoked meats. Their recently-opened Taphouse in the former Tipsy’z Tacos location has some room for improvement but also a lot of tantalizing potential.

Housed in a somewhat compact space, Frady’s offers a casual vibe and amiable service. The menu, for the time being, is limited: a few apps, a few sides, a few sandwiches, a pair of salads, and several quesadillas. Playing to its strengths, Frady’s incorporates smoked brisket, pork, or chicken in most of these dishes though veggie or loaded cheese quesadillas are available for non-meat eaters. There’s also a full bar and an array of cocktails for anyone who wants to grab a drink.

For our first visit, my wife and I split a truffle fries starter and went with a grilled chicken salad and a brisket quesadilla, respectively. The food arrived promptly, looked good, and smelled amazing.

Execution offered more hits than misses. The brisket was tender and smoky and paired well with a verde sauce, but I wish there were more than three pieces of quesadilla. The salad balanced a bright vinaigrette, sweet blueberries, and sharp feta. The truffle fries – matchstick cut and seasoned with rosemary and parmesan – were plentiful but blander than expected. Compared to say Big Burger Spot’s equivalent offering, the depth of flavor simply isn’t there. Then again, neither is all the grease.

Frady’s pricing is slightly higher than you might think but not outrageously so. The salads, a simple cheeseburger, and most of the quesadilla offerings are $12 while the brisket quesadilla runs $15.

Given time to perhaps expand the menu and fine-tune a few offerings, Frady’s can grow into a very solid local option. The Frady family seems like good people, and their grilled and smoked meats are...

We visited for dinner and quickly found a table. Our server got our drink order in a timely manner, and the bartender even brought my husband a sample of the original beer he ordered to make sure he liked it, as she mentioned its different than a lot of people expect. We appreciated that thoughtfulness! We had a few issues though. We ordered an app of chips and queso, but that never came-we never asked about it because our food came so quickly that we just decided to forget about the app, and they didn’t charge us for it so no real harm. The menu is misleading, as it mentions hot chips as a side option, but fails to mention there is an up-charge of $2 for them as the side. The menu also listed the kids burger as $8 for the meal, but we were charged $10. When I started to ask the bartender (who waited on us just as much as our actual server, so potential for confusion) about the up charge, her friendliness fled and she rudely grabbed my card and our bill and said “Yeah”, and buzzed away to take our payment. I was dumbfounded as both the server and bartender had been kind and friendly up to that point. I was simply trying to ask why we were charged something that wasn’t disclosed on the menu-and that I wouldn’t have ordered had I known it was extra. I didn’t even have a chance to ask why the pricing for kids menu item was different-and the kids burger was definitely not worth $10 for the meal. My husband’s Black and Bleu burger was excellent, truly one of the best we’ve had in the Triad. My brisket quesadilla was decent-but none can compare to the one at East of Texas. We decided, though, that the burger isn’t worth a trip back for us to risk being treated...