East End Tap and Table — Restaurant in Lexington

Food Fun Adventure Saturday took Fat Man Reviews to East End Tap and Table in Lexington, KY. East End is a casual spot serving scratch classic American fare with an international twist.

I started with a Dirty Old Fashioned made with Buffalo Trace, orange bitters, brown sugar simple syrup and boozy cherry. This was sweet and really well-made, the bourbon was the star

We tried the Buffalo Chicken Wontons and the Empanadas. The wontons were fried great but maybe a bit short on filling, one didn't have any filling at all. The homemade bleu cheese was awesome. The empanadas were cooked well, but the filling was a little bland. The Peru sauce was tasty kinda like a wasabi mustard, the pickles were crunchy and vinegary, mixing all 3 together it made for a pretty nice bite.

I also tried the KY Spring Sour, made with Four Roses, fresh lemon and lavender simple syrup. The drink had a froth on top, and it made for a creamy lemonade taste. It was light and delightful.

For my dinner I had the East End Spicy Chicken Sandwich with spicy Thai pepper in the breading, Thai pepper hot honey, creamy slaw, pickles and tomatoes. The chicken was fried perfectly, the slaw was crunchy and sweet the honey was slightly spicy as was the breading. I thought it might have been a little spicier, but the sandwich was perfect. I also sampled the loaded Mac and cheese and the garlic green beans. The beans were blanched, and the garlic added good flavor and the mac was good but the bacon topping I found a little chewy.

My fiancé tried the Corned Beef Reuben on rye bread. The corned beef was shredded, it was tasty but a little salty. The bread and kraut were nice, but the dressing was a little thin and the sandwich need more of it.

For dessert, we tried the Glazed Doughnut Bread Pudding with Coffee Ice Cream. This. Was. Amazing. Yeast doughnuts made into bread pudding with an awesome glaze sauce, the homemade ice cream was the star and I don't even like coffee.

East End Tap and Table makes pretty much everything in house and has vegan options. The service was great. The Fat Man says that East End Tap and Table is Fat Man Approved and...

Loved it! My first visit was fabulous! Easy and plenty of parking access in the parking lot or nearby garage. Seating was quick since it wasn’t too busy on a cold Friday after 12:30. The waiter was great, very patient, informative and attentive. Our glasses were always refilled with the tea we ordered and water was placed on our table in a pitcher if we needed refills. That’s always a plus so we wouldn’t have to wait for a refill if it was busier and the wait staff had less time. One beautiful note for me is that they did not bring straws for our drinks - hopefully it was to save from using unnecessary plastic waste. I didn’t ask for straws so I don’t know if they are available... I would assume they would be if you asked. I’ve started carrying my own metal straw to use if I need it. We could have ordered several lovely sounding cocktails or beers, of course, but I had to go back to work, so the drink menu will have to wait for another visit. The food menu is very interesting with options all across the board for different tastes. There are definitely vegetarian options and some can be adapted to vegan. They are also willing to help with other dietary restrictions, so that is very refreshing. I ordered the Kofta burger because it sounded so different. It was and it was delicious. My lunch partner is a Reuben sandwich connoisseur and he gave a thumbs up to their version - which I sampled and do agree that it was tasty! The owner came out to greet us and we chatted with her for quite a bit, she’s great! Other things to note, the interior is very nice. They did a great job with the remodel. It’s got a cool downtown vibe and will be a fun spot in the summer when they can put some seating outdoors and open the garage window. There are also very spacious and clean gender neutral restrooms. They have a super fun weekend brunch menu that I would love to come back and check out. There is an Irish heritage here so I asked about Saint Patrick’s day festivities and they will definitely have some recipes to cater toward the celebration. I’m planning to come back...

Terrible service, went for bottomless mimosas which there is a 2 hour time limit for it. Me and 3 others paid 14 dollars each for the deal. All the others tables got one pitcher of mimosa per person while we had to split one between all of us because they were out (this was not the big issue). I had a looked at what time the Uber dropped us off and it said 1:06 once we got out of the Uber we waited 10 minutes to be seated. so then at 2:30 the waiter kept asking if we wanted out check (never offered to fill up the single flask that we were all sharing which had only been filled twice the whole time…..) I waited ten minutes (2:40)to ask for the check and one more fill. When I asked she said we have a 2 hour limit and I told her it hasn’t been two hours. She said well our computer says otherwise so I said can you show me. She brought over the ipad and said so which one of you our Leslie(this is the worst part) none of us were Leslie so they had us marked down as Leslie’s reservation so it showed the time that Leslie made the reservation as the time the meal started…… we didn’t even have a reservation. Then I asked to speak to the manager and she said so which one of you all are Leslie again… we said none of us are Leslie. What made me so furious is they obviously knew they were wrong when they kept bringing up Leslie and wouldn’t admit and apologize and would go back to saying that we’ve reached the limit. So then the owner said listen I own this restaurant and I can cut you off whenever I want are we really talking about a 30 minute difference in bottomless mimosas? Ya!?! That’s what it says I’m fine print on your menu when I paid for it “14 per person, two hour limit……. Bottom line is even if they truly believed we had reached two hours (very unlikely) is it really worth it to leave that bad of a taste in 3 customers mouths over a single shared pitcher when we should’ve had our...