Flying Goose Brew Pub — Restaurant in New London

About 90 minutes away from Boston lies this brewery and restaurant which serves up cold pints of beer and some generously-sized plates of food out in the middle of pretty much nowhere. Entering this place you'll find a pretty nice spot with a big dining room area and a pretty big fireplace. It's nothing special, very casual, but it's comfortable and has a decent atmosphere. In the backyard, as you peer through the windows, you'll see the mountains in the backyard which is very nice and in the restaurant's backyard are giant solar panels and the two large parking lots. So far so good.

There were six of us seated at the table and we decided to skip individual appetizers and instead opted for a couple of plates of shared apps. We go two orders of onion strings ($4.99 each) and they promptly arrived at our table. While they were dangerously tasty, they were also extremely oily. I understand that onion strings require them to be fried however these clearly were not allowed to sit for a few seconds so that excess oil could drip away. There was oil all over the place.

We also got flights of beer, which, in my opinion was the highlight of our visit. I got five different kinds, each featured in a 4oz pour. I can't recall the price of the flight but it was well worth it. I had their oatmeal stout which was outstanding and very comparable to a creamy Guinness. Their IPAs were decent and their nut brown ale was pretty good as well. All in all, the beer was good and might I say great, in some instances. The selection is varied and there's nearly a dozen to pick from which is sure to suit any palate out there.

As an entree, I decided to get their Chef Cover's combo ($17.99) which is a platter featuring baby back ribs, 'Potter Place' pork and some fixiings. It's one of their most expensive items and I was looking forward to digging into some ribs and sides - I picked baked beans and coleslaw as my sides. The Potter pork was decent but the ribs were completely undercooked. They were hours away from being fall off the bone and speaking of bones, my ribs were dry: bone dry. Not all that great but things got worse when I tried the baked beans which weren't traditional at all and featured some bell peppers chopped up in there. It was weird and not all that great either. For nearly $20, I was excepting something a lot better. I wasn't able to push through, the food was below average and really fell short of my expectations. My dining companion's dishes were hit or miss - it was nothing amazing. Because I wasn't able to eat my plate of overly dry meat, I had to order dessert - I got a the brownie sundae ($5.99) and it was okay.

The service was as weird as it gets. The woman seemed easily confused by the simplest of requests and wasn't very attentive. She often forgot some of our food and when my fiancee's steak tips were completely overcooked, she didn't apologize or offer to redo them, instead saying that their kitchen was backed up and that it was normal for them to have come out that way. What the hell? Seriously?

I really wanted to like this place. A roaring fire, a nice table with cold, fresh beers but unfortunately the service and the food were sub-par. On the plus side, you get amazing views, it's clean and there's plenty of parking. This place is good if you want a cold beer or two but I'd...

This restaurant sits on the famous Crockett's Corner. Across the street stands the Crockett's Dairy Farm, built in the late 1700's. This is where the crockets ice cream for the farm's cows and the production of ice cream was served across the street. This is now "The Flying Goose". it was then named 'The Gray House until from memory (It's off) it changed hands and names in the early 1990's. David Richard Crockett died on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, at Seal Rock Health Care Facility in Saco, Me.

The specialty of the Goose I believe is New England comfort food and a wide variety of micro breweries on tap, one of their own made on site. I was please when the Chief, Matt, was on a break and made rounds, making sure people were enjoying their meals. it's not often a Chief takes time, in this case their break, in making sure their customers are satisfied. They had better hold onto a Chief like that as I understood from out conversation he was not an owner. They might consider giving him a few shares in the company as he certainly treated it like it was his own. Don't Don't lose him, people like that are hard to find.

My Pot Roast was done perfectly. It was delicious. The atmosphere is a bit dark, but there is also a warm feeling from the those around you. The wait staff did a good job! You will get what you pay for, but as the other New London restaurants, they are pricey.

I admire the green thumb that is obvious upon driving up. They run a large portion of their operation using renewable energy, through the array of solar panels and battery systems and delivery that's all involved. They also have an elevator where they store fuel pellets that are manufactured from sawdust, that otherwise would go to the landfill. That they are environmentally friendly, and provide a excellent overview of how it all works, makes the front section, where you wait for a table if necessary, almost like being at a museum.

I photographed their weathervane, absolutely gorgeous against the cold blue sky. The view from the window seats are breathtaking, with a view of Mt. Kearsarge in the distance. In the evening, seeing the moon come up over the mountain while dining with your someone special makes it a magical evening.

The only thing that might disappoint is their menu is eclectic and for some, it may not agree with them, so look at it before you sit down. If it's a pizza you want, then "Pizza Chief" is up on...

The name of this restaurant should be the "Nickel and Dime". After spending $28 for a haddock fry and $28 for a clam strip dinner you wouldn't think that the restaurant would nickel and dime you upon presentation of your bill. The clam strip dinner we were told by the waitress came with a choice of regular fries, mashed potato or sweet potato fries. I chose the sweet potato fries. When the bill came the $28 clam strip dinner turned into $30 on the bill and when I questioned it I was told that the sweet potato fries were $2.00 extra when in fact it was offered to me as a choice upon ordering. During the meal I asked for extra tartar sauce because the portion they gave was so small it would never be enough for the meal presented and thought nothing of it until the bill came and I was charged for extra tartar sauce. I have never seen this at a seafood restaurant. Not even the Weathervane! Last but not least when the bill came there was a service fee for using a credit card. Absolutely ridiculous! Prices here are sky high and then they nickel and dime you on everything else. The food was good but no better than a restaurant like the Weathervane. I think they get off with these policies because it's mainly tourists who frequent this place. I own a home in the area and I certainly would not go back. There are plenty of other places who don't play games with the pricing. With that said, after quarreling with the waitress over this stupidity for a few minutes the restaurant manager did remove the charges but it lent to a very unpleasant experience. The credit card fee was not removed and I had to concede to paying that which I have never done in my life at a restaurant. When using a credit card at a restaurant it should be a cost of business for the...