Butcher & Barrel — Restaurant in Racine

What a wonderful gem of a restaurant neatly placed in downtown Racine! Billed as a kind of high-end steak joynt where your server allows you to "choose your weapon" once your meat order has been placed. The ambiance feels like a small restaurant with the white table cloth service appeal. Our host and server were warm, friendly and willing to answer any of our questions once they found out we were foodies, even to the point of recommending the char grilled octopus as an appetizer, of which I enjoyed but my wife did not care for. Drinks were original, hand crafted and were often light on the palette. I enjoyed the Habanero Matador as well as the California Old Fashioned. The Arcadian salad with the slivered almonds, pickled onion and pecorino was light and delicious. We highly, highly recommend the brussel sprouts with bacon....oh so yummy! We also treated ourselves to the medium rare 2 lb. Tomahawk ribeye with mashed potatoes and green beans. I felt it was slightly underdone on one side but once we sliced into it with our chosen steak knives, each slice was more delicious and buttery then the next. My only real complaint, if I would even call it that, was a limited choice of desserts, carrot cake or a chocolate mousse cake with a ganache. The chocolate cake proved to be an admirable coice as it was smooth and velvety. I would certainly recommend Butcher & Barrel, especially if your looking for a romantic escape with a small town feel. Prices range from moderate...

Being brief…

Saddened. Mediocre. Just ok.

The menu was odd. I ordered pork chops for 36 dollars could barely enjoy because too much tyme.

There was pumpkin purée that tasted like water and pumpkin spice paired with a scallop, cashew, sugar pea and it was meh…the whole bite just brought me back to gerber puréed pumpkin.

The bacon Mac n cheese was buttery and such a large-like 3 ppl could’ve split it. But it was the best dish out of all three.

We started with Brussels sprouts-delish I just wish the glaze was not as watery and held the bacon to the veg. But delish.

I just wanted to leave an honest review. Paid 180 total plus two drinks…the drinks were infused with lavender and I think Baby’s breath…cute. I got the concept. June special drinks.

It’s not the best but if you want to support those in food service, please support and tip well.

A 200 dollars is better spent at a Bartolottas restaurant…in my experience. No shade. Like we had leftovers-large portions but for 200 we paid to waste food because we weren’t compelled to relive the experience.

I may eat the Mac n cheese for lunch today (2days later) because I don’t want to waste so much money.

I appreciate the service and I brought my 3yr at around 7:30-we popped in from Farmers Market and it was mostly manageable. Not ideal for kids or physically...

Loved the interior and colors. Made a reservation 3 weeks out for a large group. Once entire group was there trying to get a cocktail-service was slow at the bar-the server informed us that meals were running out which forced us to get seated immediately. This is the only place open Monday nights downtown Racine. With that being said, they could have used another server instead of one and one bartender. Cocktails were okay but if you order a replacement bourbon or rye whiskey from their drink list -you will be charged extra. The menu wasn’t available on line to preview. The food was good but not for what they were charging. A slim pork chop for $35. The house salad was huge and fed a small portion to 5 people while the arugula salad fed one. They have no burgers, one chicken dish roasted I think for $30 and halibut was 2 x4 piece in size. Don’t think I will go back. FYI they get their food delivered on Wednesdays so if you want over priced pieces of fish or steak go on a Thursday. They had more items unavailable than they had available to order. If your a “butcher restaurant” you should never run out...