Brick House Tavern + Tap

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CLOSED NOW - Opens at 11:00am

Bartenders and servers are outstanding. Food is very good. Service is fast. Expansive beer and drink choices. Delightful spacious covered patio opens to the bar and outdoors. Smoking allowed on patio.

Wine drinkers, beware: while the food was good, I feel compelled to write this review based on another aspect of our experience which I found totally unacceptable. We stopped in for a glass of wine and a sandwich/salad. We each ordered the "house Merlot", along with our dinner. The wine tasted 'musty', like the bottle had been open and not sealed well. We brought it to the waitresses attention and she assured us the bottle was "just opened". Hmmm.. both friend and I know our wines pretty well. The shock came along with the bill: we were each charged $12.50 for that 'stale' wine! Once again, we questioned the waitress and we were told this brand was the only choice for "house Merlot" and had we ordered a Cab or other, the price would have been substantially less. The fact that she did not make us aware of this was unacceptable, along with the fact that this was the LEAST EXPENSIVE glass of Merlot, while ANY other wine was less than $6 per glass. Even the finest restaurants charge less than $12.50 for a glass of HOUSE wine! Our bill came to over $52 for one glass of wine each (neither was finished because of the taste), one sandwich, and one salad. Needless to say, we will never return.