Greg R.
Yelp
We came up to Bend on September 28th to attend the Dwight Yoakam concert at the Ampitheater. The trip was a birthday present for my wife. She was scouting places to eat in Bend, and the 10 Barrel location on Galveston was highly rated! And, the menu offerings looked great. We walked in, and the hostess asked if we wanted to sit outside. Since, it was a really gorgeous day, we did.
The wife is NOT a micro brew fan at all. She is a Coors Light drinker. I had never seen her drink a micro. Our server was Audrey. Very nice gal. She made a recommendation and brought us a sample. It was the least micro beer tasting beer I had ever tried. The wife liked it and we ordered a big glass. They brought it out.....and they added lime to it. And, the lime totally made it!! With the lime in there, it was tremendous. We ordered two of those.
We ordered appetizers because we saw things we wanted to try. I hoped they would not be anything great because I was trying to watch what I was eating. Our daughter got the Strawberry Chipotle wings....and we ordered the Queso 4 your face - O. We all took bites, and then knew we were in DEEP trouble! BOTH were excellent! Truly you can't stop eating it stuff. I expected corn tortilla chips with the queso. Nope! Housemade potato chips that were awesome.
My wife and daughter both ordered pizzas. The wife got the house pepperoni, and the daughter got the Naughty Hog. I went for the Blue Goat Burger. The pizzas were nothing short of awesome! The flavors in the Naughty Hog were outstanding. The house pepperoni was one of the best pepperoni's I have ever had.
And, then there was my burger! Simply put, the very best hamburger I have ever had in a restaurant...........anywhere! I asked for my burger to be done medium. They nailed that! On the burger there was bacon, blueberry jam, goat cheese, arugala, onion, and garlic aioli. Every bite was a treat. The fries with it were first rate. I dipped them in the leftover queso......and oh wow! When we get there again, going that route for sure!!
One other thing here............I have been in plenty of brewpubs that offered their beers with foods. But, this was the first time that the beer we had went with everything foodwise that we got! It was like the beer was crafted to go with them. I know that is not the case. So, big ups to the chef at 10 Barrel! Because somebody worked really hard to get it right!! Yes, we paid a pretty penny. BUT! Everything we had was worth every cent! We will go back!