Elle N.
Yelp
We went this week for a not so Labor Day birthday celebration (not ours). We originally visited the Oceanside location when it opened, but decided to try the Carlsbad site this night.
I love Barrel Republic, the concept of getting carded at the door, obtaining your wristband and taking a personal tasting journey around the restaurant/bar is quite fun. You can even obtain a proper glass for your favorite beverage, alcoholic or not.
I remember we loved the food at the other location, but the only reason we didn't return was recalling many things on the menu are fried, which means "good", but not necessarily "good" for you. I was so happy we re-visited the concept again.
The beverage choices, here are like, WOW! We started out with the fried potatoes, a pretzel and cheese dip and a really large charcuterie. I can't resist Humbolt Fog cheese anywhere. I still can't believe it took us this long to get here, after passing by many times.
Ok, back to the beverages. I had three; a wine, a cider and a beer.
The Pinot Noir was from Oregon, totally delightful, the MarionBerry Cider, also from my beloved beverage country of Oregon, but residing in DC half my life, I got a kick out of the name of the infamous mayor.
I normally like wine, then cider over a beer, but I have a few beers I love and this one took the prize of the night, the White Russian Vanilla Stout for the win, even the DUDE would be proud! Another laugh of the evening. The Dude would totally drink this.
The birthday boy had a half price burger and the house cut fries and they looked perfectly cut and cooked. The husband had the Thai Peanut Salad and was the designated driver who enjoyed a non-alcoholic beverage.
A simple, order at the counter, select your drinks for your stay, plenty of indoor and open air seating, spread out nicely. I prefer this location over Oceanside due to the layout and you can't go wrong with anything you order here...go with your gang.
Oh, and the chocolate plate...this is something else to get excited about. In the words of the Andrew Sisters: Roll out the barrel! We'll have a barrel of fun @barrelrepublic Soon to roll out another location in Old Town Temecula.
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