Service Bar at Middle West Spirits Distillery
American restaurant · The Short North ·
Inventive cocktails, creative food, upscale vibe, and patio seating
Inventive cocktails, creative food, upscale vibe, and patio seating
"As Service Bar hits its first birthday, the chatter about Middle West Spirits’ restaurant arm has yet to die down. With a sense of humor and serious know-how, chef Avishar Barua easily cooks up some of the most creative and well-executed food in the city giving ingredient upgrades to takeout lowbrow dishes, like his spin on a Big Mac with bone marrow and a smoked bacon-enriched patty, or the cheesy brisket crunch with oak-smoked beef and fried roti. Don’t miss the cocktails too, mixed up from the stunning, huge, salvaged 19th-century back bar." - Beth Stallings
"As Service Bar hits its first birthday, the chatter about Middle West Spirits’ restaurant arm has yet to die down. With a sense of humor and serious know-how, chef Avishar Barua easily cooks up some of the most creative and well-executed food in the city giving ingredient upgrades to takeout lowbrow dishes, like his spin on a Big Mac with bone marrow and a smoked bacon-enriched patty, or the cheesy brisket crunch with oak-smoked beef and fried roti. Don’t miss the cocktails too, mixed up from the stunning, huge, salvaged 19th-century back bar." - Beth Stallings
"I learned that the bar-within-a-bar Service Bar is introducing a four-drink “hyper seasonal” menu inspired by a recent foraging trip, available for roughly two weeks and featuring just-found ingredients like wood sorrel, paw paw, and sweet anise; all cocktails are $12, and raspberry and huckleberry are expected to be added soon." - Adele Chapin
"I observed that Service Bar is listed among the restaurants that have jumped on the edible flower trend and are incorporating blooms and microgreens into their menus." - Tierney Plumb
"One of several bars around town that has been serving replicas of Marshall’s Coki Beach cocktail following its success in the competition." - Tierney Plumb
