Restaurant Review: McKenzie's Brew Pub
Location: Rte. 202, 1 mile south of Rte. 1, Chadds Ford, across from Concordville Nissan
Owner: Bill and grandson Will Mangan
Telephone: 610-361-9800
Website: McKenzie Brew House.com
Ambiance: Wonderful, with a reception desk person always there to greet and seat you. There is a huge bar to the right, with an outdoor covered patio beyond, and a dining room to the left, with both booths and tables. Plenty of seating! It's one of those places where you just feel good to be there.
Service: The service was excellent and attentive in every way.
Experience: We started by sharing Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeños, described as golden fried fresh jalapeños stuffed with spicy cream cheese and bacon-wrapped, with a cool ranch dip, for $8.95. They looked beautiful but as happens, the peppers were totally mild, and they were a bit
Mediterranean salad
overdone, meaning no crispiness left. We all ordered iced tea, which is a shame to do in a brew pub, but we knew it was on the pricey side for a pub. Let's call it a fine-dining, high-end pub.
We each ordered dinner salads.
I got the small Cobb Salad: beautifully presented as a deconstructed dish of grilled chicken, bacon, chopped egg, bleu cheese, tomato, olives, chives, avocado, with a red wine vinaigrette. It was $13.25, and the smaller one $10.25. The small one was way too much salad, but not appetizing to take home. The chicken was overdone, making it tough.
Our son Jay ordered his longed-for large Mediterranean salad, with a grilled chicken breast, feta, kalamata olives of romaine tossed with croutons and grilled chicken breast, feta, kalamata olives, red onion, tomato, fresh beets, pepperoncini, assorted greens, fresh cucumber dressing, at $13.25. The smaller salad is $10.25, and a scoop of hummus is $2.75 extra. He loved it, as he already knew he would, and ate every last leaf.
Caesar Salad
Bob ordered their superb Caesar, composed of the finest oils, lemon, asiago cheese, and garlic, at $8.95. You can customize your caesar salad with: Grilled Chicken Breast, 4.50, Blackened Salmon 4.75, Crispy Fried Calamari 4.75,Grilled Steak 4.95, Pan-Seared Crabcake 6.50, Spicy Grilled Tuna Steak 6.50, or Blackened Shrimp (4) at 6.50 extra.
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Location: Rte. 202, 1 mile south of Rte. 1, Chadds Ford, across from Concordville Nissan
Owner: Bill and grandson Will Mangan
Telephone: 610-361-9800
Website: McKenzie Brew House.com
Ambiance: Wonderful, with a reception desk person always there to greet and seat you. There is a huge bar to the right, with an outdoor covered patio beyond, and a dining room to the left, with both booths and tables. Plenty of seating! It's one of those places where you just feel good to be there.
Service: The service was excellent and attentive in every way.
Experience: We started by sharing Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapeños, described as golden fried fresh jalapeños stuffed with spicy cream cheese and bacon-wrapped, with a cool ranch dip, for $8.95. They looked beautiful but as happens, the peppers were totally mild, and they were a bit
Mediterranean salad
overdone, meaning no crispiness left. We all ordered iced tea, which is a shame to do in a brew pub, but we knew it was on the pricey side for a pub. Let's call it a fine-dining, high-end pub.
We each ordered dinner salads.
I got the small Cobb Salad: beautifully presented as a deconstructed dish of grilled chicken, bacon, chopped egg, bleu cheese, tomato, olives, chives, avocado, with a red wine vinaigrette. It was $13.25, and the smaller one $10.25. The small one was way too much salad, but not appetizing to take home. The chicken was overdone, making it tough.
Our son Jay ordered his longed-for large Mediterranean salad, with a grilled chicken breast, feta, kalamata olives of romaine tossed with croutons and grilled chicken breast, feta, kalamata olives, red onion, tomato, fresh beets, pepperoncini, assorted greens, fresh cucumber dressing, at $13.25. The smaller salad is $10.25, and a scoop of hummus is $2.75 extra. He loved it, as he already knew he would, and ate every last leaf.
Caesar Salad
Bob ordered their superb Caesar, composed of the finest oils, lemon, asiago cheese, and garlic, at $8.95. You can customize your caesar salad with: Grilled Chicken Breast, 4.50, Blackened Salmon 4.75, Crispy Fried Calamari 4.75,Grilled Steak 4.95, Pan-Seared Crabcake 6.50, Spicy Grilled Tuna Steak 6.50, or Blackened Shrimp (4) at 6.50 extra.
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