Has anybody tried it? I heard they got rid of the S.U.B. and have a more "upscale" menu.
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Has anybody tried it? I heard they got rid of the S.U.B. and have a more "upscale" menu.
Not sure about the veggie locker. Somebody was telling me they stopped doing the pizzas.
It's true that the pizzas are gone. They are going to a seasonal lovacore menu. So far, it's REALLY GOOD. I trust them, it's an awesome little place.
The pub has gone to a more regionally/seasonally based rotating menu that changes 4 times a year and is based on fresh foods that are available locally, depending on growing seasons, etc.
That's odd. It's kind of an upscale conceit for a neighborhood place, isn't it?
When I was in there last they still had the veggie sandwich. But, they called it something different. I love it also! What the hell is that stuff...tofu? It doesn't seem like tofu. But, it's damn good. I also think they need to post their menu on their web site.
I think you are referring to a "locavore," as in one who purchases near their geographical area.
No. And it's not a matter of my preference. It's just that neighborhood spots seem to do well by offering a bunch of regular, comfort food-like items that it's very hard to do wrong, and then doing creative "specials" that appeal to the jaded palate. Or that's my "conventional wisdom," I guess. WP's old menu was good at doing simple, comfortable food and giving it a little fine-dining razzle-dazzle, which seemed a safer bet.
I ate lunch there yesterday. [[I'm there pretty much every weekend.) Still lots of comfort food favorites, menu not really that different that I could tell, other than no pizzas. And tasted really good, with friendly people and relaxed atmosphere, as always.
Last time I was there, they had a little chicken pot pie - you don't get more comfort food than that. And it was DE licious. With kale on the side. Yummy.
And still very reasonably priced.
Their drinks are a bit expensive. I paid $7 for the Bells Best Brown Ale on tap a while back and I think about that every time I pass by and have not been back since. Maybe i'll go back to check out the food, it sounds good.
On Friday and Saturday nights, a bottle of their house wine is $10. That's cheap drinks.
Thank God they kept the turkey burger which is so darn good. We went right after they switched and I had the Beef Bourguinon [[sp?) and it was not very good. But we love the place so will keep going.
The Veggie Locker is no longer on the menu. First Tiger Stadium, then the Lafayette Building, now this! :)
The new menu is posted on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/woodbridgepub.
I was a bit bummed at the change, but the salmon burger was quite good, so I mostly got over it.
A good point, but upscale places are doing very poorly these days. And it's not necessarily what's on the bill at the end of the meal, it's all about perceptions of what the meal will cost. It's the sort of rationale where people will pay $20 for two 8-ounce Kobe beef hamburgers, but not $20 for a 16-ounce Kobe beef steak.
Also, places that were fancy and have gone a bit more casual have generally done well in recent years. [[And a fair amount of successful restaurateurs who've opened comfort-food joints in the last decade have been grateful they did.)