Atwater Brewery

[raptor56]

Anybody ever eat dinner at the Atwater Brewery? I like and have bought their beer at stores, and since I'll be downtown for the annual birthday outing, I was thinking about trying them out for dinner Saturday. Good? Bad?

[izzyindetroit]

I ate there once. I can't remember if the food was good or not... too many Vanilla Java Porters.

[Pcm]

Living within walking distance of Atwater, I have eaten many a meal there.

I think the food is great. Unfortunately, better than their beer, and it pains me to say that. But, I think they're more of a restaurant that happens to brew their on beer [[think Traffic Jam and Snug). So, it's ok.

Exactly the kind of fare you'd expect at a brewpub.

I recommend it.

[mbr]

I ate lunch there today, and have eaten there often. I'd say their food is just ok. They have a very basic menu. They have a good variety of beer so you can usually find what you like but I think it's pretty hit or miss. I would recommend Motor City Brewing over Atwater for beer and food. MCB has great pizza.

[NoHeartAnthony]

Ohhh that Vanilla Java Porter...

[GREENTROIT]

I work very near Atwater and we never go there for lunch. I've never been there, so take it for what its worth, but my co-workers tell me that the food is only OK, and its relatively expensive. We go to Andrews, the bar just down Joseph Campau from Atwater.

[kraig]

If anyone likes Root Beer, believe it or not, this is the place to go. They brew their own and it's pretty good.

[Downriviera]

Living within walking distance of Atwater, I have eaten many a meal there.

I think the food is great. Unfortunately, better than their beer, and it pains me to say that. But, I think they're more of a restaurant that happens to brew their on beer [[think Traffic Jam and Snug). So, it's ok.

Exactly the kind of fare you'd expect at a brewpub.

I recommend it.

Unlike Traffic Jam where the beer is only sold on premise, Atwater bottles their beer and sells it in over 12 states. I think Atwater's beer is outstanding. The Atwater Dunkel took the gold medal at the Great American Beer Fest. I think they're more of a brewery that happens to have pretty good food, too.

[Lowell]

Absolutley outstanding beer!

[Awfavre]

Their beer quality has gotten much better over the past year or so [[new brewer, cleaned lines?). Before, the only beer that didn’t have a ton of diacetyl [[tastes like popcorn butter) was the Vanilla Java Porter. Although most of that problem seemed to clear up, last summer’s D Light Kolsch was rife with diacetyl.

Food-wise, I think they’re okay, but nothing outstanding. It’s simple pub-grub. Many other places in Detroit have better food & better beer.

[irish_mafia]

Kraig is right about the root beer. I have been there with my kids and they like it!...I go for the Ale.