Ramblin' Road Brewery Farm

A great brewery with a restaurant upstairs. The food was delicious with lots of menu choices. Some very tasty beer and flight availability. The atmosphere is relaxing and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Bonanza was playing on the TV as it had an old western theme. It was very quiet and some subtle (not country) music would be create a nicer atmosphere.

Today my wife and I went for lunch at Ramblin' Road Brewery Farm. This was my first visit to the brew farm. Thank you to a lot of you posting about their food. Mark Williams for giving me his insight on the food and beer, and Daniel Eynon for his insight from a business stand point why he supports them. I would also like to give a special thank you to our server Brooklyn. She was an absolute pleasure. Skilled, knowledgeable and efficient. She really helped make our overall experience even more wonderful. My wife and I started with a flight, wings, onion ring and their house chips and dip. I had the flight as she was driving and I wanted to try and see if I even can handle the taste of beer or not (I prefer whiskey, scotch, dark rum). Brooklyn helped me pick out a selection to try based on my non existent knowledge and likeness of beer lol. She however helped me learn the parts of beer I don't like and recommended 6 samples to try based off of that. I tasted a sip of each beer. Ranked them in order and by the time I was done my meal there. I had finished 5 out of 6 of the samples. The red was the only one I didn't finish. The wings were crispy and tender. Their house mild sauce made with beer(Roost PurebRED BBQ sauce). was flavourful with smokey notes that weren't overpowering. Everything was well balanced and I wish I ordered more. The onion rings were spot on. They're what I want when ordering an onion ring. The Chips & Dip..... Now listen. I have smashed metric tons of chips and dip in my life time. When I tell you to try the chip dip there. I mean bribe them for extra and thank me later. If I find this on a store shelf. All other brands are done. I want vats of that dip. On top of having one of the best kettle cooked chips on the market. This dip joins forces. Lays and Ruffles better watch their backs. Norfolk's very own is coming out swinging. Oh and if you have any extra dip you don't want. I'll gladly take it off your hands. For our main. We tried a pepperoni pizza, the grilled cheese of the day, soup of the day, beer bread, Red Pepper Express Burger and Ragin Bull corned beef on a bun. My wife loves red pepper jelly. So this burger was her first choice. She let me have a bite. It's a solid well rounded burger. Balance of flavours and textures and my wife had dill pickle seasoned fries with it. She was in her glory. I tried the Ragin Bull. This sandwich from reading it gave off some Katz Deli(New York) vibes. This definitely had that traditional NY deli corned beef sandwich soul to it. I got mine with dijon mustard on it and was very happy. This was not what you might remember growing up. The soup of the day was cream of mushroom soup. I paired it with an order of the beer bread. ate what I could of it as by this time I was getting full. The Grilled cheese was mind blowing. The balance of apple butter with, chicken, bacon, brie, caramelized onion and balsamic vinegar. This needs to be a permanent menu item. Then I managed to try a slice of pizza. I can't do it the justice it deserves as by this time I was so full. I drank beer I didn't know I would like and wish I had 2 more stomachs to try more food and beer lol. But that slice was good. If I ordered beer and pizza while sitting there with friends. That pizza would hit the spot for sure. I also had to hit up the store there as well. Had to get more chips, peanuts and some apparel to wear and represent as many great local businesses as I can.

Usually, this place is awesome, and i have always been a happy customer, but unfortunately, today was extremely disappointing. Was really looking forward to having a chicken burger, but the cook was way off or not feeling it today because the burger was pathetic. Hopefully, they step it up, I did really like this place, but after today, I'm not sure if I will return.