After debating where we should go for some Friday night dinner we decided that perhaps a familiar bar would be a good bet. This brought us to local tavern. Local Tavern is a chain with locations in Willoughby,Painesville, Mentor and one more somewhere. The parking lot had all the charm to be expected of a Parma bar including a car with a hood wide open. We quickly realized we had overdressed for dinner. By overdressed I mean I wore a Polo style shirt. Apparently I did not get the memo that cut off tshirts and a pack of Marlboro cigarettes is the locally acceptable outfit and accessory. The bar itself had a large bar patio and the staff was friendly enough. The one bartender forgot about us but luckily one of the other ladies were able to process our order efficiently enough. And they had Budweiser what can go wrong? See pics and caps below
Menu at Local Tavern
My questionable dinner choice of hand breaded fried boneless wings. To be fair the bartender did describe the size to be that of a "bowling ball of food". She was right about the portions here they are large. I saw a order of animal style fries come out on a full size cookie sheet! However the doneness of my wings were in question as I'm sure that some were undercooked or raw. I paid for it Saturday morning trust me. Julie said her quesedilla was "ok". She never really has strong opinions.
After dinner we took my brother's advice and went to Tony Maloney's in Royalton. He was right this place is a solid pick. The bar was very crowded at 9 with the 40+ crowd. I was too sick after dinner to eat or drink a lot but did notice they offer cocktails by the pitcher and have what looked to be some killer pizza. (Apparently owned by Antonio's Pizza) We also got a taste of local entertainment in the form of a Cleveland band called Almost Famous. They were fun to watch and kept the older folk busy. We left at 10PM but agreed we would be coming back for cocktails and pizza sometime this month. Check back later for a more detailed write up of Maloney's food and drink.
