It's worst than the great Meatball Fiasco of June 2009

Oh boy. One of the things I look forward to when I travel for work is getting to go to different restaurants. One of my favorites is Brickhouse Brewery in Patchogue, NY. The ambiance is nice and the food ~ well, I have only eaten one thing there ~ SAUERBRATEN!

So, a few months ago, I wrote about missing the meatballs at IKEA (http://but-i-dont-think-so.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-missed-my-meatballs-by-three-minutes.html). This trumps that but the story isn't as exciting, but I'll try...

I was very excited to bring my friend and manager to one of my favorite places to eat on Long Island. It's nothing fancy, just a brewery with better than average pub food. Nothing greasy, which is interesting for a pub.

I just happened upon the place. I wanted something non-chain. When I looked at their menu online, I saw that they had a German dish. Hmmm...I like Germans, I bet I'd like their food too! Right?

RIGHT!

Yum yum yum. I loves me my sauerbraten! It even has the potato dumpling and the red cabbage that I will eat a few bites of. Good stuff. It made Brickhouse Brewery one of my favorite places on the Island. I told one of my clients in that town and he laughed. Turns out he knows the owner (I am still waiting, hoping, praying for gift certificates!).

Here we are, at the brewery. Menu? I don't need the menu! I already know what I want! We order. Only moments from sauerbraten goodness! Or so I thought. They were out! The bastards! I was distraught. I was in disbelief. I was dissatisfied.

WHAT TO DO?! Give me the menu... nothing measures up...I ended up with a faux-braten. Cesar, our waiter, humored me by letting me have the potato dumplings and red cabbage. They then gave me flank steak or something like. It was marinaded, so they couldn't put the same gravy on it, but it was a good effort.

Just not good enough.

Sure, I'll go back. I am not one to hold a grudge. At least not a big one.