While in Michigan, our family met up with some friends for
dinner at the Waldorf Brew Pub & Bistro, a family owned and operated
restaurant and brewery.
The menu offers a wide variety of creatively assembled meals
from which to choose; soups and salads, gourmet burgers and sandwiches, steak
and fish entrees, and even wood fired pizzas. Lindsey and I both got 6-inch wood fired pizzas and split
them with each other to get the best of both
worlds:
#3 Pesto Veggie – Pesto, balsamic grilled zucchini,
artichokes, roasted peppers, kalamata olives, goat cheese, mozzarella and pine
nuts.
#8 Fun with Fungus – The mushroom lover’s dream. White sauce,
grilled portabellas, crimini’s and buttons laced with fresh sage and asiago.
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| Left: Fun with Fungus Right: Pesto Veggie |
We ended up enjoying each other’s pizza choice more than our
own, so it was a successful trade-off. However, they were both truly delicious. The sage, mushroom and asiago was a new flavor combination for my palate; one I will be doing more often. And the goat cheese on the pesto veggie reminded me of how wonderful cheeses other than mozzarella and parmesan can be on pizza.
Before I finally decided on pizza, I had my eye on the Portabella Burger:
Wood grilled balsamic marinated portabella mushroom cap with sweet roasted red
peppers on a ciabatta roll with pesto mayo.
Check out the rest of their menu items here if you’re
interested: http://www.walldorffbrewpub.com/walldorff-bistro.html
And let’s not forget the Waldorf’s fine handcrafted beers,
ranging from smooth and easy blondes to rich and creamy stouts. They offer
specialty and seasonal beers, as well as their regular brews which are always
on tap:
Bistro Blonde Amber Waves
Bee Sting Honey Rye
State Street Stout
Hopnoxxious IPA
Cobain’s Double Dark IPA
And for their seasonal selections:
Sundance Summer Wheat Ale - made with sweet and bitter orange peel, and
hints of coriander
Jedi Pale Ale
Malted Milk Baltic Porter – imperial style porter infused with malted
milk
Not only can you get a flight of beers to see what you like
best, you can also take some home with you, either as a 6 pack or a 64 oz
Growler. My brother, Charles, brought his empty Growler glass back for a refill…
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| Charles and his Growler of Amber Waves. |
To keep up with all of the honey festivities, I went with
the Bee Sting Honey Rye – it was smooth and refreshing, not too hoppy.
Tasting homemade brews is always fun and I love to see these
family owned and operated joints. So if you’re ever in the Hastings
neighborhood and looking for a tasty bite to eat and a razor cold brew, I
highly recommend this pub.
