72 AMBIANCE 4/5 SERVICE 9/10 SELECTION 10/15 FOOD 7/10 VALUE 7/10 OVERALL 13/20 Drake (392) Ivy, Virginia | July 31, 2012 Located in downtown Crozet, this has the feel of a neighborhood bar/restaurant, and seeing as they are open late-ish and
have live music, I imagine this amounts to the sum total of nightlife in Crozet. Around 2:30 on a Sunday afternoon and the
place was not full but was still active. The bartender was exceptionally friendly and helpful. The food is American cuisine
and I had buffalo wings which were good. Prices are solid. Parking is OK, I can imagine it getting full quickly but there
may be more parking behind the building I don’t know about. There are 9 taps with one macro (Miller Lite). The beer has a
distinctly local focus... I believe an Avery beer was the only one from a brewery that wasn’t in Virginia or a bordering
state. I had a Williamsburg Alewerks Caledonia. They have two Starr Hill taps, which I’m not thrilled about, but this is
the closest beer bar to the brewery so I certainly understand. They have some bottles, but they selection is anemic craft
beer wise... Guinness, Newcastle, Session Black, a couple Starr Hill and some macros. I liked this place and I will be
back, since I’ve moved pretty close to it. |