Willimantic Brewing Company and Main Street Cafe

Very pretty building - feels like you're walking into a courthouse. For me, around 15 of their own beers and 15 others. I also ate, and the food was bar fare done well. Their beers are perfectly fine but I wouldn't go far out of your way for them unless you're an obsessive collector of highly rated Ratebeer places. Nothing really stood out one way or the other, but everything was executed competently.

Stopped for a lunch during a road trip. A large and high ceilinged classical-looking building with two chambers, decorated in a pseudo-Irish pub style with wood-covered walls, etc. They had 12 of their beers on tap with around 30 guest beers. The food menu was very good. They have 20 oz crowlers to go for any beer you would like to take home. It was a nice experience, and the beers I took home were good as well.

Old building in the center of Willimantic, the interior is darkened with a number of booths and tables. Plenty of opportunities to watch a game there or participate in trivia, as well as a very nice, very long, bar. Tons of beer selections, great nachos, they have like 40 beers that you can try in their flight offerings. Great place.

About a half hour east of Hartford but we’ll worth the trip. The brewery is a converted USPS and has retained the feeling inside. Lots of house beers and guests beers on tap, with reasonably priced flights available. They have a full kitchen but they’re not vegetarian- (let alone vegan-) friendly. Well worth a visit.

Stopped in for lunch, tried all their beers and some nice regional guest taps. Food was pretty decent. Service was friendly and good.

Located in a cool old post office building. Extensive draft list of own and guest taps -- leaning toward CT brews. Service was good, food was fair.

Visited on a Friday night for dinner. There was an oktoberfest happening in the street in front of the building, so that might have influenced my visit. Parking was difficult, but we found a lot a few blocks away with an open spot. Inside, on the bar side, we had no trouble finding a table for 2. The rest of the place was pretty busy and got more so as the evening went on. Despite how busy they were, our server was great. He kept beer in front of us, our food came out quickly, and he was super friendly. The only knock is that we had to ask several times to get water every time we needed a refill. That should just be automatic. The beer selection was great. They had 8 of their own beers on tap, about 8 other CT beers, and a few others from outside of the state. Flights are allowed, as well as half pours. The food we had was very good, the beers were good to great, and the atmosphere was welcoming. Outside of the water thing, I couldn’t have asked for a better visit. I highly recommend visiting if you are in the state.

Incredible building. Beautiful interior and great outdoor area. Some games for the kids. Wonderful 20-30 person bar with a couple dozen taps. Good selection of their own and guest taps. Food as great. Service was good and guests were friendly.

Type. . . . . . . . . . ..Outdated Old-Style Brewpub/Applebee’s
Level. . . . . . . . . . .Low
Location. . . . . . . .Good, Main Drag
Prices. . . . . . . . . .Higher
Tap Selection. . . .Large, 50 taps with 20 local taps
Bottle Selection. .Unknown
Samplers. . . . . . ..Yes, Sampler Flights of 5 at a time
Full Pours. . . . . . .Yes
Beer Level. . . . . ..Poor
Food. . . . . . . . . . .Yes
Food Level. . . . ...Poor
Staff. . . . . . . . . . ..Decent, Nice Enough
Growlers. . . . . . ..No
Noise Level. . . . ..Loud
Décor. . . . . . . . . .Outdated Applebee’s, Awkward Huge Open Space, Trash stuck to walls
Good for Kids. . ..Yes
Parking. . . . . . . ...Private Lot
WiFi. . . . . . . . . . ..Unknown
Cash Only. . . . . ..No
Recommended. ..No
Comments: Yes it is a brewpub and yes it is the highest rated place in CT, but the food sucks and the beers suck. Plain and simple. Outdated menu has 200 food options with everything from French, American, Italian, hell probably there’s a Thai salad in there. Food portions were so big, that one pasta dish for $17 could feed four people. One pasta dish was very poorly seasoned. Could lower the prices of the dishes and lower the portions. House beers were papery, buttery, uncarbonated. Other tap pours from guest taps were similarly bad hinting at a tap system problem from incorrect tap cleaning. Servers were nice, but unaware of how bad the food and beer is that they are serving.

Great brewpub in what used to be a post office - at least it looks like it used to be a post office. House beers are above average for the most part and some pretty nifty guest taps. A few beers I never heard of. Food was decent enough. Worth checking out if you are nearby.