Week 49 ... Happy Hour!!!

This week we decided to go out for a Happy Hour at Bar Louie. Bar Louie is relatively new to Greenville. It's been here for about 16 months. Much to my surprise I found out it is a chain restaurant. It didn't have that feel which I guess is a good sign.

Bar Louie seems to have quite a active Happy Hour crowd. We arrived around 5:30pm on a Thursday and found the bar was fairly crowded. Those also have a nice patio seating area that attracted quite a few people. We came for Happy Hour and some early dinner. They have some excellent Happy Hour specials like 1/2 price wines, 1/2 off flatbreads, etc... They are known for their Martinis which we didn't partake in.

We started off by ordering a Buffalo chicken Flatbread, which is grilled chicken, green onion, blue cheese crumbles, buffalo sauce, smoked onion ranch, provolone, mozzarella. The flatbread was delicious and really could have been treated as a entree.

As for entrees, Becky ordered the salmon Sliders which was three small filets of salmon on brioche buns. Maeve had the The Voodoo sandwich which was blackened chicken breast, pepper jack, andouille sausage, sautéed peppers, lettuce, tomato, pickle, mayo, brioche bun. Finally, I had the BBQ Pulled Pork which contains smoked pulled pork, barbecue sauce, cheddar, fried onion strings, brioche bun.

Overall, we were all very happy with the food, service, and atmosphere of Bar Louie. It definitely caters to a adult crowd as we didn't see anybody under 18 there. We would definitely go back again, especially for Happy Hour.

Ratings      (0 to 5 stars)

Food            3.5 stars

Service        3.5 stars

Next Up       Ruby Tuesday

Week 48 ... Our First Sports Bar

We first came across the Carolina Ale House when we were looking to move to Greenville. This location was downtown Greenville. So when we moved to Simpsonville we were pleasantly surprised that they had another location on Woodruff Rd. This is where we had a full crew sans Emily for this week.

Carolina Ale House is classic pub grub with a tremendous amount of televisions for the sports fanatics. Their menu has a wide variety of food with everything from salads to seafood. Not sure exactly of their specialty however.

As we perused the menu for our entrees, we started with the Five Cheese Spinach Dip. It is a combination of multiple warm cheeses served with warm tortilla chips.

Four our entrees we ordered the following:

GREEK CHICKEN PITA
Grilled chicken breast, feta cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onions, Kalamata olives & balsamic vinaigrette wrapped in a warm pita.
BUFFALO ZINGER WRAP
Hand-battered chicken tenders tossed in our Buffalo sauce & wrapped in a flour tortilla with ranch dressing, Monterey Jack & Cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato & red onion.
BONELESS CHICKEN ZINGERS
Fresh cut chicken tenders hand-battered or grilled & tossed in your choice of sauce. Served with housemade blue cheese dressing, celery & carrots.
GRILLED CHICKEN TACOS
Spicy grilled chicken with queso fresco, pico de gallo & housemade apple coleslaw wrapped in soft flour tortillas.
BAJA GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD
Black bean corn relish, pico de gallo, tomatoes & Cheddar cheese topped with guacamole, tortilla strips & housemade chipotle ranch dressing.

We all enjoyed our meals. It is pub grub that you can find at many places like this. If you are looking for good food and a fun atmosphere then Carolina Ale House is a good place to go. I prefer the downtown Greenville location but that's because they have better outside dining options.

Ratings      (0 to 5 stars)

Food            2.5 stars

Service        3 stars

Next Up       Bar Louie