State 48 Brewery

Reviews 4

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Beth Mansfield

We are here for opening night. As with any first night they are busy with a few glitches but nothing out of the ordinary. We started with the pretzels and beer cheese fondue. The pretzels are thick but not dense. I guess we are used to thinner pretzels. The amount of coarse salt on top was overwhelming. We found ourselves brushing a lot of it off. The beer cheese fondue holds up well but tastes more like queso than beer cheese. The whole grain mustard is the star! We ordered the beer cheese steak sandwich with fries, the half rotisserie chicken with corn risotto and green beans, and a kids cheeseburger and fries. The beer cheese steak was described to us as being prime rib dipped in au jus then topped with the beer cheese thats also used in the appetizer. What came out appeared more like it had all been dipped in the beer cheese fondue. It was very heavy on the cheese sauce. The fries seemed hit and miss. Some were soft and some were overly crispy (through and through). The half rotisserie chicken entree was very good. The corn risotto is so good Id eat it as the side for any of the entries. The chicken was moist and the demi glace as excellent. The kids menu cheeseburger was lacking. The challah bread bun was toasted and the edge all the way around was very crispy. The burger came out without any condiments. Beware that they dont have any regular ketchup. They have a homemade beer ketchup that is a very thin consistency and hard to even put a finger on what it tastes like. We got mayo for the burger but my 8 year old granddaughter ended up not eating it. She munched on fries and sat at the corner of the pizza area watching them flip pies. By the way, the ranch is very very good. Its got a dilly taste to it that we really liked. We ordered two pizzas (a pepperoni and a 4 cheese) to take home for those that didnt come with. The crust is on the thinner side but not cracker thin. Although the pepperoni pizza could stand to have more sauce, it was very good. If you dont like basil, make sure to let them know when ordering. They put a basil chiffonade on both pizzas. Some takeaways from night one (and some of these things may already be in the works): 1. Need something for the kids to do. The kids menu is on the regular menu. Perhaps some crayons and place mats to color on or a blop of pizza dough to play with. My grand daughter kept asking if they had the table top game consoles like at some other restaurants. 2. Offer some regular condiments especially for the kids. The beer ketchup on a kids burger may not fly with most kids. Would have loved to see some dill pickle slices etc as well. 3. Perhaps offer a regular burger bun along with the challah bun and whole wheat bun. I believe I read a veggie patty offering is in the works, but it wasnt mentioned on the menu. 4. Management please go around and check the stability of the tables. Our table was extremely wobbly and easily moved. Drinks were sloshed around several times because of it. 5. State 48s menu seems very eclectic. Id like to see some dumbed down offerings like a standard burger or a build your own burger. Instead of two different entries using half chicken, perhaps one of them be a boneless chicken breast. I am sure we will be back. The first few weeks are trial and error for many things. I expect this rating will rise as time goes on. The west west valley is definitely in need of a place like State 48 Brewery.

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Larry Sawyer

We did date night at State 48 Brewery and had a great time with friends. The atmosphere was fun, casual and different. The cauliflower wings were great, what a nice surprise of flavor. The sausage board was great too, a nice array of different tastes. For dinner we had the pork chop, which I was told was very good, the brussels and bacon pizza, which was very good (I snuck a slice from our friend). My wife had the mushroom burger and loved it. She was really looking forward to the sweat potato fries, but they came out extra salty. We simply asked if she could get another order; no problem at all, the fries were out in less than 5 minutes. I had the carnitas cemita and it was yummy. We even did a brew board and tried 6 different beers. We did 3 house beers and 3 other beers. All good, but the house beer was very good. Overall we had a great night there. The service was great (Katelynd with a d), not too noisy, even on a busy Friday night. We felt the prices were very fair and the quality of food was really great. All 4 of us kept commenting on what a great place with great food it was. Next time I want to hang out on the patio, that looks like a great place to be. Now if they had some live music, some acoustic cover tunes on the patio, Id be there almost every week! (hint hint to the owner!!!!!)

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M S

My wife and I went to State 48 Brewery on a Saturday around 3 PM. No one greeted us at the door so we simply stood there. Finally, we approached the counter and waited while we were ignored by the girl seating people. Eventually, we made our way to the bar and seated ourselves. We sat at the bar and were ignored again by all three bartenders for nearly five minutes. After waiting to be served we decided to try to order appetizers (the sandwich and meal prices were obscenely high). We were informed one time after another that every dish that we tried to order... they were out of. When we tried to order a second beer... Same result. They did not have it. We spent our time looking at the backs of our bartenders and it was nearly impossible to flag them down (with less than ten people sitting there). We saw patrons smoking on the patio but being polite we asked if that was where we could smoke. One bartender rudely snapped at us and told us that we needed to smoke out front. There was no ashtray and a heap of butts piled in a corner... Being a consciencious smoker, I pocketed mine and went back in. Finally, we decided to leave. When asking to pay our bill the bartender was short with us as if we were bothering him. Needless to say... We will not be returning.

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David McClintock

Wish I couldve tried it however upon arriving we were met by a 18 year old tattooed brunette hostess working the front counter who has no idea what she is doing besides trying to look cute. She just stalled the party of 5 in front of us. From the outside it has a hip revamped look, walking up to the door I noticed it looked like it hadnt been cleaned in weeks, grubby smudge marks all over the glass, left a yuck feeling in my stomach and a "they dont pay attention to details" feel. It continued as we tried to sit down. The hostess tried seating us at high chaired tables, which we declined. There was an entire other half of the restaurant that had nice red booths but we couldnt sit there, like they had it closed off. The other area was entirely too crowded, and with the retirement communities around, seemed very geriatric, like all the Applebees transplants come here. We bailed and never even bothered to try it. That says alot, I give this place about a year before it closes down in bankruptcy, sorry to be a di**