Last night We headed out to Crooked Goose. We arrived at 6:45 prime eating time so we expected a wait. The place is quite small and obviously the little sister to Twisted Rooster on the Beltline. We were told it would be about a 30 min wait. So we headed over to the bar to grab a beer while we waited. They have a great selection of Michigan Microbrews on tap as well as your standards. We are all micro fans so we were happy with Atwater, Perrin, Founders, and Bells. The hostess found us just under 30 minutes later and seated us at a booth way in the back. I liked this spot because it wasn't loud or crowded. There are some tables by the bar that might have had a very different feel. We were greeted quickly by our waiter Phillip. We already had our drinks so he offered to check back in a few minutes.
We were starving so we ordered two appetizers which arrived quickly. The Crooked Loaf is like garlic bread only better! It is made fresh when ordered and served piping HOT in a paper bag. It has great garlic flavor but is not oozy and greasy the way some garlic bread can be. We had no trouble devouring that!!! We also ordered the sweet and spicy volcano straws. A very large basket of fried onion straws is served with a volcano sauce on top. The onions are the sweet part... The sauce is spicy. Amy and felt it was really spicy and would ask for less sauce, but the guys loved the heat! Again, devoured before I could get a picture!
We all took different directions for the entrees. They do have pizzas which looked good but none of us tried one so I can't tell you much about those.
John opted for the fried bologna sandwich which is served with sweet pickle potato salad. The bologna is a huge thick hunk topped with an onion mustard coleslaw. John liked it and would likely order it again, but he did think it could use a little spice.
Amy ordered the Fish and Chips. The plate had 3 HUGE pieces of cod deep fried as well as a nice portion of steak fries. The fish was quite heavily battered and tasted ok but was not anything special. The fries are very good with nice seasoning. After eating one of the pieces Amy did not think she would order it again.
Greg ordered the Sweet and Spicy chicken sandwich (against Amy's advice)! The chicken breast was small for the bun, dry, and lacked flavor. The steak fries were the best part of his meal. We will be ordering for Greg next time!!!
I had the hit of the night, the Lumberjack burger. It is a large burger served with onion straws, bacon, bourbon BBQ sauce, and Gouda cheese. It was delicious though I only ate a 1/4 of it! Everyone sampled it and decided it was hands down one of the best burgers we had tasted in a while!
We were pretty full but the Crooked Brownie beckoned to us so we shared the large dish of a brownie that was filled and covered with toasted marshmallows, peanut butter cups, choc chips, nuts, Rice Krispies and like 5 other things... What can I say, it was pretty good!!!
At the end of the night we agreed we would return but likely for beer, appetizers, and BURGERS! They have quite a few burgers on the menu so we will try those next time!!!! The prices are very reasonable with the average price 9-11 dollars for entrees.
Our waiter chose the D restaurant from our choices so we have our plan for April.... Stay tuned!!!
For those who are curious the other C choices were City Flats in Holland, Cascade Roadhouse, and Corner Bar.
Fried Bologna Sandwich
Fish and Chips
Lumberjack Burger
Sweet and spicy chicken sandwich
