Leading up to the Meal at Burntwood Tavern in Solon. If you travel a lot and eat "on the go"--i.e. you pick your dinner destination en route to a hotel or an event...in a new-to-you-location...you know that there are times when horrific traffic situations or poor gps signals and routing problems make finding your dinner destination difficult. Burntwood Tavern in Solon, Ohio, is easily accessible--and readily located via gps. They offer ample parking (via a decent sized, dedicated parking lot) and our wait for an early Saturday evening table was only a few minutes.
Is Burntwood Tavern family friendly? I grew up thinking any "restaurant" with the words tavern, bar & grill, or pub equated to something less than family friendly. These days--that's not usually the case--though we still do a parental walk-in-walk-out before adding our family of four to a pub/tavern/bar wait list. Burntwood Tavern is a rather unique blend. They have a bar. They have table seating. They have large, group, banquet style seating. The atmosphere and the menu work so well for (older and younger) couples seeking a more adult meal--as well as families bringing the kids in for a family dinner.
The hostesses did a nice job seating couples away from families--and families away from the bar. Our tween girls liked the more formal style place settings and the real candles on the tables--but, they didn't feel awkward breaking out their paper kids' menus and crayons in the atmosphere.
Okay--So How was the Food at Burntwood Tavern? When we travel--we are usually all working. Either the girls are competing in an Irish Dance competition (which is more work than play at their competition levels) or I'm working on a travel article or a brand post or the husband is making business calls of some sort....Most weekends: we are all "on duty". When we hit dinner time--either it is the end of a stress filled day--or we are celebrating some big wins or accomplishments. Either way--we are always starving--so the quality of the food is all-so-important to us! What did we think of the menu at Burntwood Tavern in Solon, Ohio?
We Discovered Happy Hour Specials.... During our visit to Burntwood Tavern, we found ourselves seated during Happy Hour. Half price appetizers and flatbreads--plus $5 Signature drinks. This made us happy during our visit! Appetizers are always huge in size--and I had already decided that an Avocado Chicken Flatbread was on my wish list for the evening meal. This happy hour special helped us make the perfect, family-budget-friendly meal!
What did we order at Burntwood Tavern?
Tavern Wings
A mixture of "pig wings" & chicken wings--served with spicy Angry Sauce, Chipotle Bbq Sauce and a creamy Gorgonzola dressing. The Angry Sauce was my favorite--so if you like "spicy"--and order any of the wings--I would go with the Angry Sauce! For the record--the husband preferred the pig wings while I preferred the traditional chicken wings--although both were really done well. (Yes--those are grease spots on the bag...but, the wings were not overly greasy or heavy!)
Avocado Chicken Flatbread
And...now for the kiddoes....
Our oldest opted for the Cheese Quesadilla.
First of all--she will be a vegetarian as an adult. Every now and then she'll eat a burger or some chicken--but, for the most part, she exists on pasta, veggies, cheese & vegetable quesadillas and fruit. She was happy with her cheese quesadilla--and we were well satisfied with her portion size.
Secondly--the hand cut fry portion in the kid's meal was HUGE--and they were really very well seasoned and well fried.
I always cringe when our little fish lover orders fish sticks from a restaurant kid's menu. She loves "real" fish. Sushi, squid, octopus, catfish...When she orders "fish" out from a kid's menu--she usually gets processed, pressed, who-knows-what-that-was fish "sticks". Kudos to Burntwood Tavern on the fish sticks....
Usually, the husband orders a craft beer or a locally brewed beer during such outings--but, this time he opted for a domestic beer and I ordered a Moscow Mule. I love Ginger Beer--and this was both a well-balanced drink and a fun presentation in its Moscow Mule cup.
Disclosure: We were not compensated for this post. All opinions are our own. We simply found a family friendly restaurant that we we enjoyed and wanted to share it with our readers!
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