hoppy birthday

On Saturday night, a group of us went to South Street Brewery to celebrate Emily's 22nd birthday! We all wanted to try a new place to eat, and none of us had been there before. It is right next to the parking lot where the City Market is held every weekend, on the outside of the Downtown Mall. The restaurant itself is really cool, because it is in a restored warehouse. The warm building was also a very welcome respite from the cold fall night.  The beer menu seemed to have a varied selection, and their special featured beers are brewed at the restaurant! Unfortunately, I do not really like beer, so I only had sips of what others ordered. Additionally, they were $4 a pint, which seems like a pretty good deal.

Joe ordered this "Hefeweizen," whose description sounded like it would be similar to Blue Moon. It definitely looks sort of like it, but this beer had "hints" of banana and clover (it was a pretty strong flavor.) Since I don't like artificial banana flavor, this was not my cup of tea.

Most of us ordered burgers, which were tasty but really nothing special. However Jon got salmon with this really good pesto on top. It had a really strong bite to it, almost like horseradish, but we could not figure out what made it different.

Problem solved! I just checked the menu online, and the concoction on top is cilantro and jalapeno-lime pesto. I need to figure out how to make that...