My dad and I tried out the new Yard House at La Cantera on Black Friday. It was busy, yes, but not packed and there were more waitstaff than customers, it seemed (the place was crawling with them). Ritzie menu with $10+ burgers, but I was pleasantly surprised by the beer prices (no dining for us) at $4 a pop. You can't go anywhere for much cheaper than that and with 113 beers or so on tap, it's a beer lovers Elysian Fields. I'm still disappointed that they didn't have more Texas beers and their sampler platter was a little strange (each day the staff choose which beers will be included -- only six out of the 113, so you don't have any choice in the matter).
I had a pint of Rogue's Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Left Hand's Milk Stout (a lovely thick, smooth stout) & Green Flash Brewing Company's West Coast I.P.A. (very hoppy on the first mouthful, in fact, one of the hoppiest I've had outside of Hypothesis A at Freetail, but it mellowed the more I drank it).
The ambiance was lacking as far as I'm concerned. Industrial, but dimly lit, with recess lighting spotlighting the tables and booths. The black walls made it that much darker. Yuppiedom, really.
The keg system was interesting. A windowed back room held all the kegs. The lines ran up into large shiny aluminum pipes (probably six or seven lines in a pipe) which came down into the middle of the oblong bar. The taps ran around the ellipses in the middle of the bar -- a very efficient use of space.
All said and done, if I'm back up in that area, I'd stop in for a pint or two, but I wouldn't go up just for the place.
Choose local: Choose Freetail.
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