While you can count on any Beerwerks Trail brewery to warm you up with good company and excellent beer, some also serve delicious comfort food made onsite or nearby. Bonus points if you can enjoy all this around a fireplace or fire pit! Here are our recommendations for enjoying your winter suds with tasty comfort food.
Devils Backbone Outpost Tap Room & Kitchen
Devils Backbone’s exceptional menu includes appetizers like chili, whipped feta dip, and nachos. You can also enjoy salads, burgers and sandwiches, tacos with your choice of meat, meatloaf, fish and chips, and a menu for kids 10 and under. Try the steak & frites that includes flavorful flank steak over fries and topped with her shallot butter. There’s a dessert menu, and Devils Backbone has made your weekend even better with Saturday and Sunday brunch.
Heliotrope Brewery
Heliotrope’s kitchen partners with local producers to create traditional and specialty pizzas featuring flavor combos like garlicky ricotta and mascarpone, mozzarella, sausages, castelvetrano olives, oregano, lemon zest and Parmigiano Reggiano on sourdough crust. Other toppings include rosemary chimichurri, hot honey, truffle drizzle, and more. They also serve salads and antipasto with global ingredients and offer vegan cheese and gluten-free dough. Enjoy your pizza and beer near the flicker of the modern fireplace.
Basic City Beer Co.
You’ll want some comfort food to enjoy with the delicious beers on tap at Basic City, so take a look at the menu, which includes wood-fired pizzas, wings, nachos, cheese or smoked pork quesadillas, beef or vegetarian smash burgers, meatball subs, charcuterie boards, and more.
Seven Arrows Brewing
Seven Arrows visitors are in for a dining treat at onsite Nobos Kitchen, which has a made-from-scratch menu featuring ingredients from local farms. Nobos serves up lunch, dinner, and late-night fare. The appetizer lineup includes chicken bites, nachos, and pierogies. Next, select a salad or a handheld like the Cuban burger or the buffalo chicken sandwich. Bigger appetites will appreciate the shrimp and grits or cheesy pork goulash. There’s a kids’ menu, too! Order your food in the taproom (there’s a fireplace inside and a fire pit outside) or order ahead and get it delivered with Doordash.
PRO RE NATA+
In addition to their beer, PRO RE NATA+ has an in-house kitchen serving several types of salads and creative, customizable pizzas. You can also get burgers and sandwiches served on Texas toast, wings, and hand-battered fish and chips. A kids’ menu will satisfy the cravings of the younger set with chicken tenders, grilled cheese, and fries. Finish your meal with ice cream sandwiched between cookies or brownies.
Stable Craft Brewing
Stable Craft dishes up a chef-inspired menu with appetizers like Philly cheesesteak dip or stuffed portobello, salads, burgers, and other handhelds, and entrees like shrimp boil, smoked brisket, and barbeque pork mac. Save room for desserts like the brownie waffle cone bowl or apple crisp. Stable Craft has a ton of indoor spaces including two large dining areas, one with a fireplace, and Adirondack chairs arranged around several fire pits outside.
Cave Hill Farms Brewery
Cave Hill Farms Brewery’s The Feedlot serves comfort food in the form of tasty snacks and appetizers like nachos and cheese curds, handhelds that come with fries, smash burgers, and more. Brunch fans are in luck – you can order it all day long! Check for this week’s special handheld. There’s also a kids’ menu.
BrewHaHa Brewing Co.
Heading to BrewHaHa Brewing? Make sure to pick up dinner at neighboring Thirsty’s Burgers, which dishes up classic comforts like big burgers with your choice of toppings and crinkle fries on the side. Grab some wings to make it a feast, and let your kids choose their favorites from the kids’ menu!
Pale Fire Brewing Co.
Pale Fire serves Detroit-style pizza, which is a square pie loaded with tomato sauce, Wisconsin cheese, and elevated toppings like truffle oil, caramelized onions, balsamic glaze, hot honey, and bacon jam. You can also order tasty sandwiches on ciabatta bread with Rt. 11 chips, and sides like a “big ‘ol pretzel” or pepperoni rolls. Order online and get your food to go or or enjoy it anywhere in the 2000-square-foot industrial-style taproom. We prefer cuddling up close to the fireplace.
Warm up this winter with craft beer and a side of tasty comfort food!
