Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Miller's Alafaya Ale House

We headed up to the ale house at Waterford Lakes Town Center so we could watch our Minnesota Vikings take on the Chicago Bears in the first outdoor game played in Minnesota since December 1981. The ale house wasn't too busy, though there were boisterous Bears' fans at the bar.

I started out with a Yuengling Lager and my brother got the Zinger Mountain Melt, a massive combination of fries, cheese, bacon, scallions, and Miller's famous (ok, I don't know about famous but it's a "signature item") boneless chicken wings, Zingers (aka glorified chicken fingers). It was good, what you expect from a sports bar. I thought it was a little on the expensive side for what you got (it was roughly $9 or $10).



Later on we order their Chicken Nachos; the plate was enormous just as advertise. The chicken clearly came from a can and was cold. The cheese directly on top was melted but once you started digging the cheese wasn't melted. Lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and pickled jalapenos came on the side which I was disappointed in...I just prefer nachos with everything piled on and piping hot.



I rarely eat things from the can, such as the chicken on the nachos; growing up we never really had that, mostly making things from scratch. Usually then, the apps would not be acceptable, call me a food snob but that's the truth. However, due to the place's atmosphere, the time of night, the pending lunar eclipse, the fact I was really hungry, or whatever, I really liked the nachos and I thought the pickled jalapenos were a nice touch. It hit the spot though I wouldn't eat it but once in a blue moon, just needed to be hotter! (The waiter was very kind and gave us more salsa, sour cream, lettuce, and jalapenos free of charge; and the service overall was very good.)

All in all, Miller's Ale House was a good spot to sit back and watch the game with a fun atmosphere and decent drink deals. Cheers!

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