10/19/2011 - QC Foodie - Blue Cat Brew Pub
After a scary good time at Skellington Manor Haunted House, and some wine flights at the Grape Life in Rock Island, my peeps and I went to the Blue Cat for dinner. I was happy to find little has changed over the course of the years. I used to frequent the pub upstairs when I was just out of college. This was back in the old days when, if memory serves, it was only the second local microbrewery around. I have tried several of the brews more than once over the years since my former bright-eyed skinny self first set foot in those doors. I hope the Blue Cat will pardon me for not partaking in any beer on this occasion despite the quote on their website, Remember: Going to a Brew Pub and not sampling the local brew is like going to a famous bordello just to listen to the piano player. Fast forward a decade and I get my mediocre poetry published on the back of a menu courtesy of the Midwest Writing Center, it was very kind of all parties involved. That's when my wardrobe had much in the color black and I attended poetry readings. Fast forward almost another decade. Wigged Pig Wheat!* Where does the time go? I was tickled to find the poetry still on the back of the menus and a warm, familiar haunt of mine waiting when we came in from the chilly night.
I had the Walleye Pike Meuniere. The fish was light and tasty and the sauteed or steamed veggies (sorry, I couldn't determine) were scrumptious. Ricardo ordered Top Sirloin and said it was nicely prepared and delicious.
I'll enroll in a class at the Blue Cat someday and maybe even write about it... well about the food anyway. I prefer wine, as if that wasn't obvious. That QC Beer Guy seems to be really knowledgeable about beer. http://www.qcbeerguy.blogspot.com/ Until then, I'll keep visiting a restaurant that is more like a long-time acquaintance whom I keep meeting up with in the District of Rock Island from time to time over the last 18 years or so. I'm not skinny anymore and I'm starting to get some gray hair but the Blue Cat is hasn't aged a bit; it's still a hip, cool cat in a building the color of azure.
This is one of the beers with fabulous names. Others include:
Off the Rail Pale AleQ
Big Bad Dog
Old English Ale
Red Toad E.S.B.
Scotch Terrier Scottish Ale
Bowfish Imperial Stout
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