November 26, 2008

Abbey Burger Bistro

The concept has a ton of potential. Burger bar + Belgian name ... good beer?

There's a thread at Chow.com about this. Waffle fries, beef from Roseda Farms, yada yada. All in Federal Hill, which is bizarre given its frat rep. I was thinking more Canton or Mt. Vernon, perhaps? Or Belvedere Square.
We ddin't delve too deeply into the beer selection, but I had an Arrogant Bastard -- not widely available around here. They seem to be concentrating on Belgian beers. The waitress said more were on the way.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I had the La Choufee (the one that had the little red Nome) It was a pretty good beer. The reason it's in Federal Hill, is the same ppl who own Rileys, have a partnership in it.

ps My husband works for Roseda, so if you ever want a word with him, let me know.

Steve said...

When you come over Friday you may wanna take a quick look at The Back Abbey (right across the street from where I'm rotating at right now). So it's not necessarily a "burger bar" as it's more of just a Belgian bar with a couple amazing burgers on the menu (with duck fat fries).

BeerGuy said...

Liz,

Yep exactly, La Chouffe with the gnome, heh. Thats a decent one.

Thanks for the background info and all the kind words on here, I'll get back to you soon about everything.

Steve,

May just be able to pull that off, I'll let you know when I head up.

Can't wait!