• Thirsty Barrel Taphouse & Grille

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Grill house offering the Impossible Burger, a vegan banh mi, and several vegan side dishes. Menu offerings may rotate. Hours may change seasonally. Open Mon 11:00am-9:30pm, Tue 3:00pm-9:30pm, Wed-Thu 11:00am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 11:00am-10:30pm, Sun 11:00am-9:30pm.


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6 Reviews

First Review by ehjay

ehjay

Points +262

Vegan
22 Jul 2019

Taphouse with good beer and ok food

This is a tap house and grill. They have a very good beer selection (including Russian River Pliny and Blind Pig), and kind of the grill menu you would expect, but each item is done a little fancier than your normal bar. For the Omni's, they have burgers and mc n cheese. For us vegans, options included the Impossible burger, brussels sprouts, tempeh banh mi sandwich or taco, and the usual fries and salads. Each menu item was clearly marked if it was vegan (or veg, or gf). To start the wife and I split the brussels sprouts. They had a side dish size, and I reckon a full meal size. We got the smaller one ($5) which was still plenty for us as a side. They were very tasty, cooked in a balsamic reduction and a lot of garlic, but I do wish they were crispy instead of mushy. For the rest of my meal I had the banh mi sandwich with sweet potato fries. Wife had regular fries with her burger. I must point out that the waitress recognized the way I ordered the Brussels (sans prosciutto) and she said she realized I was vegan, and was going to point out if I ordered anything non vegan. She was great! First of all, the banh mi was great. The pickled veggies were a nice crunch, and the jalepeno was just the right amount without being overpowering. Then the fries. Both the wife's regular fries and my sweet potato were so overcooked (in dirty oil too) that they were really not good. I couldn't even taste the sweet potato in mine. And they were so incredibly over salted as to be inedible (and that takes a lot of salt for me). Bottom line I would gladly stop back in next time I am in Grass Valley, but I would get the side salad instead of fries.

Pros: Friendly, knowedgeable staff, A fair amount of vegan choices, Great beer selection

Cons: Fries were grossly overcooked and over salted

BeccaFayWoodruff

Points +50

Vegan
01 Dec 2023

Great food and massive beer selection

I love to get the vegan aoli and cashew pesto with their fries. They have so many different kinds of delicious fries!!!
I also love their elote salad (ask them to hold the cheese) and both kinda of veggie tacos.
They also have gluten free buns available and a vegan burger!

Pros: Beer, Gluten free , Pesto

DeniseJackStone

Points +18

Vegan
29 Jul 2022

Ok, Nice to have options but I’ve had better.

When we arrived the place was busy so I thought the food would be good. Just your average bar food. Food service is slow.

I ordered the cauliflower buffalo wings, the flavor was good but they were not crispy, I know cauliflower wings can be crispy because I’ve had them other places and I make them that way at home. Maybe they sat a while before they were delivered to me. My husband had the fries they were almost crispy. We also ordered the cauliflower tacos and portobello mushroom tacos they were good, very flavorful.

Pros: Some vegan options

Cons: Pricey, Slow service

NicoleRawling

Points +156

Vegan
04 Jun 2022

Lots of vegan options

They have lots of vegan options. We got the pretzel and they included vegan sauce. We also got the Impossible Burger and their vegan pistachio pesto which was excellent!

Sierrasnowflake

Points +476

Mostly Veg
25 Oct 2020

Lots of vegan options!

Many clearly labeled vegan options. The med salad was amazing and huge portions!! Specify without cheese. They have a vegan option, clearly labeled, in every section of the menu including gyros made with an impossible burger!!

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Great service, Beautiful patio

Cons: None

kkeegan5

Points +378

Vegan
02 Dec 2019

Great Impossible Burger!

Ordered burgers with sweet potato fries. Also had the brussel sprouts, which were delicious. Friendly staff. Good food. What's not to like?




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