Temple Bar

             Hey everyone, I hope your week has been going well. I know that the Olympics are on and everyone is paying attention to those lately, but I have the place for you! If you are looking to kick back have a couple drinks and watch some sports come check out Temple Bar. Temple Bar is located on the corner of wellington and Ashland. It is on the North East corner of the street.

            Temple Bar is an Irish pub whose job is providing a great experience for you while you relax and enjoy some food. The building has a nice feel; it’s a typical bar with windows looking out onto the street on the south side of the building. The West side of the building shares windows as well. The rest of the bar is decorated in soccer jerseys. The décor is different, it doesn’t feel like an Irish Pub. There is a large seating area outside of the bar along wellington so you can enjoy the weather. The bar is under staffed with one bartender and one to two servers. The servers bus their own tables so things are slow at times there.

            Temple bar has some great food and drink specials for each day of the week. I went in on a Thursday and they had $7.95 steak sandwich and $3.50 Sailor Jerry Rum. Also each night of the week there is something different going on, Thursday is Karaoke. Some of the other events they have during the week are Bag tournaments, movie nights, live music, and trivia night.

            The steak sandwiche was great, instead of mushrooms I had caramelized onions put on mine so there were caramelized unions and onion sticks… Crazy onions! Also the steak was tender and cut into large pieces with some mozzarella cheese all packed into a nice Italian Roll. That was some good stuff. You also get a choice of French fries or tatter tots, I choose tots 10 times out of 12 that is how much I like tots. I feel like tots take me back to my high school days when they came in this little cardboard baskets on Wednesdays, good times. I had a good time at Temple bar and plan on going back again to check out a bag tournament and trivia night!

The Georgie Best Steak Sandwich- Grilled beef tenderloin cooked to your liking and topped with grilled mushrooms and onion straws with melted mozzarella cheese on a fresh Italian roll