The Brook Restaurant and Bar

The Brook was a Lovely place with a quality atmosphere and food. Their Mac and cheese was seemingly their main attraction and it was fantastic and affordable, with many toppings of your choice to add on. Everything was well presented and quick.

Sunday evening with a friend. Arrived around 8:45 and were seated outside. A ton of patio seating, with several gas fed fireplaces, being on the second floor this overlooks a section of downtown.

Call it opening jitters, though once food was ordered it took a good 45 minutes to get to the table. At this time of night the place was not all that busy.
I had ordered a chicken fried steak, and it came with a selection of side and a side salad. When I ordered tots as the side, I was given the option to add cheese and chili.
For some reason my salad came at the same time (not before) my dinner. Also, while there was room on my dinner plate, the side came on its own plate. This felt like the table was overloaded with plates (see the accompanying picture).

Of the food, I enjoyed the salad and blue cheese dressing, the tots were tasty, and the steak tender with decent breading. The meal was a lot of food, I ended up taking most of the steak home.

I’d love to come back and try a few more items off the menu. If service/speeds increase, I’ll update this review.