Dan Pitt’s Opinionated Compendium of Downtown Palo Alto Restaurants
Dan Pitt’s Opinionated Compendium of Downtown Palo Alto Restaurants
Perhaps I’ve been unnecessarily dismissive of the food at Rose and Crown pub. It was pretty long ago that I went in there hungry and found little other than liquid calories to fill me up. Now they have a nice selection of appetizers (including an oh-so-English rarebit), burgers (smelled heavenly), fish in sandwiches and with chips, a daily curry, and even shepherd’s pie. Prices are lower than the BBC (the Menlo Park one). I’m going to watch the game there next time, and eat.
The beer exceeded my expectations, too. I went for the two English beers on draft, a Tetley’s and Old Speckled Hen. Tetley’s was my favorite pint at the little pub just off the back parking lot of the Raj Majal restaurant, which faced the Westbury Park green at the top of Whiteladies Road in Bristol. Regardless of when you had a reservation at Raj Mahal, you had to wait quite a while for your table, so we used that time to our advantage at a little neighborhood watering hole with the best Tetley’s ever. (Yes this is the same company that makes tea bags.) It was quite good at Rose and Crown, as was the Old Speckled Hen. What I did not notice until later was the hand-pulled, cask-conditioned ale they were serving. This is a local brew, of course, and offers a much truer taste of Real Ale in the British style than the carbonated, chilled drafts that are everywhere. I’m going back for some of that.
Monday, September 14, 2009
I apologize; you can eat at the Rose and Crown