A lot of thought can go into which bar
you want to go to on a given night. Are you hungry? Do you want a
loud or quiet night? Does the bar have a claw vs claw game? The trick is don't over think it because plans can change
in an instant. This week the kitchen was closed so we went next door
to bar #39 Kenilworth Tavern.
I couldn't start drinking on an empty
stomach for long. After finding out the kitchen was both closed and cordoned off I went next door and found what I was looking for.
The Kenilworth is a sports bar that
remembers when the Indians were getting good and when Browns fans
only had one rival to hate (1995.) They have a handful of interesting
things up on the walls including a Bud car hood. They have plenty
of TVs to watch the game you want, today included skateboarding.
The Kenilworth Tavern is owned by an
older Greek family. Their menu is setup so that everybody that shows
up is going to have something they want to eat. These options
include some salads made by a mad cook, vegetarian options that teach
us the valuable lesson that turkey is the other white beet, and a
multitude of wing flavors. I got their cajun wings, which were
amazing. It was one of my favorite wing/sauce combinations I've had in Lakewood. I
ordered their suicide sauce on the side to try it out. It
was good, it doesn't give up taste in exchange for heat.
The beer options are fairly standard; primarily your corporate options with a little Great Lakes and craft
to tide the rest of us over. I tried a bottle of something different,
glucose free. Redbridge is made by Anheuser Busch it tastes like
beer, mostly. There's a funny taste to it, not necessarily bad but
not something you'd choose to add to it. If you can't drink glucose
than you won't mind this.
The Kenilworth Tavern uses what is
becoming a well known trick to getting more people in the bar, good
looking female bartenders. They are appearing more often now in the
bars that in the past would have had some old bartender that only
believes in serving beers or shots and like to push the ice into the glass with his fingers. I've also seen other bars where this seems to have been a part of their turn around. Question for the women out there. Does having a good looking male bartender affect your decision on what bar to go to? You're not
going to get any complaints from me as long as the ladies can also do
their jobs well; and I didn't have any tonight. My bartender/waitress was able to help me figure out which
wings I wanted and let me know what was going on with their claw
game.
I met the Kenilworth Tavern softball team. They are currently undefeated. They want the rest of the softball teams to know that they are best.
I have no complaints about the bar I
ended up at this spring evening. The food was good enough to make me
plan on going back. The service was good and quick. The beer
options gave everyone an option even if they're allergic to glucose.
Overall this bar wasn't my first choice. Once, I gave it a chance I
didn't need to try anywhere else. You should head over to the
Kenilworth Tavern, bar #39, it might just be the last bar choice you'll
need to make.
Yeah, Kenilworth had Shaq! |
18204 Detroit Ave
216-226-6882
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