A lot of the posts here, as well as in the GNR nomination thread, mention their burger (one that I've certainly enjoyed). Curious about some of the other items on the menu, I had dinner last night (with an eye already on the Wednesday night fried Amish chicken special).
Three of us picked up the following -- the Amish fried chicken, served with mashed potatoes and gravy; an order of pozole with pulled pork and scotch eggs; and the fish of the day, a whole red snapper, lightly breaded and fried with a (hearty) garnish of chorizo, olives and toasted garlic. Overall, we were very happy -- everything was pretty/very good. The chicken had a nice flavour, though I found the coating to be a little breadier than anticipated. This wasn't a bad thing, at all, since the coating tasted like the really crispy topping you get to a plate of stuffing finished under the broiler. Still, when I think 'fried chicken', Amish or no, I have Harold's in my mind, or something similar.
Speaking of the broiler, the Scotch eggs were okay -- hot, unlike Ronnie's experience, but having been finished under a broiler, I think, most of the egg was cooked away. I mostly tasted sausage, a slighly spicy Italian mix, but very little egg. On other hand, unlike, say, the Gage or Hopleaf, you got enough eggs to feed 4. The pozole was thicker than expected and didn't have as much pulled pork as we would have hoped. My friend also thought that at $9, it was a little over-priced.
The snapper was excellent, overall. Their chorizo is really good, and stood out really well in contrast to the more mellow flavours of the fish. It was also a lot of food for one person, as was the fried chicken, come to think of it.
The cost of everything got to us, too. I thought everything was priced all right, maybe a touch on the high side (the chicken was $14, the fish $20 and the eggs about $6 (I think?)), but price/value is relative. Their burger-and-a-pint special is no longer a summer-only thing -- my one friend said she would gladly come back, but only for the burger, bringing things back full circle, I guess.
FWIW, the other off-menu special was "fries with eyes" (their description), aka fried smelt.
Their beer list, as frequently mentioned, is solid, though we were sad that Rogue's Anniversary Ale was no longer available -- we went with pints of Surly's Furious, prompting lots of jokes about '2 Surly, 2 Furious', which were also very good (I also had Founder's Breakfast Stout which could have easily been confused for an unsweetened iced coffee -- I found it too much leaning on coffee flavours, and it could have been served a little warmer, too).
The lower room was being used for a private party, leaving precious little space otherwise for walk-ins. I don't know how often the restaurant is used by a private party, but if anyone was going to go with a large-ish group, you might want to call ahead to make sure there would be a table available.
best,
dan