The Pines Tavern

This place is A1 on my hubby & I list!! We were a little skeptical about eating at this place at first, but from the moment we entered into this place, everyone greeted us with a smile, welcoming words, and humor. The waitress/bartender was friendly. Again, the entire place just gave off a family vibe! I mentioned to the waitress I was a vegetarian and she suggested several items on the menu for me. I chose the veggie burger 🍔 which came with a side of chips & delicious pickles. Oh me, oh my, my burger was huge and satisfying. I also ordered a side of fries 🍟 crispy & well seasoned. A must order on the menu if you like fries. My husband had the Philly cheese wrap. Most definitely, we will visit again when we travel back to Burlington.

I have been hearing about this place for quite some time, but I just finally got a chance to stop in. A friend and I popped in for an impromptu late night bite. Well, not super late but past dinner time. We did call ahead of time and they told us the kitchen closes at 10 so we had a little over an hour to get our snack. We bumped in to some friends who were raving about pretty much the whole menu! It took us a little while to narrow it down because everything looks so wonderful. We didn’t want to eat anything too big so we got the pork roll fries and we also ordered the Irish nachos. I did think the pork roll fries were going to be similar to scrapple fries I have had elsewhere. Scrapple fries are just strips of scrapple cut into fry shapes and then French fried. However, the pork roll fries here did have nice generous fry shaped chunks of pork roll, but it was also mixed in with regular french fries with a delicious cheese sauce overtop. While these pork roll fries were extremely delicious and I enjoyed them, I don’t think I would’ve also ordered the Irish nachos had I known that there were actual potato fries in with the pork roll fries. Needless to say we had a lot of potato going on, so we took a lot of it home. Everything was very good! Can’t wait to come back a little earlier and try some other heartier fare. I was excited to see that they had chili and the soup of the day when we were in there was stuffed pepper and that sounds great. Also, there was a rib special on the board that people were raving about all the employees, and there were extremely nice and the place was on the smallish side but super cute. We are really looking forward to coming back sometime soon!

It is your quintessential local bar with exceptional food to choose from. Everything we had was delicious. Beer is beer but good food will keep me coming back. They have high tops, tv and internet jukebox( typical bar staples). This is a let your hair down but may have to loosen a belt hole before you leave. Parking can get a little tight when its busy.