{"id":45,"date":"2017-03-03T18:40:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T23:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved-vgfvcengsr.live-website.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2017-03-03T18:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T23:48:53","slug":"fatheads-brewery-saloon-cleveland-oh-fat-guy-reviewer-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Fathead&#8217;s Brewery &#038; Saloon &#8211; Cleveland, OH &#8211; Fat Guy Reviewer: Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of months, I have spent some of my weekend time off with friends in the Cleveland, OH area, and there&#8217;s one source of good food that stands out, Fathead&#8217;s Brewery &amp; Saloon in North Olmstead, OH. Website here: <a href=\"http:\/\/fatheadscleveland.com\/\">http:\/\/fatheadscleveland.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The restaurant building itself doesn&#8217;t stand out as anything remarkable, but you know the old saying, &#8220;You can&#8217;t judge a book by its cover&#8221;. The food, atmosphere and drink (Homemade Root Beer) offered within are truly remarkable. I am not a consumer of really anything containing alcohol, and thus I have chosen a good scratch-made Root Beer as my drink of choice at the various Craft Beer pubs that seem to be all the rage these days. While I may not be a consumer of Beer, I do like the side-effects of such establishments. Most of these places offer not just a wide variety of (I&#8217;m told) delightful hand-crafted beers, but they also bring with them unique and interesting food offerings as well as other non-alcoholic beverages. The Root Beer at Fathead&#8217;s in particular is out of this world good! I can safely say that it&#8217;s my stand-out favorite. The one that holds a special place in my heart is the root beer offered at Chowning&#8217;s Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg, but that&#8217;s mostly because of the atmosphere in which it is served.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of tasty comestibles is wide at Fathead&#8217;s as you might expect, and each dish that I&#8217;ve tried so far has been quite the trip down Flavor Lane. On my first trip to Fathead&#8217;s (an introductory trip with a couple of very good friends), I sampled the Wings. It was the first time that I&#8217;ve had a full-sized wing, and boy were they good! They were the Mild wings, and I chose the Buffalo variant. These came with the usual sides where Buffalo wings are concerned (Carrots, Celery and a generous helping of some truly delicious Ranch dressing). Along with the wings I sampled one of the Soups of the Moment, Clam Chowder. Here is a pic of the food from trip one:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fatguyapproved-vgfvcengsr.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fatguyapproved-vgfvcengsr.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_20170107_113634686-COLLAGE.jpg 2046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On my second trip, again with a friend, I sampled one of the signature &#8220;Headwiches&#8221;. The particular &#8220;Headwich&#8221; that I tried was the Prime Rib and Brisket sandwich. It&#8217;s not often that a sandwich leaves you speechless, but this one did&#8230; It was delightful. A delectable combination of flavors that just worked. The meat was tender and juicy, the bread (Rye) was lightly buttered and grill toasted. The sandwich was a manageable size, and left me full but not stuffed. That&#8217;s pretty much the goal in my book. That, plus a couple of glasses of Root Beer, homemade BBQ potato chips, and good company made for a great visit. I heartily recommend that you pay a visit to Fathead&#8217;s if you&#8217;re in the area. It&#8217;s a popular place, so expect a wait if you happen to stop by during peak dining hours. The wait is worth it though. If you don&#8217;t mind waiting in a line, the bar is also a good choice. Expect more tomfoolery and jocularity though as the folks at the bar tend to enjoy themselves a bit more than those isolated at their own private tables. \ud83d\ude42 No matter where you find yourself (table, bar seat, etc.), you will enjoy your stay at Fathead&#8217;s. The staff is very friendly, and if the menu is a bit daunting, they are more than willing to offer a friendly suggestion to steer you in the right direction. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fatguyapproved-vgfvcengsr.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LRM_EXPORT_20170303_183753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fatguyapproved-vgfvcengsr.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/LRM_EXPORT_20170303_183753-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of months, I have spent some of my weekend time off with friends in the Cleveland, OH area, and there&#8217;s one source of good food that stands out, Fathead&#8217;s Brewery &amp; Saloon in North Olmstead, OH. Website here: http:\/\/fatheadscleveland.com\/ The restaurant building itself doesn&#8217;t stand out as anything remarkable, but you&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/?p=45\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-area","category-food-reviews","category-new-and-exciting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatguyapproved.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}