My girlfriend Irene and I find that we get in a rut about going to restaurants. It’s that sort of thing where you’re wearing blinders to all of those restaurants you’ve been hearing about, but for whatever you never remember when it comes dinner (or lunch) time. So we’ve started making a mental list of places we want to try in the near future. Of course almost all of my choices are beer related, but that’s should come as no real shock to anyone.

Last Saturday when dinner time rolled around, I knew I wanted to hit one of the first places on my list, the Tin Can Tavern and Grill. This is a place that boasts about the fact they they offer 50 different beers, all in can. Oh sure if you want you can get a glass of wine or you could get a draught or bottled beer. But you don’t go to Mexican joint expecting Chinese, so why would you want to go to a place called the Tin Can Tavern without drinking a beer that came from a can?

The other thing that drew me to Tin Can was the food. It’s not anything fancy, it’s just classic American comfort food. They have some of the standard bar staples like chicken tenders, hot wings, and mini corn dogs. But for the most part it’s food you grew up with in St. Louis: mac and cheese, chicken fried steak, BBQ pork steaks and even a fried bologna sandwich if that’s what you’re craving. Read the rest…