Bier Garden Encinitas

Beach

With all of our breakfast mornings the best way to work up an appetite is to take a leisurely 20-minute walk on the beach. This way in case anyone asks, we can say we did exercise that morning. The walk was from Stonesteps to D-street and back through high tide. Sawyer was able to join us for the walk this morning.

After this grueling walk, sawyer was able to drive us over to Beirgarden. Yes, I understand the irony of trying to exercise and then driving to Biergarden. When we arrived we were greeted by welcoming staff and took a seat outside. Kevin and I started off the day with a bottle of champagne, while Sawyer opted for the bloody mary. When the bloody mary came out it was huge and had no practical way to attack it and added some great entertainment.Once there we met up with Sara, Sean, and Karen.

Champagne $15 a bottle

The champagne was a Governor’s Cuvee Stanford Brut, served along with a carafe of orange juice, that thankfully didn’t have any pulp. Pulp is gross, it’s a fact. As with any mimosas the perfect ratio is about 20:1 of champagne to orange juice, so the one carafe lasted us two or three bottles, although they had no problem when we asked for them to refill it. The champagne was pretty mellow and didn’t seem over the top bubbly. Solid mimosas for a pretty reasonable price.

Garlic truffle fries $6

To accompany our mimosas, we of course opted for garlic truffle fries because we are adults, and no one can tell us we can’t. Good thing we did because these were fantastic. As soon as they were brought to the table you could smell them. The fries were thick cut square fries, cooked to a perfect golden brown. On top was extra helpings of parmesan cheese, garlic, and charred rosemary. They smelled absolutely fantastic and tasted even better than they looked. On the side was some ketchup, which helped to mellow the taste between the three strong flavors in the bowl. This could easily be shared between two and is a must if you go here!

Chicken Chilequiles with Tomatillo sauce $16

Last but not least is breakfast. I opted for the chilaquiles verde as they are one of my favorite dishes no matter where I go, and yes, I know I spelled it wrong in the title, but that’s how it is on the menu. These chilaquiles came topped with fried tortillas chips, 2 fried eggs, pickled onions, crema, cotija, pinto beans, cilantro, and chicken. The tortilla chips were made from actual tortillas which made them the perfect texture to be thick enough to be a little soggy on the outside from the tomatillo sauce, but thick enough to retain a crunch on the inside. The two eggs accompanying the dish were cooked to an over-medium, where they still had a partially runny yolk, and partially cooked yolk. The only two gripes I have with the dish, was that the chicken seemed halfway between cooked and overcooked leading to a chewier bite, and the other being a lack of tomatillo sauce. To combat the lack of sauce, a solid dose of any hot sauce will create a solid dankness level. The spice brought out some of the more subtle flavors of the dish, and made the dish lighter. The servings size for this was huge, and this one dish could serve at least two and would even work as an appetizer to share with the whole table.