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tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan) writes:

  [Tom's accurate review of HOPS deleted for brevity.]

>Anyone else have comments?


I found Hops to be a very good micro-brewery i.e. their beer was very tasty
but they seem to be trying too hard for a "yuppie" atmosphere. For the
prices of there main menu you'd expect a classier place, like you said
their fine dining was a little lacking.

But still, I recommend trying their brews. And if you live close by I 
also recommend that you invest in the 1/2 gallon take-home jug of the 
home brew of your choice. Each return trip you can get a refill for a mere
$5.00.

Just some thoughts,

Randy
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In <40980@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan) writes:



>Went to the new (a month old or so) restaurant/bar at UTC called
>Hops.  It was OK, although I think slightly expensive for the food
>qaulity and service.  

I agree--expensive for the food quality and service.  It's a high-end
bistro wannabee that brews its own beer.  I had the "flash-fried cajun
shrimp" twice:  the first time it was perfectly done, the second time
their flash must have been stuck, since the shrimp had the consistency of
a bike tire. ($7 for the shrimp as I recall--it's an "appetizer").

The tortilla soup ($4?) was hardly worthy of the name.  Really just a chicken
soup with tortilla chips thrown into it (I recommend the tortilla soup at
Guadalajara Grill instead).

The hamburger (mine had asiago cheese on it) was pricey but good.  I'd
recommend going to Rory's or Paul's Place instead.
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In article <40980@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas
Marvan) writes:
|> Went to the new (a month old or so) restaurant/bar at UTC called
|> Hops.  It was OK, although I think slightly expensive for the food
|> qaulity and service.  It was kind of a cross between a swanky bar
|> and posh restaurant, so the atmosphere was unusual.  Both the kick
|> your shoes off scene you'd expect at a bar, and the intimacy of an
|> expensive restaurant were indeed lacking.

It is more expensive than the typical brew-pub, but you do not have to spend
alot.  Their pizza's are good and under $10.  The appetizers are also large
and you can make a meal of one or two of them.  However, like most brew-pubs
you do not go there for the food but to sample their brew.  My wife has been
there a couple of times and likes the unfiltered wheat beer.  My first
time last night, I tried the wheat beer and their rasberry beer. 
Yes, rasberry beer!  They throw some rasberries into the beer at some time
in the process.  With a litle residual sugar content, it has a fruity
taste, not for the die-hard bitter drinker, but good for a change.  The
wheat beer is very Bavarian, and I recommend it.  

Some of my wife's freinds like the five samples that they put together 
for $5.50.  A little larger than the usual samplers.

Hops, is a high end brew-pub trying to be a little too trendy, but I must
confess I liked the modern atmosphere and the service was excellent.
San Diego is rapidly getting quite a selection of brew-pubs.  I have tried 
three of them, and I would like to hear other opinions.

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In article <1e8tnuINNhdi@network.ucsd.edu>, wbruvold@weber.ucsd.edu
(William Bruvold) writes:
|> 
|> has anyone tried the place in the Old Mission Bay Brewery building?
|> (I went by about a year ago before they had finished and it looked
|> like, with the new fermenting chambers, that they were going back in

I stopped by last month and it looks like they are still in the same state
as last year.  I would guess the recession got them before they even opened
up.