Staff Blog
Hawthornes in pictures
posted by Drew Lazor
Tomorrow morning at 11, roll by the corner of 11th and Fitzwater to check out Hawthornes, a new beer head’s cafĂ©/eatery from Chris Fetfatzes (of the across-the-street Bella Vista Beer Distributors Fetfatzes clan) and his girlfriend Heather Annechiarico.
BVBD is our usual go-to for harder-to-find American craft selections, and that theme’s carried over here, with around 1,000 12-ounce bottles for mix-a-sixes, but we’re most amped about Hawthornes’ growler system, which’ll pump up the 64-ounce branded containers (a $15 one-time purchase, plus a special $1.50 cap) via a special pressurized system to ensure flavor and carbonation stay intact. Fetfatzes tells Meal Ticket that the growler beer lineup will feature hard-to-find one-offs from breweries, as well as selections from spots that produce kegs only (Brooklyn’s Sixpoint, for example). Right now, you can grab beer-geek manna like Russian River Blind Pig and Damnation, Lost Abbey Red Barn and Bruery’s Mischief by the growler.
For eats (yes, you can purchase beer and drink it with your food), they’re keeping things relatively simple. There’s a selection of sandwiches — panini, ones stuffed with house-roasted meats, and grilled cheeses (like the Dankey, with fontina, mushroom and fresh sage) — plus cheese plates, soups and salads. Brunch, served Friday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will see three-egg omelettes, crepes, French toast, pancakes and other hangover-smashing standards.
Yes, that’s Chris Fetfatzes’ BMW sitting in front of the store. Presumably he can afford it because his distributorship charges such a markup. I know PA prices are higher in general, but his are the highest I’ve found in the city.
Let’s hope Hawthorne’s offers some competition to the also-ridiculously-priced Foodery.
It’s about time something like this opened in the neighborhood! I can’t wait to check it out.
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unfortunately, hawthornes has priced their beer to match the foodery’s prices. i also was hoping for some competition, not price fixing. i really enjoyed their food, beer selection and fireplace, but i will not pay their single bottle or growler prices.
I beg to differ, the growler prices are totally worth it! I have never had better or fresher beer. Makes going back to bottles of Victory seem like Miller Lite. I am currently the proud owner of 2 growlers, & have refilled them several times already.
The place sucks, a small belgium beer was $10.25, there is a minumun of 15 dollars when you want to use the crdit card, the food is totally inadequated for a beer place.