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Prison Brews first opened its doors on April 7, 2008. We are a unique brewpub located on the historic east side of Jefferson City, two blocks from the old Missouri State Penitentiary. The pub occupies an 1895 brick warehouse that was once a blacksmith, creamery, and an electric company. Our nostalgic, relaxed environment soothes your mind while enticing your senses with a diverse food menu and a large selection of handcrafted ales. The large outdoor patio and bocce courts provide a great way to enjoy a beautiful Missouri day. Take a break from your day’s sentence and escape to Prison Brews!
Nostalgic haunt featuring house brews, American grub & bocce in an easygoing, jail-themed setting.
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Address: 305 Ash St, Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573) 635-0678
Website: http://www.prisonbrews.com/
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Prison Brews is a brewery and restaurant located in the historic east side of Jefferson City two blocks away from the old Missouri State Penitentiary.
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Prison Brews 305 Ash St
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Brian Schwarz
Prison Brews does a good job playing on their historical uniqueness and proximity to Jeff City’s slammer. Restaurant decor is themed around the cell block. Our mid-week trip to Prison Brews in December was relaxing and low-key which allowed everyone in our group ability to talk and hear each other. With the bar, fairly robust food menu, sports on multiple TVs and downtown location, Prison Brews has been busy and lively during fair weather. Nice outdoor patio seating in the courtyard with strings of hanging lights. Inside is a unique restaurant and craft brewery with your basic ales, stout, porter, and full bar.
The menu offers a solid variety of unique sandwiches, burgers, wood-fired pizzas, and various entrees, soups/salads and apps. My prison burger which I ordered medium-rare was served hot yet nicely kept pink in the middle. Came with lettuce, tomato, pickle & onion with a side of fries. For a slight upcharge, there are sautéed onions, mushrooms or bacon. I enjoyed the grilled onion on my burger & you choose from four different cheeses. I added extra condiments to help with flavor and compensating for the dry bun.
Prison nachos had good flavor from the diced onion & tomato, sliced jalapeños and cheese sauce. Nacho lovers can choose from chicken, beef or pulled pork for a few dollars more. Salsa and sour cream topped it off.
Another member of our group ordered the Rueben sandwich which was a little thin, but had good flavor.
Our young server was very kind and friendly. She came by to ask about additional beer and wine drinks but didn’t refill our waters. She did great otherwise and our meals came out about 15 minutes after ordering.
The restaurant was in good shape and mostly well cleaned. Bathroom wasn’t super clean, but points for repurposing kegs into urinals and the sink bowls.
Another solid visit to humorous Prison Brews & now I know winters are a time when things are less busy.
… moreThe menu offers a solid variety of unique sandwiches, burgers, wood-fired pizzas, and various entrees, soups/salads and apps. My prison burger which I ordered medium-rare was served hot yet nicely kept pink in the middle. Came with lettuce, tomato, pickle & onion with a side of fries. For a slight upcharge, there are sautéed onions, mushrooms or bacon. I enjoyed the grilled onion on my burger & you choose from four different cheeses. I added extra condiments to help with flavor and compensating for the dry bun.
Prison nachos had good flavor from the diced onion & tomato, sliced jalapeños and cheese sauce. Nacho lovers can choose from chicken, beef or pulled pork for a few dollars more. Salsa and sour cream topped it off.
Another member of our group ordered the Rueben sandwich which was a little thin, but had good flavor.
Our young server was very kind and friendly. She came by to ask about additional beer and wine drinks but didn’t refill our waters. She did great otherwise and our meals came out about 15 minutes after ordering.
The restaurant was in good shape and mostly well cleaned. Bathroom wasn’t super clean, but points for repurposing kegs into urinals and the sink bowls.
Another solid visit to humorous Prison Brews & now I know winters are a time when things are less busy.
Jesse Wright
Things were a little slow this night we stopped. To be fair they had a large table of about 20.
The tenderloin sandwich was really good in my opinion. The kids grill cheese though was really heavy and greasy. Daughter was not a fan. My wofe got the chicken Philly and the special sauce is a pesto blend…. not really what we thought it would be. The buffalo chicken dip had good flavor. But was made with whipped cream cheese. That made it really lite and fluffy. Again. Just not our thing. We will try again and try the burgers or pizza.
… moreThe tenderloin sandwich was really good in my opinion. The kids grill cheese though was really heavy and greasy. Daughter was not a fan. My wofe got the chicken Philly and the special sauce is a pesto blend…. not really what we thought it would be. The buffalo chicken dip had good flavor. But was made with whipped cream cheese. That made it really lite and fluffy. Again. Just not our thing. We will try again and try the burgers or pizza.
Andrew Sands
This is one of the most unique brewery concepts I’ve seen. It plays well with the neighboring and now closed down Missouri State Penitentiary. The concept inside is fun and gives it a unique vibe different from other breweries. Beers were good. Food was decent.
… moreJustin Barnes
Overall my family and I have experienced eating a prison bruise while we were in Jefferson City was pretty cool I ordered the supreme pizza with duck wontons and Buffalo to start with. The duck wontons were not very impressive and the buffalo dip was more forward on cream cheese and sour cream then I would have preferred.
I also ordered the supreme pizza and my daughter ordered the barbecue brisket pizza they forgot to put the barbecue sauce on her pizza so it had to come out on the side but both pizzas were really delicious. Overall my experience here was quite fantastic and I really encouraged and you when it comes down to grab a flight and try their local bruise that brown they have is some kind of delicious. Overall very happy just wish our server would have even taken the time to ask him if he wanted dessert before putting the check on the table
… moreI also ordered the supreme pizza and my daughter ordered the barbecue brisket pizza they forgot to put the barbecue sauce on her pizza so it had to come out on the side but both pizzas were really delicious. Overall my experience here was quite fantastic and I really encouraged and you when it comes down to grab a flight and try their local bruise that brown they have is some kind of delicious. Overall very happy just wish our server would have even taken the time to ask him if he wanted dessert before putting the check on the table
Tamara Loveland
Great atmosphere, I love how it is set up like a prison, food was good and the flight of beer was full of flavor.
… moreSonya T.
Everything was absolutely delicious. My aunt had a very awkward visit because 1 of the owners stood in the back and stared at her the entire time while she had her meal! That may be something he does, but he made her very uncomfortable!
… moreJason C
I would rate the pizza here as the worst I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. It should be given a life sentence with no parole.
Our BBQ pizza had multiple huge globs of fat on it and raw dough in the middle. The service was also terrible. I would rather serve a night in the slammer than eat here again.
… moreOur BBQ pizza had multiple huge globs of fat on it and raw dough in the middle. The service was also terrible. I would rather serve a night in the slammer than eat here again.
Angie Froese
Really neat place with average bar food. We had the Chicken Philly and Standard Cheeseburger and Fries. Nothing special to write home about but the atmosphere makes it worth the trip!! We would go back for sure!
… moreHolly Koehler
We went here for dessert because there they seemed to have the best menu within walking distance of where we stayed, near the state penitentiary tours. We got the rootbeer float, “world’s best chocolate cake” and cheesecake flights. Of the 4 people that ordered cake, everyone said it wasn’t great, it was dry and only 1 person finished it, and they had ordered ice cream with it. Not recommended. We got 3 cheesecake flights and they weren’t bad. The cherry and blueberry shooters were good but the other 2 were not cheesecake at all. I thought they weren’t bad but 1 person thought the peanut butter was too rich. My nephew got the rootbeer float and wasn’t happy. This was his 2nd rootbeer float of the day so he had something recent to compare it to. The other one came from Izzy’s Burgers and Shakes on High street. We did get wings and chicken noodle soup to go and I was told that both were really good. The atmosphere was really fun and the service was good. I would go here again for food but definitely not for dessert.
… moreKissha Steele
Well my first experience here wasn’t a great one. I went in around 7:15 on a Sunday to get some take out . I was greeted with weird looks and at first I didn’t notice but the young lady walked up and said they had closed the kitchen for the night. I’m like the hours say 8:30pm… there was no response. It’s like tell me what the correct hours are and why do people close early and not just change their time.
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