
Address and Contact Information
Address: 24 17th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901
Phone: (507) 322-6056
Website: http://www.bouldertaphouse.com/
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We started with the Happy Hour Nachos which were enough to share. I had 6 bone in wings. they were cooked to perfection with buffalo sauce and celery and blue cheese. Wife had Shrimp lettuce wrap which was also 1/2 off. All toll with 3 drinks, Nacho app, lettuce wrap and 6 wings for $43.00 was a good deal and the food was really good. Glad we stopped by. Very close to Fairfield and other hotels. I recommend Boulder if staying for Mayo and you are craving some awesome bar food and atmosphere.
We wanted to find a place that we could watch the Pacers game last Wednesday and just kind of eat, munch, drink, and watch the game. We were so glad we found this place that had ample seating in the dining area, but we chose to sit at the end of the bar which is a horse shoe style.
Our server was Ann who worked in the bar who I quickly assumed was an owner, turns out she was just the manager filling in. She worked the bar and interacted with the servers that were working the floor like she owned the place. She was seriously invested in the operations. I always seem to notice that and determine if it’s going to be a good experience or not. It was indeed a great experience.
Firstly, we told Ann that we were here to watch the game and arrived a little before 6 PM and the game didn’t start until 7:30PM so we told her we were going to munch a little bit and then get some meals but we were here for the duration and asked if it was OK that were going to camp out and take three bar spaces. She was 100% OK with that.
This place has an incredible beer menu and incredible taps and an incredible staff that is Ann. She was very patient and offered little samples of things that we had questions about, and she offered a Brewer‘s knowledge, although she did not brew the beer. It was super impressive. She knew where the brews originated from and she knew history.
It was simply incredible to talk to her about the originations, the crafters and history even though I am not a big craft beer person I found her fascinating in her willingness to stop what she was doing, and explain the ins and the outs. She also gave little samples and we landed on several favorites, heretofore unknown to us.
A serious favorite was brewed in New Ulm, Minnesota, The Grain Belt Beer Nordeast. Deceivingly Amber, but such a light crisp taste. Wow.
The food was so tasty. Cheese Curds which were huge cheese squares that would make every Wisconsinite instantly move to Minnesota; a Sourdough Burger; and a Stuffed Tap House Burger. All delicious and if I had been hungry, I would have ordered the Jalapeño Popper Burger…..next time!!!!
Visit this place. The people working their tails off in there are charming and the customers were very nice to us Iowa folk .
Would come again when we are in town!
Hot tip- the milkshakes are huge. If you ask for a couple straws, they offered to split it two cups! One was enough for 2-3 people.
We entered at the same time as another party. There was no staff at all in the main dining room, and only 2-3 tables with people. We stood around about 2-3 minutes waiting for someone to welcome us. In hindsight, we should’ve taken this as a hint to leave.
The ambience of the place wasn’t pleasant. While we liked the soft rock music playing, it was so loud that we had a hard time talking–and it was that loud, even though the restaurant was almost empty. The tap menu was printed on dark purple paper that was very hard to read; my husband’s side of the table was so dark, he had to use the flashlight mode on his phone to try to read the menu.
It took about 10 minutes for anyone to come to our table. My husband ordered a beer; he intended to order another one, but service was so sporadic, he gave up. On our server’s initial visit, I ordered a cider. I was told they were out. I asked for a different cider. That was also out of stock. I did not like the third cider option, so I stuck with water. My water was only refilled once.
We ordered the cheese curds appetizer. We were told we could choose two different kinds of cheese, so we asked for regular cheddar and white cheddar. She even repeated this back to us. When the curds came out (and they technically were not curds, but cubes of cheese) they were white cheddar and pepper jack. I cannot do spice. My husband had to cut in half most of the remaining cubes so that he could eat the pepper jack ones and spare me the mouth of fire.
After a very long wait, our food came out. My husband’s burger had apparently sat under the heat lamp for a while, as the bottom bun was soggy. The fries were quite good, though.
I had the Sweet Parmesan Salad without additional meat. It was very one-note. The dressing was supposed to include parmesan, but I was left wondering if there should’ve been parm on the greens as well–it sure would’ve made it a better salad.
We finished eating and sat and sat. No one had ever taken our empty appetizer dishes so the table was quite cramped. There were many employees there, but since there still weren’t many customers, they were mostly gabbing in small groups. Our server was nowhere in sight. Finally, another woman stopped to ask if we needed anything. We were able to get the check, pay, and go.
We have no desire to ever return, that’s for sure.
We got 4 apps and 6 drinks and our tab was only $65! Seriously an amazing happy hour
McKenna was amazing! So attentive and so sweet!
They were super short staffed and started to get pretty busy, and she still made sure we had excellent service.
Will definitely be back while I’m in town.
PS don’t mind my horrible photos. I was hungry
We had the burger special with parm fries and the western burger with an appetizer of cheese curds.
Will definitely be back! Sorry for the late photos it was so good we dug in first.