Dogwood Tavern

This place is fantastic. They have a great mix of sandwiches and salads. The nachos are top notch and the service is always friendly. They have a couple different dining options if you want to sit outside or upstairs or dine in.nnGreat selection of rotating beers and specialty cocktails. I highly recommend if you are in the area. They have a small stage and you may even catch some live music.

A preface, the waiting staff at the Dogwood Tavern have always been attentive and pleasant, this has zero to do with those hard working people just trying to get by. Now, the review itself.nnThis is now the fifth time dining at the Dogwood Tavern, the first visit went to a medium rare Double Decker Bacon Burger with waffle fries was adequate in much the same way heat lamp food from 7-11 is adequate, it was underseasoned and while sauteed onions are fine for soup actually caramelized ones are better suited on burgers, with just a hint of char on their edges. The second was their Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich which could have doubled as a jerky base or the rubberized flooring for a bounce house. Third visit was a seasonal burger with blue cheese sauce, made medium, on it that was runnier than watered down thousand island dressing and came with beef that may have never heard of salt nor fat content from how lacking in flavor it was. Fourth went to their cooks attempt at schnitzel which suffered the same fate as the fried chicken sandwich, instead of being tender, juicy, and breaded it would have bounced reasonably high if the desire to throw it on the floor came to pass which is a crime unto schnitzel. Our most recent, and hopefully final, visit was another attempt at the Double Decker, medium well, and the inability to season meat stayed as true this time as it did the first.nnThe poor price per performance continues into their alcoholic beverages. At $7+ a glass for hot mulled cider, or worse for other cocktails, you'd be better off just taking a $50 and lighting it on fire, it leaves the same feeling behind.nnA better culinary experience can be had out of gas-station heat lamp foods or assorted grease-ball establishments such as Burger King. Their popularity, pricing, and food quality are all flabbergasting and not in a good way. None of these dishes were sent back to be re-made, the Dogwood has been busy every visit, considering the quality of the food prepared, that fact alone is bewildering.

The burger here was not up to par. First , it's a thinner patty than the quality/gourmet burgers that are in the DMV. Adding insult to injury, they won't cook your burger to rare or medium rare. The brownie sundae was decent. But again, they are more generous with the whip cream than with the ice cream. The brownie was good though ud83dude0bnnSo they short you on the beef in your burger and the ice cream in your brownie Sundaeud83dude0f. I have to go and get something to eat...laterud83dude04

Stopped here on a whim but I'm so glad I did! The food was delicious! I got my order to go but they offer dining in and the atmosphere is super cozy with a fire and everything. I can highly recommend the BBQ sandwich. It was delish!

Dogwood Tavern have very good food. The Reuben egg rolls were a delight. The wide beer selection has something for every taste.