Last night Thom and I met up after work for drinks and dinner at the Park Chalet. We’d been to the Beach Chalet once, but hadn’t ever been to its companion establishment downstairs, which faces Golden Gate Park and even has an outdoor seating area on the lawn with Adirondack chairs.
The Chalet offers a line of beers that they brew themselves, and I took advantage of this by ordering the “circle of ales” sampler, made up of seven different varieties. Yum! (There I am in the photo, about to take my first gulp.) Each comes in a mini-glass, but all together that’s still a lot of beer. Thom is not a beer fan, so I had them all to myself. The beers ranged from light to dark. I wasn’t quite so fond of the porter; I’m more used to the pale ales, which were tasty.
We decided to get a bunch of appetizers as our meal: truffle chicken and four-cheese macaroni, ahi tuna tartare, shrimp and bay scallop ceviche, garlic french fries, and fried French brie. Everything was really good; of these I especially liked the macaroni and the brie. I’m getting hungry again just thinking about it!
My only quibble about the Park Chalet is that it can get pretty loud, what with the glass and tile everywhere, especially when you have a boisterous group nearby, as we did.
It was a really nice time. We hope to meet up for after-work drinks like this more often, and the Chalet is nicely located on the Great Highway, halfway between Thom’s office and our house (i.e., my office).
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That sampler looked HUGE from the other angle… like you were given a bunch of full-sized mugs to sample!