Wunder Wonder

Go for the beer.

Wunder Brewing is an old-time San Francisco brewing name. The original Wunder Brewing Company operated from 1896 until it was bought out in 1909.

The new Wunder Brewing Company was brought back to life by four friends - a brewer, a lawyer, a paralegal and a chef. Sounds like a dream team.

Mrs. Snob and I have been to Wunder Brewing three times so far.

The first time was for beer and desert. The beer was mighty tasty, but we had to do without the desert as the kitchen was closed. Instead, we got the freaky Japanese science fiction.

The second time was for dinner. I went British classic with the Fish & Chips and a porter. The porter was awesome, but the fish was mushy and fishy tasting. Beefy beef and cheesy cheese are good things, but fishy fish is just nasty.

Our third venture into Wunder Brewing was for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. Let me say here that walking into Wunder Brewing on a Sunday afternoon, your are immediately confronted with four large TVs pumping out the NFL's finest with various fans packed shoulder to shoulder at the bar. The testosterone overload of football and beer, however, is immediately doused when you open the Brunch Menu to find quiche and some hamburger thing with bacon and egg on top. Some might call it a balance, but, really, who comes into a bar to watch football, drink beer and eat quiche? Even in San Francisco that's stretching the limits of tolerance.

Yelp has not been very kind to Wunder Brewing. In truth, Yelp can be pretty rough on new restaurants because the experienced Yelpers in San Francisco have pretty high expectations. Newly opened locales that haven't quite gotten it together are panned mercilessly and the early reviews of Wunder were almost universally poor.

Me, I'll stick with the beer. And the garlic fries. And, if you get served the bad Japanese science fiction instead of the Apple Crisp, have another beer.

Cheers!