Remember in the before-times when you could go out and eat at restaurants? Well good news, those times are back (depending on what state you’re in) and better than ever, if you consider wearing a mask all the time better than ever that is. And if restaurants are back that must mean that great, fresh, delicious nachos are back as well right? Right? Right?
Partially right. After my recent visit to Barrington Brewery & Restaurant in Great Barrington (more like So-So Barrington, AMIRITE?) I will go so far as to say “nachos are”, but more than that I cannot claim. It’s been four months since I’ve been able to go out and eat nachos, and coming back to this, well, it was a real blow to the soul. But let’s back things up a bit shall we.
The menu listed “Nachos/$9 - Add chicken of chili $3” so who knows what could have shown up? I sure didn’t (since it wasn’t listed on the menu, I literally just told you that) but didn’t ask because I always roll the dice with nachos, which is the life of a Nachonomist/Nachonaut. I inquired only to make sure there were no olives (there weren’t) and add chicken, but other than that it was still mostly a Schrodinger's Nachos of possibly endless possibilities. Not for long though, because sadly what showed up was just your typical basic bitch bar nachos.
You know the type, you have had these before. Chips look cheap and greasy, maybe even the circle shape like they’re concession nachos. Nacho cheese sauce, or a weirdly melted pile of shredded cheese where you know there’s going to be just an Olympic pool of oil on the plate below them. If you’re lucky you got meat and jalapenos, but if unlucky it’s just jalapenos that make the dish seem extra sparse. On the side you’ve got a plate of ramekins, one of sour cream, one of salsa, and if it’s a blue moon there’ll be one of some cheap guacamole too. You. Have. Had. These. Before.
And that’s just it, you have had these before. They are passable at best. They are nothing special. You will eat these and then only remember you ate them when you in the future think about nachos that were completely average. Don’t get these, you’ve had them before, and you weren’t impressed then, and you won’t be now. Instead, get the Cheddar Ale Soup. Get the Beer Battered Fries. Get the Avocado Melt. Get the Chocolate Stout Cake. Get the Raspberry Ale. There are many good things here, but nachos are not one of them.
Oh, there’s also a “historically true” UFO landing site a few miles down the road you should check out as well. Ancient Aliens put it there, so it’s pretty high quality for sure. It’s not edible, but is still better than these nachos.
