Skinny Legs Pub and Grill

                A relative newcomer to the local pub grub scene, Skinny Legs Pub and Grill is just a couple blocks south of the river in Bellevue, KY at 519 Fairfield Ave. Skinny Legs is just a couple of years old and is housed in a renovated corner building and consists of a very high ceilinged bar, a dining room and an upstairs loft where live music is played on the weekends.

                The menu offers a number of selections ranging from burgers to pizza, from appetizers to wraps and sandwiches, from soups to salads.

                You get the feeling that this is a nice little neighborhood gathering place where people walk to enjoy food and drink and the company of their neighbors. The atmosphere just gives off that local vibe. Add to that the various flat screen TVs showing sporting events and Skinny Legs Pub and Grill would be a nice place to be a regular.

                One down side was how loud the televisions were blaring when we went in on an early Sunday afternoon (it didn’t help that the Reds were blowing another ball game) and some of the reviews I’ve read on line indicate that the noise level is usually pretty high in the bar area. Perhaps back in the dining room it is more conducive to sitting and chatting but we were at a table out front.

Josh

                   Again, the end of the school year is hampering Josh’s time toward writing up his reviews.

               Not that it would really matter much because when we got there he decided that he was really hungry and not really in the mood for a burger. So he ordered up one of their pizzas, a pepperoni that took every bit of effort on his part to finish. He said it was good. No John’s on Bleeker in the West Village in New York but not bad for a pub pizza. (Just of note, a few blocks away over in Newport is a great little pizza joint, the Newport Pizza Company - http://newportpizzacompany.com/ - at 601 Monmouth is the closest to a New York pie I’ve found around here.)

Mark

                For my lunch, I ordered one of their half-pound Angus beef burgers. There’s nothing like Angus beef when fixing up a burger. I was having a discussion not too long ago with my friend Jeep who made the comment that there is something special about an Angus burger. There’s a flavor that really shines through. And that was just as true with the Angus beef used at Skinny Legs. (By the way, Jeeps current favorite burger place is Terry’s Turf Club, a place we will hopefully be reviewing in the coming months.)

                They claim to cook the burger to order but mine was a bit more well-done than what I had asked for. Still, the flavor was there and the burger wasn’t at all dried out. It was served on a toasted Kaiser Roll which can often be hard and not hold up to the burger and the toppings. This one did, though, being a good soldier in doing its job.

                As for the toppings, my slice of provolone added just the right hint of cheese without taking anything else away. The pickles were what you would expect. I actually had to look to find the lettuce but what little was there was crisp.

                This was a decent burger. While the beef, as I said before, was flavorful, there really wasn’t anything that jumped out and grabbed me by the taste buds screaming to be noticed. According to what I’ve heard, some of their specialty burgers really stack up with some of the other top burger joints in the area. Maybe on my next trip I’ll give one of them a try. In the meantime, if you go there and eat a lot of half-pound Angus burgers, you won’t have Skinny Legs for long.