Baker Street Pub & Grill

Review of Baker Street Pub & Grill:

I decided to have lunch at the Baker Street Pub & Grill located in the Belmar area of Denver. Baker Street touts itself as an English Pub, which is fine, I can deal with an "Americanized" version of an English pub, but despite their attempt to recreate the character, it lacks the history. After all, in a real English pub, when it has an airplane propeller on the wall, that propeller probably came from a shot down Luftwaffe Stuka that was discovered in a field nearby the pub, whereas in the U.S, the propeller is just a prop. Of note for lawyers, they appear to have the full set of the Corpus Juris Secundum (probably an old set), among other law books, but nevertheless, if you need a quick reference article, you could probably pull the book off the shelf.

In any event, the beer selection was adequate, but nothing special. They had Guinness, Bass, Harp, etc; but nothing truly exotic. The food was pretty good and fairly reasonably priced, I opted for the fish and chips to see how they did with "traditional" English pub food, and the fish was good, but the chips were a little lacking, too thin and dry. But they provided tartar sauce, ketchup and Malt Vinegar. Otherwise, the menu consisted of Burgers, lower quality steaks, traditional English pub food, and some Mexican dishes.

The lunchtime atmosphere actually reminded me of Ex-Pat pubs in Southeast Asia; many older, overweight patrons getting their fill of comfort food. I get the sense that night time is probably a better time to visit. There is a small stage for a band and they have some nice beer cocktails (Black & Tan, Red & Black, etc).

Not a bad place, but at the same time, nothing to go out of your way for.