I've been twice to Jeffersonville for dinner, and several times just to get a beer. The atmosphere is so laid back and mellow that you don't mind just throwing a rump in a stool for a pint and a chat. The menu is the same. Chef Mike Bowe does a great job of making really finely crafted pub food seem familiar and easy. Prices hover in that niche gastro pub range of over $10 but under $20. But every time I have been I've split an appetizer and entree with my companion and left feeling full. The Taco Trio appetizer is pretty awesome. The slaw on each of these generous tacos is made in house from scratch and it shows. Also do yourself a favor and get the RYBC Mac and Cheese, it kills.
They have a full bar which makes a great hot toddy, which is a plus if you walk over the pedestrian bridge this time of year. The beer list has all the cool craft brews you'd want rotating seasonally week by week. Plus the first runs of the RYBC beers have started showing up and they are really good. Now this is where a good reporter would tell you the names and the flavor profiles but I am a bad reporter and can't remember the few I tried. The one that stuck was a rich chocolaty stout that had a smooth low viscosity feel. The fact that I poured it down so fast may lead to my inability to recall it's name.
The beer varieties I've tried focused on tasty smoothness like a Country Boy Brew, and less on the big flavor packed offerings from say Apocalypse. I look forward to RYBC offering growler service which I've been told will be coming as they ramp up production.If I had a complaint, I would say that Red Yeti is young. They are trying to put all the pieces of a great gastro pub together before your eyes. They didn't open the doors on a perfectly formed micro brew pub. You are walking into a very comfortable, and cool micro brew pub puppy, but this puppy has big paws... and I can't wait to see a full grown Yeti!
