text: I do not want to boar you with a lengthy review but I cannot help but feel the need to sing the praises of this fine gastropub If there is such thing as Hog Heaven we found it herennWe were fortunate enough to be right next to Salty Sow when we decided we were ready for dinner and we did not have any particular food or restaurant we were craving at the time I remembered driving past it before and that it was a place I had been wanting to try Go mennWe went inside and were greeted and seated promptly by the hostess Hungry AND no wait Win The deco is modern with a farmbarn feel Lots of wood finishes open layout large centrallylocated bar and of course the obligatory pig and rooster paintings on the wall So far so goodnnWe sat down and were greeted by our servers one vet one newbie Guess what It was happy hour and we were provided with the appropriate menu The beautiful thing about their happy hour is that you can get a number of things for each their bites and small plates Did I mention the full bar Yep off wells and their Signature Sips Bring me the rum savvynnWe started off with the truffle deviled eggs appetizer How do you make deviled eggs better you ask Well my friend let me enlighten you You make them with a touch of truffle and top them with bacon bits I felt like I was biwinning by that point nnNext up duck fat fries Duck Fat Fries From this day forward I will evermore be disappointed with every french fry I eat that is not a duck fat french fry Damn you Salty Sow You have ruined me They are fried in duck fat Captain Obvious to the rescue then topped with a minute egg and served with hollandaise sauce for dipping think Benedict style I am fairly certain that by the time I got to the end I had my nose in the plate and was rooting around for hidden morselsnnNext came the main course a trio of items we chose from the selection to share My wife picked the Honey Rosemary Dipped Fried Chicken with Cat Head Sweet Potato biscuit and I chose the SpitRoasted Pork Taco with sweet onion slaw pickled onions smoked tomato salsa and cilantro aioli and the Beef Shoulder Taco with fried egg arugula and feta Now I preface this by saying I do not call myself the Taco Destroyer for nothing Ask my wife and friendsI have an unhealthy obsession with tacos These tacos were delicious I ate half of each and begrudgingly gave the rest to my wifennOMG thank the gods I did I have had chicken and biscuits I have had chicken and waffles I have never had this My mouth waters and my stomach grumbles just thinking of that blend of salty and sweet soft biscuit and crunchy breading juicy chickenSorry Drifted off there for a second fantasizing about it I can neither confirm nor deny if I squealed while eating it Is there such thing as triwinning Did I mention it was only for happy hourand enough to sharennNext stop dessert I have to admit there was a problem with dessertthat problem being we could not decide between the bananas foster think bananas foster dipped and deep fried in a monte cristo like breading topped with powdered sugar and served with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake dessert topped with whipped cream raspberry sauce and strawberries How to solve the problem Order both naturally Hey if you are going to go go all out Sound delicious Multiply it by Then you might be getting close Maybe nnNeedless to say we pigged out thanked and tipped our waiters and waddled to the car Pig puns aside I only have one regret about the Salty Sowwe lived in Phoenix for an entire year before finding it My heart weeps to think of all those times I settled for a or star reviewed restaurant when I could have been dining here instead