text: Horrendous food like someone who has never cooked before tried to recreate German delicacies using only their imagination and ingredients from the supermarket in the bad part of townnnI ordered beef rouladen with cabbage and bacon the beef was tough the cabbage tasted like it came out of a can and the brown sauce covering it all was like something the worst Chinese food restaurant in Nebraska would put on its chicken and broccoli A floppy uncooked piece of bacon found floating in this sauce was nausea inducing The waiter who could see how uncomfortable I was took it away and I ordered potato pancakes feeling relatively confident that any restaurant can handle latkes Another disaster that I ate because I was two beers deep at that point greasy soggy giant discs of grated potato that had a raw taste and texture If it were not for the generous amount of sour cream and apple sauce which I have to assume were not made in house I would have sent those back too As is after eating their potato pancakes I went to another restaurant to have an actual meal because I had been made joyless and despondent by Penn Brewerys failure to accomplish the most simple kitchen tasks nnThe beer is okay not nearly as good as Church Brew Works and definitely not memorable considering the competitive landscape in the world of craft brewing and I say that not even having traveled to that many breweryrestaurants so even on its home turf Penn beer is forgettable The service was appropriately apologetic considering the garbage plated that night and the space itself is well laid out and attractive As is I would never go back I might be tempted if I had strict assurances that the current management and culinary team were thrown out ala Kitchen Nightmares but even then I would need to see a good review Thanks to the waiter in the white shorts who did not charge me for the food I hope you lead a coup and save the Penn Brewery from itself