Q: positive

A: Cask beer, you say? Indeed I'll have a pint! While I'm no ale aficionado, I was really excited to hear about this sweet new pourhouse (with cask beers and 1930s growlers) in NoDa. Naturally, hubs and I dropped in for a quick pint and bite to check out Growlers. I love love love the feel of Growlers, with the exposed brick on one side, cask ales, laid back approach and teeny space, it's definitely a place you want to keep coming back to. Service was friendly and knowledgeable and the bartender helped me choose my ale of the day - the Orange Blossom Pilsner. As previously mentioned, I'm not a big beer drinker but I really enjoyed my pint. I dug the orange essence and the smooth finish. As for the food, I only tried the beer cheese dip - which had great flavor, I just wish it was a bit thicker. Being that I went to school in Madison, WI I'm pretty picky about my cheese...especially beer cheese! Overall, I'm really excited to come back to Growlers. It's a great neighborhood bar with a super cool concept and interesting menu. Looking forward to my next trip...word on the street is that the bread pudding is amazing!

Q: negative

A: Dirty!! I walked in for a pedicure and walked out after realizing this was NOT the place to go. The man about to conduct the pedicure grabbed dirty tools off another station. I asked for sanitized ones. He walked to the sink and scrubbed them off without using soap. He then grabbed an already used Emory board to file my nails. As I looked around the station I was sitting at, I saw dirty cotton balls, paper, and tons of dust. Just hoping I didn't get some sort of fungus from just walking in!!

Q: positive

A: JP and the bartenders were awesome! They treated me like queen! Tyler wasn't even our waiter and he checked on us! Please make sure they are recognized!!!

Q: positive

A:
I resisted Teavana for a long time, but then I babysat one night in CenPho and had practically the whole store's inventory for my sampling delight, and it was love at first sip. The samples given out in front of the store are pure heaven. I need Youthberry white and Wild Orange Blossom herbal iced or I go through withdrawals. Monkey picked Oolong is also fancy shmancy. I'm not sure I have tried a finer, rarer tea than that. Either go monkey only or don't go monkey. Six Sumits Oolong is also special but it doesn't come close to the monkey. I haven't tried Thai Mtn or Phoenix Mtn, but now I want to. I drink Oolong teass hot, not a fan of any iced. I normally don't need my tea sweetened, but their German rock sugar can't be passed up especially in the Pineapple Kona Pop herbal tea, iced. The packages are pretty, the store itself is a truly a gift shop with something for everyone, and the customer service is top knotch. Sigh...this store gets the best of me, bringing my tea addiction to a whole new level. Only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that it's very pricy for an iced tea to go- $4.99. I think it may vary on the tea you get, but still, twice the price of Starbucks iced tea in a smaller cup? -_-