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Pasta with Blue Crab from Brew City

Pasta with Blue crab from Brew City on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

Pasta with Blue crab from Brew City on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

Feeling in the mood for something different from pub type fare—burgers, pastas, sandwiches, pizzas and entrees—I reviewed the extensive menu at Brew City and narrowed my selection to a few less traditional items, ultimately opting for the pasta with blue crab.

Yes, I was opting for pasta with blue crab at a brew pub, but when the waitress revealed it was her favorite dish it confirmed my decision. The dish was described as a lump of blue crab with a lemon butter sauce, spinach, tossed with a bucatini pasta, and it arrived as described. The bucatini pasta was perfectly cooked and was a pasta a little thicker then a spaghetti type pasta but hollow; it was perfectly sautéed with a lemon butter sauce with fresh spinach and a decent amount of small pieces of lump crab meat.

Overall, I was quite content with my dinner choice. The restaurant has the standard brew pub style and feel to it, the service was good and the variety of menu choices was appealing. To the credit of Brew City they seemed to have a wide variety of choices on the menu, yet provide good quality selections whether you were ordering simple pub food, burgers, seafood or any of their other options. Top of their wide selection of entrees with a flight of beers from their vast selection of beers and you have a winner.

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The Buffalo Jam burger from Brew City

The Buffalo Jam burger from Brew City on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

The Buffalo Jam burger from Brew City on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA

Brew City, down on the end of Shrewsbury Street, is part sports bar, part brew pub and part fine restaurant. Not only do they offer a really great selection of beer, but they have a great menu that stretches from basic pub favorites to seafood to steaks.

As an appetizer, I started with the meatballs. This was 4 fairly large handmade meatballs in a marinara sauce with garlic rubbed crostini. The meatballs were firm enough to hold shape but soft and tender. The marinara had a nice, slow cooked flavor that married with the flavor of the meatballs very nicely, creating a really great overall taste. The crostini (garlic bread) was crunchy and garliced nicely. Overall a fantastic appetizer.

For dinner, I went with one of the canned burgers, The Buffalo Jam. This is fresh ground buffalo, red onion jam and local goat cheese on a toasted brioche roll. The buffalo patty was good sized, delicious and cooked perfectly. The soft, creamy goat cheese and red onion jam combined to make a slightly sweet, slightly tart and very delicious counterpoint to the savory burger. Together, each bit was an explosion of flavor so good I didn’t want to put it down. It was served with basic french fries, though you can get any number of sides in place of the fries. Overall, this is one of the better burgers I’ve had anywhere.