Best Craft-Friendly Restaurant
BY JENNY WHITE
I
your award-winning craft brews, our 2019 Top Flights
winner for Best Craft-Friendly Restaurant is Beer Army Burger Company in downtown New Bern. It’s located in a super-cool historic and remodeled bank building. Menu items are available for lunch or dinner, Tuesday through Sunday. The
two-story
restaurant
is all about the burgers. Beer Army Burger Company’s flagship burgers are a half-pound of certified Angus beef and have built a reputation in eastern North
Carolina
beef
sandwiches
as for
must-try burger
connoisseurs. Burgers are always made fresh and never from
12
Beer Army
f you like a little food with
Burger Company frozen beef. The menu features a military theme with appetizers listed as “Basic Training” and salads as “Non-Combatants.” Side dishes are dubbed “Side Arms.” If beef burgers aren’t your thing, you can sub a grilled or crispy chicken breast fillet, turkey burger or veggie burger for the beef patty. Each sandwich (priced at about $12) comes with a choice of fries, sweet potato fries or homemade chips. There’s a small dessert menu and a kid’s menu as well.
Company in Charlotte. Typically,
residents
you can choose from a menu of
Carolina. Bravo Alpha Foundation
16 beers on tap.
is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
Beer Army Burger Company
You may notice while you’re
offers a few of its own house
there a wall dedicated to their
beers and a changing menu
Beer Snipers — enterprising souls
of craft beers from around the
who took the challenge and
country — with an emphasis on
drank at least one beer a day at
North Carolina breweries. At
the restaurant for 30 days. It’s a
the time we wrote this story,
test of dedication and discipline,
you could choose brews from
and if you feel like joining them,
Double Barley Brewing located
there’s plenty of room on the wall.
in Smithfield, Highland Brewing
Beer Army also founded a
Company in Asheville, Firestone
nonprofit group called Bravo
Walker Brewing Company in Paso
Alpha that supports community
Robles, Calif. and Triple C Brewing
outreach
for
veterans
and
of
eastern
North
and its mission is to support veterans and first responders in their efforts to recover from Post Traumatic Stress and prevent Self Destructive Actions. The restaurant is located at 220 Pollock St. in New Bern. 2nd - Raleigh Beer Garden (Raleigh, NC) 3rd - MJ’s Raw Bar (New Bern, NC)
