Why: Charlie’s Sports Bar and Grill provides a large-scale game place where food, drinks and fun abound and where the whole family can gather until 9 p.m. After that, the 21 and older crowd has it to themselves. Charlie’s was re-established in 2013 after being closed for over a year. The new owners have since enjoyed the success of their sports bar and grill. Charlie’s serves lunch and dinner, and breakfast on the weekends.
What I tried: My dining companions and I started with the build-your-own sampler, for which we chose boneless chicken wings, potato skins, steak bites and Southwest egg rolls. I also ordered the fajita wrap with chicken. My dining companions had the blue cheese burger, the hula burger and the tachos.
Our appetizer sampler arrived surprisingly fast, and everything else followed quickly thereafter. All the items on the sampler were tasty, and three different dipping sauces were included — a horseradish sauce for the steak bites, chipotle ranch and wing sauce. There was sour cream for the potato skins as well. My favorite of the appetizers was the egg rolls, which had a mixture of smoked chicken, black beans, corn, jalapeno Jack cheese, red peppers and spinach within a crispy flour tortilla.
The fajita wrap was packed with a deliciously seasoned, saut?ed combination of chicken, bell peppers and onions along with Jack and cheddar cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole and a touch of sour cream. The ingredients were rolled into a large, flour tortilla and grilled shut to create a tidy meal in a pocket.
