After the LARubyConf wrapped up this evening, a large group of us headed over to Gordon Biersch for dinner.

For beer I had the Schwarzbier (Literally “black beer” in German. Schwarzbier has a fairly light body with a delicious dry, roasted coffee like finish.). Dark, smooth, and tasty.

I started off with the “Old Fashioned Chopped Salad” (Chopped salad with chicken, pepperoni, pepper jack cheese, onions, tomatoes and a variety of fresh vegetables, tossed in an Olive Lemon Vinaigrette). This was good, down to the artichoke hearts and olives, big cubes of cheese. Yummy.

For main course I gave their Beer Battered Fish & Chips a try.

OK, I didn’t think to take a pic until well into it. My first impression was “Oh Fish sticks.”. First impressions were misleading as the fish turned out to be quite good. Happily it came with malt vinegar by default. It also, however, came with garlic fries. Um… WTF?! Fish & chips with garlic fries? Really strong garlic fries. While they were tasty enough, they definitely were not mean to go with fish & chips. Bad call Gordon Biersch.