Oak & Orchard Tap & Table is a casual neighborhood restaurant & bar located in Bolton, just east of the Clinton TL. Formerly Baba & the Legacy Kitchen/Fotini's, this place was redone nicely with a full service bar with soft chair seating and table seating with booth backs & soft chairs along the front windows and right side & back walls. There are several flatscreen TVs mounted on the walls and behind the bar. There is also a nice outside patio in front of the building with table seating and soft firm pillows on the seats.
The food offerings include a selection of appetizers, soups, chili, salads, burgers, handhelds, pasta dishes, bar pizza (10"), steaks, seafood, chicken dishes, desserts, and a childrens' menu. The pricing here is moderate. The bar offers 10 draft beers, beer bottles/cans, wine list, sangria, spirits, and cocktails.
I stopped by Oak & Orchard for a late lunch over the weekend. Since it was a sunny clear day outside, the outside patio was open with partial shade covering and moderately busy. I requested to be seated out on the patio and and I was able to relax out in the sun and given lunch & drink menus.
The server arrived promptly after being seated. I got an ice water and ordered the Chips & Dip ($8 plus tax), Chili ($10 plus tax), and Mac & Cheese ($12 plus tax). The Chips & Dip came out first, which had homemade hot crispy seasoned salted potato chips with a dense creamy French onion dip & chives. Next, the crock of Chili with tri-color tortilla chips and the Mac & Cheese arrived. The chili served very hot had a soupy consistency with seasoned beef, cumin, beans, tomato, melted cheese, sour cream, red onions. The tortilla chips were a nice & crispy. The mac & cheese was creamy and saucy mixed with al dente cavatappi pasta, topped with parsley. I requested a box for some of the mac & cheese, so I could get dessert.
For dessert, the Orchard Crisp ($8 plus tax) was served hot, which had apples & pears, cinnamon oats, vanilla ice cream and caramel drizzle, topped with fresh apple slices.
After I was done, the check was presented which was $40.66 with tax and before tip. Overall, the food tasted pretty good for the most part. The potato chips were on the saltier side and the chili and mac & cheese had soupy consistencies, though I prefer thick chili and denser sauce pasta dishes. The Orchard Crisp was excellent. The service was adequate as my food was served in good time. I would come back here for dinner. read more