Restaurant Review: One-Eyed Betty's (Ferndale, Michigan)

After hearing about One-Eyed Betty's in Ferndale, Michigan pretty much ever since it opened, I had always wanted to try it and finally had an opportunity to do so for a Friday happy hour get-together with my good friend Anne. I had very high expectations and they were most definitely met as One-Eyed Betty's is a great place with a great atmosphere.

One-Eyed Betty's is primarily known for its amazing, extensive craft beer selection (just like Clubhouse BFD in Rochester Hills). They do indeed have tons of beer both on tap & in bottles.

As a lover of India Pale Ales, my first beer was an Arcadia IPA (an English IPA from Arcadia Brewing Company in Battle Creek, MI).

I then moved onto a Freedom of '78 (an American IPA from Short's Brewing Company in Bellaire, MI) with my final beer being an Enjoy by 4.20.14 (an American Double/Imperial IPA from Stone Brewing Company in Escondido, CA). These were all great beers with the Enjoy by 4.20.14 being my favorite. Can you tell I like pale ales?

While sipping on our beer, we enjoyed a great appetizer, the Carnival Pretzels which came with a cheese dipping sauce, a mustard sauce, and a garlic cream cheese. I really enjoyed the cheese dipping sauce and really liked the cream cheese (I don't like mustard, so I steered clear of that one). How can you go wrong with beer & pretzels?

Since they have a burger which is touted as the 2013 Detroit Burger Brawl Champ, we just had to try it. The Betty Burger comes with bacon, sharp cheddar, garlic aioli, greens, tomato & onion. It comes with fries, but I substituted onion rings since I didn't get onions on my burger. As I always do with burgers, steaks, etc. I got my cooked medium rare.

It was one of the better burgers I've had and the garlic aioli is what differentiated it from a lot of burgers I've sampled. It's not the best in metro Detroit (Red Coat Tavern still holds that title for me), but it was very good!

One-Eyed Betty's is a great place! It has tons of great craft beers on tap, it has good food, it's reasonably priced, and the atmosphere is very laid back & fun. It was very busy by the time we left, which further validates its popularity. It is definitely now one of my favorite places in metro Detroit.

For more information, check out their website at: www.oneeyedbettys.com