Victor's Review: P.K. O'Ryan's - Post 12

Located in Ye Olde Worthington, PK O'Ryan's is an Irish restaurant / pub with quality food and a decent beer selection. For the purposes of this review, I will only be focusing on the pub, as I've never eaten in the other section.

The pub is most easily accessed from the parking lot behind the establishment. Due to it's location directly next to Scottie's Coffee Shop, the parking lot is often pretty full - but there is another lot adjacent to this one (just to the south) and there is a public parking lot behind the Grand Lodge of Ohio (Masonic Lodge just south of New England Street).

As is typical of an Irish pub, the bar is a nice dark wood as are the chairs and tables. The food is fairly standard bar food: appetizers, burgers, wraps and the like. Most selections are priced around $10 and the majority of beers are in the $5 ballpark. Additionally, they keep a pretty solid selection of Irish Whiskeys and Scotches behind the bar. Unfortunately, Scotch isn't really my thing, so I can't tell you much about the quality of the ones they have.

My personal favorites are the burgers: three of the best are the Hickory burger, Black & Bleu burger and the cheeseburger wrap. All burgers are served with PK's signature beer battered fries and a pickle spear.

• Hickory: comes w/ BBQ sauce, lettuce, tomato, onion & cheese
• Black & Bleu: blackened cajun style and blue cheese crumbles melted over it
• Wrap: for the carb conscious, this is served burrito style in a large wrap instead of on a bun. I recommend ordering it with both American & Mozzarella and adding some A1 sauce to it!

One of my favorite parts of PKs is the constantly changing beer selection. Of course the good old standbys of Guiness, Harp & Newcastle as well as Strongbow Cider in a can. The tap selections change throughout the year based on what's available seasonally. Last night I ordered Thirsty Dog Brewing Co.'s (Akron, Ohio) 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale. At present, I'm going to say this is one of my favorite Christmas Seasonals. 12 Dogs had a lot of nice holiday seasonings to it - nutmeg, honey, cinnamon and the like - nice and smooth with a clean finish.

PKs has become one of my favorite haunts over the past couple years, though my number one gripe is how early they close, but this is likely due to the Worthington location. During the week, the kitchen closes at 10p (bar is open until midnight) and both (kitchen and bar) are open an hour later on Friday & Saturday (11p & 1a, respectively).

In all, the food is pretty quality, but a little pricey. The service is generally pretty good, but can be slow when they are busy, and most of the servers / bartenders will get to know you by name within a couple of times.

Basic info:
Website - http://www.pkoryans.com/
Location - Old Worthington @ 666 High Street, Worthington 43085
Phone - 614.781.0770
Victor's Rating = 3.5 (0-5 scale)