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The Queen\u2019s Head<\/a> is the second of my two local pubs in Burlington. Ironically, I see I ended up giving it exactly the same total<\/em> score as my other local, The Poacher<\/a>\u2014although the details are different. The Queen\u2019s Head is actually the second pub I visited when I first moved to Burlington, but I consider it to be the oldest of my regular haunts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When I\u2019m sitting at the bar of The Queen\u2019s Head (when it\u2019s not very busy, as I don\u2019t like feeling crowded), and chatting with either Sue or Amanda, the two bartenders and servers who\u2019ve worked there for even longer than I\u2019ve lived here, it\u2019s very peaceful.<\/p>\n There have been several changes not only to the chef and kitchen staff, and, therefore, the food quality, but also to ownership over the years. Some things have been a little bit in flux, while other things have remained just the same.<\/p>\n The Queen\u2019s Head serves some of the best mild English curry I\u2019ve ever had. It also plays into something I\u2019ve developed a taste for in recent years\u2014tossing chicken wings not in any of the normal sauces, but in curry sauce. They have a half-price special on wings every Tuesday\u2014and I\u2019m always there at lunch (I work from home, just a couple of minutes away) to have a pint and some curry wings. They\u2019re fantastic.<\/p>\n The other item on the menu that\u2019s a sinful delight is the bacon and cheddar tart, which is essentially a \u201cpie slice\u201d of scalloped potatoes wrapped in bacon and covered in a Parmesan cheese sauce. It\u2019s really good. Actually, they served it there many years ago, and I had it regularly back then, but it was taken off the menu. I\u2019m glad to see it back on again.<\/p>\n They have the basic English beers you would expect, as well as some craft beers. For a beer aficionado, the selection is not entirely varied, and it doesn\u2019t change that often, but it\u2019s still a cut above your average pub.<\/p>\n The menu provides standard pub fare that has been \u201ckicked up a notch\u201d, as Emeril Lagasse might say. Almost everything on the menu is good quality. Some things you would expect, others have a unique twist that makes them interesting. (Like that bacon and cheddar tart, which I now can\u2019t stop thinking about.) Despite that, however, the prices are significantly higher than they should be. The \u201cupper scale\u201d version of the food does not justify the markup, and the more standard-fare items on the menu are overpriced. I always get wings every Tuesday, when they are half price, and I sometimes get that bacon and cheddar tart. Occasionally, I will get basic nachos. But, for the most part, I never go to The Queen\u2019s Head to eat unoic07. It just seems wrong to me to be paying as much as is being charged. I can think of other places where I\u2019ll pay the same (more than I want to for just a casual meal) that is better quality for the price.<\/p>\n Still, I really enjoy going to the Queen\u2019s Head to meet friends for a drink\u2014or to meet friends behind the bar. And, if you can turn a blind-eye to the exaggerated prices, it\u2019s definitely one of the better places to hang out.<\/p>\n There is a main pub area inside, a room with pool tables and dart boards, and a third room with a cozier bar that\u2019s open part-time and for private functions. (There is also a larger room that can be booked downstairs.) The patio has two main areas and accommodates a lot of people. There are two flights of stairs to get into the pub, without a ramp for anybody in a wheelchair. Still, if you manage to get into the pub, the bathrooms are on the same floor and can be managed.<\/p>\n It\u2019s very difficult for me to convince myself that I shouldn\u2019t be walking a block-and-a-half whenever the thought crosses my mind. It\u2019s only because I\u2019m strong-willed that I\u2019m not there every day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Queen\u2019s Head is the second of my two local pubs in Burlington. Ironically, I see I ended up giving it exactly the same total score as my other local, The Poacher\u2014although the details are different. 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