We love the Gourdough food trailer featuring big fat donuts piled high with a dazzling array of delicious toppings, so it wasn’t a stretch to imagine we’d enjoy Goudough’s Public House as well. The menu is set up so that virtually everything you order comes with a donut, whether sweet or savory. I very much enjoyed the Big Baller (pictured above), an Angus beef burger made with unglazed donut as a bun, and topped with house-made pimiento cheese, cilantro, tomato and red onion slices. Yes, I said cilantro. I know it sounds like an odd combo, but it works. The only thing I wished for was a little more crunch than the onions offered. Three-fourths of the way through my burger, I shoved a few of their freshly made potato chips under the bun and voila! Texture perfection.
My dining companion ordered the Dirty South, a hand-battered chicken fried steak on top of a potato pancake, served on a hot donut with cream gravy poured over all and a dollop of cranberry habanero jam gracing the top of the stack. He devoured every bite. The jam added a spicy sweetness that was needed with the richness of the entree. This is a dish with a lot going on, but in a good way, not a “Lindsay Lohan Saturday night” kind of way.
If you’re looking for a little something to take the edge off happy hour drinking at the bar, order the Leadbelly, potato chips and a blue cheese dip that will lure in even those who say they don’t like blue cheese. With a nice selection of local craft beer on tap and craft cocktails that will please the high maintenance member of your group, you can’t go wrong with Gourdough’s Public House.
