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NachoQuest 2009 – Max’s Taphouse
by Evan on Nov.02, 2009, under Mealtime
And lo, it is with great fatness that I present to you, my faithful nacho enthusiasts, the final official NachoQuest 2009 review. The winner of NachoQuest will be carefully considered and announced around the end of the month.
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Ever since NachoQuest began some three-ish months ago, people have been telling me over and over and over and over that I ABSOLUTELY NEED TO TRY THE PULLED PORK NACHOS AT MAX’S TAPHOUSE (737 S BROADWAY, FELL’S POINT) BRO, THEY’RE THE TITS BRAH, OMG OMG OMG.
And for a while, I was pretty excited about doing it, too. They come with salsa, cheese, jalapenos, sour cream and onions AND your choice of chili or pulled pork. The kicker, unfortunately was that according to the website they’re $11 and there was no way I was going to eat them alone. |
So, after a million weeks of not eating the nachos at Max’s I finally grabbed a few of my friends and we were off.
And then we were kicked in the balls by the reality of most restaurants not keeping their websites up to date: The nachos weren’t $11. They were $12.50!!!! Plus an extra $4 for chicken! Sorry folks, but that’s blindingly expensive for nachos.
….ESPECIALLY when we discovered a large amount of NAKED CHIPS in the pile. Not cool guys, not cool. Our other companions ordered a separate order of nachos with only chicken and the results were similar. Mostly covered and a decent sized pile, but with some very naked and very expensive nachos at the bottom.
At the end of the day, the pulled pork was tangy and tasty as promised and all of the other ingredients were fine and dandy. But these nachos are easily the most expensive ones I’ve had; the quality prevents them from getting a lower score but if you’re in the market for nachos, go somewhere less expensive.
Three out of five golden nachos (realistically 3.5 out of 5 but I’m too lazy to make the graphic)
Bacon Bloodies – now at Oregon Grille! Movember 2009 BEGINS!!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2009 on 4:40 pm
Once nachos hit the double digit price mark they should really be amazing.
November 2nd, 2009 on 4:49 pm
Was the pulled pork topping better than Harborque? WAS IT?!?!?
November 2nd, 2009 on 5:06 pm
Well it’s like this – the Carolina Nachos at Harborque are $5.95 and they literally give you something like a half pound of pulled pork – which is very tasty. The nachos at Max’s have a “liberal sprinking” of pulled pork on them for $12.50 and the quality is roughly the same. Flavor-wise it’s tangier than Harborque, which is sweeter and more barbequey. So really, if you’re in the market to pay twice as much for less pulled pork, then more power to you.
November 3rd, 2009 on 1:46 pm
You’re paying a premium to be in the company of great beer
Pay an extra $6 and have access to 500 different beers… or save $5 and be stuck with one or two decent beers, at best?!
P.S: where’s my link on the right side of this post? :p
November 3rd, 2009 on 4:04 pm
Brad, I think you may have mixed up your Quests. This is NachoQuest — not BeerQuest. Booyah!
November 3rd, 2009 on 4:50 pm
I’m a big picture kinda guy! Enjoying delicious pulled pork nachos while having my choice of great beers is priceless!
November 3rd, 2009 on 5:17 pm
Welp, Harborque is in fact BYOB so you could definitely satisfy all of your pulled pork / delicious beer needs for a helluva lot less
November 3rd, 2009 on 7:36 pm
Ooh now you’re talkin. Gonna check them out ASAP