Article: Gordon Biersch has taste, but lacks in service.(D)(Business Times)(Business Lunch)

Byline: Chris Baker

You might think going to Washington's new Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant for a meal would be like visiting a seafood restaurant and ordering a cheeseburger.

A seafood place may have burgers on the menu, but if you don't order the crab cake or shrimp, you're missing the house specialty.

If you assume a similar dynamic is at work at Gordon Biersch - after all, this place does put "brewery" before "restaurant" in its name - you would be wrong.

The food at Gordon Biersch is quite good for a chain that has earned a reputation for its microbrews. Still, the lunch we had there last week left us craving better service.

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