Poutine at Hobnob Neighberhood Tavern

I recently learned about Quebec's most ubiquitous dish: poutine. Poutine in its simplest form is french fries topped with gravy and cheese curds. It sounded odd enough to pique my interest. A quick internet search revealed that a bar not far from my house serves poutine. We made a trip to try out poutine for the first time.

While gravy and cheese on fries sounds rather odd, it tastes great. It is an excellent bar food and would be great to eat when you have a hangover. It is no culinary masterpiece, but I recommend it.

Hobnob's poutine is the usual and simple fries, gravy, and cheese curds. These cheese curds were mozzarella cheese curds. Cheese curds taste similar to cheese but are much chewier. The gravy had a delicious rich, meaty, and peppery flavor. The gravy combined with the warm, salty fries and the chewy and creamy cheese produce a nice combination.

I had the poutine with the recommended High Seas Loose Cannon IPA. While I understand the recommendation and think it was a fairly good one, the Loose Cannon IPA does not rank high on my list of IPAs. It just does not have enough hops or flavor.

We also tried an order of the Belgian endive boats. The endive was filled with warm goat cheese and prosciutto topped with fig slices and Tabasco honey. While the boats were tasty, they were a little too simple. They had no novelty factor or complexity to them. They were not a bad snack, but not really worth the money.

Don't rush out to Hobnob, but if you find yourself in the area with some free time to spare, it is worth dropping in for a beer and some poutine. I would recommend giving poutine a try whenever you get the chance.

Hobnob Neighberhood Tavern
1551 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30324