Desert Pony Tavern Bar & Pub recently opened in the NEW North Scottsdale Arizona Hilton at Cavasson. They are a Southwest Style gastropub that also offers breakfast and happy hour. On the all day menu they offer snacks like bacon fat popcorn, appetizers like wings, nachos, and poblano hummus. You can also get salads, sandwiches, kids meals, desserts, and entrees after 5pm.
They offer indoor and outdoor seating with views of McDowell mountains and the pool.
The bar is an indoor/outdoor bar has wide screen TVs.
It looks like the glass walls might open on nice days.
We started out by trying the Four Peaks Beer Fondue.
It’s suppose to come with pears, smoked sausage, and soft pretzels.
The cheese taste very similar to processed American cheese. It might be made with a little splash of beer.
Today the sausage is dry…..The cook forgot the pears and the server didn’t seem trained to know that this dish is suppose to come with pears. We asked for pears and we got some. The pears were really great. Good thing we asked for the pears.
I got the Native Chopped Salad.
This salad contains, achiote salmon, native grains, corn, dried cherries, manchego cheese, arugula, and avocado dressing. I do have to say that this is a really great salad. The salmon is cold but much better than I expected it to be. It’s light moist, and fresh tasting. All of the bloodline was removed too. It’s also enhanced with delicious flavors.
On the other hand burgers don’t seem like a specialty here.
This is the Tavern Stack Burger. It’s suppose to be American Cheese, Aged Swiss Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, grilled onions, slab bacon and either fries or onion rings.
The request for the burger was medium rare and it came out medium well……..
An orange colored sauce was on the burger that wasn’t in the description. Our server thought it might be thousand Island Dressing? My husband sent it back because he doesn’t eat creamy dressings. I tried one onion ring. It was extra heavy with batter. Almost the texture of a cake doughnut that tasted like it was fried in very used oil.
Newly Opened
Desert Pony Tavern – Hilton North Scottsdale at Cavasson
7965 E Cavasson Blvd Scottsdale AZ
480-648-1500
www.DesertPonyTavern.com
Every THING is subject to change.
