Tangled Roots opened up in Washington, Illinois just about a year ago. I’ve been meaning to go over and check it out and I decided that tonight would be that very night that we go and visit this new brewery/bar/restaurant in Washington, Illinois.

And so, just like that, away we go to the 85th bar of this 365 journey!

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Bar Number 85: Tangled Roots, Saturday, March 4, 2026

Here we are at Tangled Roots Brewing Company in Washington, Illinois. Let’s go through the double doors and see what’s going on inside of there.

There’s a sign at the front desk and it says, “Please See Bartender for Seating.” That’s perfect because we’re going to be seated at the bar!

And just like magic, there’s the bar! It’s a large, rounded horseshoe bar and there’s my vantage point from my seat at the end of the bar.

Seated next to me are the very special guest stars of the evening, my friends, Amber and Joe!

Always fun to have them join us for a Saturday night dinner and they’re both looking fantastic!

Matt was the friendly bartender on duty and here he is serving me up a draft beer.

As you’ll see soon, they have a large variety of draft beers here and I can’t remember which one this was, but ti was very tasty!

We checked out the food menu and ordered our dinner.

This means it’s now time for me to abandon our guest stars and wander around and take some photos in here. Hey, this is what I do!

Here’s two shots of the very large bar in here.

As I mentioned, they have a lot of beers on tap and hanging over the bar are growler jugs if you want to get some beer to go.

There’s a dining room to the left of the bar and large booths line the far walls.

There’s more dining tables to the right of the bar and another dining room behind them. This is a big place!

Meanwhile, back at the bar…

Our Saturday night dinner is arriving!

We started off with an order of the BBQ chicken wings and they were plump, juicy and very tasty! We’re off to a fantastic start!

There’s Amber and Joe enjoying the wings.

Here’s our main courses: Amber and Joe got the Margherita Flatbread and I got the Steak Schnitzel. Everything looks absolutely delicious!

Joe and Amber loved the Margherita Flatbread and this Steak Schnitzel was a tasty treat!

It’s lightly breaded sirloin steak served with a mushroom, peppercorn cream sauce and it was so delicious! It came with a side of cheddar mashed potatoes and they were the perfect side dish for this entree! This was a wonderful Saturday night dinner.

I got a dessert martini to end the Saturday night dinner and it was a sweet treat!

Thanks to Matt for the great service and thanks to Amber and Joe for joining me and being this evening’s special guest stars. It’s always a blast to hang out with them!

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