Tonight EG and I were looking for some bar trivia and very cheap dinner. I scoured Yelp, of which I have become a fan. That led me to F. W. Sullivans (Sully's), a place that I have visited before usually late night. To visit it early evening seemed strange, but it was what we were looking for so to Sully's we go.
F. W. Sullivans is located in the strip of bars that dots West Main from Robinson
to Strawberry. There isn't always a lot of parking available, but it's pretty close to the free public parking lots in Cary Town. If you don't mind a little walk, try to park there. We prefer to park in Cary because it just helps avoid the frustration.
When we walked in, there was only 2 other occupied tables and a few seats at the bar taken. This is a big change from late night when the bar is usually packed. Sometimes uncomfortably so. If you don't like a large crowd, don't go on a Friday or Saturday night. Anyway, it was near empty when we got there. We were seated right away with menus and our waitress was with us promptly. She quickly laid out the deals for the evening: All pints on tap only $2.25 and 2 appetizers for $10. Both of these deals end at 7pm and we got there at 6:45. Not a lot of time to make a decision. Our waitress was very good with helping us choose a beer. I knew what I wanted, but EG requested some suggestions. I choose Southern Tiers Old Man Winter Ale. EG went with something a little lighter. The waitress called it "a step above Miller Light in both taste and color." Both were very good, especially at $2.25 each.
Now our big dilemma was which to appetizers to get. Bacon cheese fries were the first suggested, recommended and ordered. It's bacon and cheese... that's a no brainer. Our second choice was a touch harder. We were torn between nachos, crab dip and buffalo chicken dip. Nachos got tossed around, but were eliminated first. The dips caused us torment, but the waitress set us striaght. She said buffalo dip was rather spicy (I love spice, but EG doesn't). Crab dip it was. Now for the waiting game.
I figured that our apps would be half orders at this price. Boy was I wrong. We got 2 full sized appetizers for $10. Damn fine deal, if the food is good. The crab dip was served with both toasted pita chips and regular corn chips. I appreciate this because I enjoy the contrast of the chewy pitas and the crunchy chips. The dip was nice and cheesy, but the crab was a bit lost in it all. I would have loved to see a touch more crab meat and maybe a dash more Old Bay. But as a cheesy dip, it was right on. I suppose for $5 it can be forgiven. The bacon cheese fries are served with a side of ranch. Big fan of the ranch for dipping. The fries had plenty of cheese and bacon which is just what you would hope for. They were by no means the best fries that I've ever had, but they were certainly good.
We stayed for trivia night, which starts at 8. There were probably about 30 people in attendance, but it is a holiday week so I kinda expected that. You can win up to $80 in house money which is cool if you're a frequent customer. The host is great. He's a funny guy and keeps you interested. The music is an... interesting variety. The host told us that he has to pull some of it from the house music, hence the weird mix. The questions cover a variety of topics and vary in degree of difficulty. It's certainly a fun game and we agreed we would be back to play again.
Overall, we had a great experience. Food was good. Service was great. Trivia was fun. It's not a bad place to go on a Monday night. I'll review late night Sullys at a later date.
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