$25 Gift Certificate to Gordough's

Situated at the site of the former Kerbey Lane on South Lamar, Gourdough's opened on Halloween and since then has done a brisk trade in local beers, creative and refreshing cocktails, and fried discs laden with ingredients that would make even the most hard-bitten cardiologist cry. As the name suggests, this brick-and-mortar iteration isn't a restaurant, it's a bar, and one should adjust one's expectations accordingly. The decor is typical of American pubs attempting to look like British ones: all dark walls, low lighting, and wooden floors and benches. . But if Gourdough's is a bar, it's a bar with above-average bar food.