Taplands
This Santa Clara taproom wants to be the neighborhood's bar and its beer-discovery room at once, open daily until 9, deviled eggs to pastrami rolls in support.
Why go
The owner writes his own brief: My vision for Taplands is to be the center of beer discovery and enjoyment in the Silicon Valley,
a room locals treat as a neighborhood bar and packy
while the bar takes its beer aficionados
seriously.1 The food is bar cooking done by name: spicy deviled eggs topped with jalapeño and bacon, four to an order, charcuterie solo or to share, and sandwiches through the Cousin Vinny, hot pastrami and roast beef with Munster on a French roll.1 Kids under 12 get PB&J or grilled cheese with apples.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the deviled eggs, the menu's own
famous
plate.1 - Order: the Cousin Vinny.1
- Avoid: rolling in at 9. That is closing time, every night.1
Good to know
- Hours: open daily, closes 9pm.1
Verdict
listed — The owner's statement is the strongest thing on file and it is specific: a neighborhood bar and 'packy', the New England word for a package store, plus a room that takes its beer people seriously. The menu backs the neighborhood half, deviled eggs to a pastrami roll to a kids' PB&J with apples. Nothing independent describes the tap list, so the promise is what places it.