Review: Thirst N Howl

Located in the once Cotham's West, turned Gadwall's West, is Thirst N Howl (14710 Cantrell Rd). It's only been open for 5 weeks, according to our waitress/(obvious) business manager. The name tells you that there is a clear Gilligan's Island theme (and by clear, I mean only if you knew much about Gilligan's Island, which I didn't, because I didn't catch the connection, until Jason mentioned it.) However, even if you aren't familiar with Gilligan's Island, you will notice from the moment you pull in front of the building there is an island theme...the patio is a tiki hut, the big screen tv has a constant loop of Gilligan's Island episodes (with closed caption subtitles so that you know what's going on over the house music). There is a stage, complete with drums and guitars for live music which is offered Thursdays-Saturdays. Since the equipment is already there, maybe you can convince the owners to let YOU play on other days...maybe :) There is a gigantic bar, which I think might be the centerpiece of this place (probably the "thirst" part of the name), especially since that's where most people positioned themselves there or near it.

As far as food is concerned, they consider themselves to be a "bar food" restaurant, which means 2 things...1.) you won't find steak on the menu, and 2.) nothing is over $10 on the menu! I order the "professor" (yes, everything is named after a Gilligan's Island characters). The professor is a chili dog...covered in the BEST chili in the world...to it you can add mustard, onions and other toppings that I don't like on my chili dogs...I'm a very plain eater. It comes with chips, but you can also get fries (seasoned or sweet potatoes). Jason got the Volcano Burger (a huge burger with pepper jack cheese, some type of hot sauce and jalapenos). He got the seasoned fries...and they were amazing. He liked the burger a lot, too!

So, overall, Thirst N Howl gets an "A" in my book. They are open for lunch and dinner. Dinner starts at 4pm (which is the time that we went on a Tuesday, so it wasn't packed). They close at 1 am, so you have plenty of time! :)