You want the good news or the bad news? Alright, we’ll tell you the good first. Publican Quality Meat is kind of perfect. If rock bottom in life is Dustin Diamond/Screech making sex tapes and going to jail for stabbing people with switchblades in Wisconsin, then PQM is Kelly Kapowski. It’s dreamy in an innocent 90’s we have a big crush on you kind of way. PQM is a butcher shop, cafe, bakery, mini market, and even the private dining room for The Publican at night. But its best role is as a small and casual cafe from morning until early in the evening. From quality coffee to fresh baked bread, sandwiches, charcuterie, and more, PQM is the kind of place where seemingly simple dishes taste more complex than they sound. Take the Butcher's Breakfast for example - two eggs with bacon, sausage, bread, and potatoes never tasted so good. But these are the results you can expect when almost everything is made in-house. So what’s the bad news here? PQM’s hours, that’s what. The place is only open 'til 6 pm most of the week, which means unless you can swing a weekday lunch, it's difficult to eat here other than on the weekends or at prime old people dinner hour. We get that there are reasons behind the schedule, one being it’s the private dining room for The Publican, but that doesn’t mean we have to like the situation. We'll continue to enjoy PQM for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and late afternoon charcuterie with beers, but we won't stop dreaming about treating Tiffani Amber Thiessen to a nice Friday night dinner here one day.
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