a burger and a beer at the library? Laramie, WY

After a fun trip to Fort Collins, Brett and continued west towards California. On this leg of the trip we drove from Fort Collins to Salt Lake City. This required travel through the entire state of Wyoming and passing through Laramie. Laramie is home to the University of Wyoming. I love visiting college towns to see how they compare to my alma mater (the University of Wisconsin) I was excited to see how this UW stood up to mine.

After looking around campus, ( there was a large T-Rex statue outside the Geology building Brett wanted to find) Brett and I decided to have lunch at a place called the Library.

Upon walking inside the Library, I noticed something I was not expecting. The restaurant was a circle. No corners here, the room was just one large circle. I don’t think I have ever been to a restaurant that had a circular dining room. The circular room definitely carried the library theme.

Calling a sports bar the library is nothing new to me. There is a place called the library in both Chapel Hill and Madison ( I think there is one still in Madison, it might be gone now). Yes it is funny, as this shirt implies, to tell your parent’s you are at the library when in reality you are checking out girls instead of books. This Wyoming library does have something that I think makes it unique.

It brews its own beer! That is something I haven’t seen a library do. Naturally when I visit a brewery, I have to try a sample. I decided to try the Devil’s Tower Honey Ale. The Library describes this beer as a “light and mildly hopped ale is brewed with Pale, Carmel and Munich malts along with 3 pounds of Sundance. ” Honestly, I have not yet brewed my own beer, so I am not exactly an expert on what this all means, but I do know that the final product was delicious.

A beer was not all that I tried at The Library. I also had one of the more interesting burgers I have come across. I ordered the Grilled Cheese Burger. As you can see this burger’s name is a pretty good description of what is in it. The burger is sandwiched between two grilled cheese sandwiches. The bottom bun is made with wheat bread and cheddar, while the top bun uses provolone. I decided to add a little ketchup to mine. Grilled cheese sandwiches as buns is something that I had heard of being done before, but this was the first time I had tried it. My verdict…  I like grilled cheese and I like burgers so the combining the two tasted as good as I had anticipated. This is a very basic version of a grilled cheese burger. In a later post I will share with you how to greatly improve this combination.

Next stop Salt lake city and the University of Utah.