The Rusted Porch

Had a really good lunch here food and service top notch. Big portions good beer fun times. Veggie burger different and delicious. Good burgers and wings too

Service and food were both average at best. Don’t expect anything exceptional from this joint because they don’t offer/​have it. The food was edible, albeit not worth the money we paid for it. I had the meatball sub, which fell apart before I had my first bite. My daughter liked her fresh-​frozen hamburger, but my husband did not. Regardless of how many pieces of bacon you put on a burger– it doesn’t make a frozen patty taste fresh. Ever.

Where to start… um hello… bacon, beer, and burgers that’s their tag line. And it didn’t disappoint any of the times I’ve been here. Great burger combinations. Or create your own.

Our lunch was exactly what we wanted. The chicken soup with definitely homemade and delicious, the chicken fingers were moist and delicious with a great coating, and the ahi poke was as good as I have had in Hawaii. Would be nice if they served it with some wonton crisps. Beer and wine and cocktails all affordably priced as was the food menu. Really nice atmosphere and friendly service.
And I should probably add that most of my posts are critiquing my restaurant experience, so this one has some weighted value.

Our food was delicious and the service was amazing. If you’re into beer, the Dead Man and Nitro Stout are awesome. Our waiter gave us some tips on when the best time to going skiing will be based on what he has seen the season. Well worth it!

we are here back in May 2015. we were starving and they had a menu that looked good. The lemon garlic Parmesan fries … hands down … best ever. literally I don’t think my husband and I spoke much while we were eating them. we didn’t have time. they were gone in 60 seconds.
I had a house salad and he had a chicken Swiss avocado sandwich. it’s worth returning here next time I’m in steamboat.

This place has the best comfy fat food ever! The unique menu is great and delicious!!!

We had a late night snack here last weekend. My wife had the Classic burger w/​Lemon Fries, she really enjoyed both. I had the Frenchy w/​side salad. The Frenchy, for a burger, was really tasty. The side salad w/​vinagrett was the freshest salad I have had in long time. This place really is a must if you are in town. Best meal we had in the Steamboat area.

really good «sliders’ hour» (happy hour) when we went — $ 2.50 for large sliders, discount on half orders of fries, which are seriously full size. some other stuff i can’t remember. buffalo wings were just alright — sauce wasn’t very strong… not spicy and not vinegar-​y enough for either of us. they were HUGE though (which in general creeps me out tbh, bc most chickens aren’t body builders with enormous wing parts… but i digress, severely). service was really, really good.
not a fancy/​gourmet place, but seems to be a solid place for exactly what they advertise.

The food is excellent as is the service. My new favorite dish is the artichoke dip. It is to die for!

Bacon/​artichoke appetizer is amazing. We ate as a family — kids devoured their meals (a rare occasion) and we both very much enjoyed our salads. The server was terrific and let us move inside when the kids got a bit chilly on the patio. They also had crayons/​paper/​toys for the youngsters while plenty of sports on TV. Very happy with this place!

I’m not the type of person to jump at the sight of a burger joint, but this place was excellent! I ordered the veggie burger with fresh jalapeños and smoked Gouda cheese, and absolutely adored it! The lemon-​garlic Parmesan fries were superb, as well as the garlic aioli sauce that came with them. Five stars from this critic, for sure!

We had a great rest stop here on a road trip from Aransas Pass, TX to Port Townsend, WA. Road weary & hungry, we came in to a great welcome, good service, homey atmosphere and foodly sustenance. Would highly recommend you come in & try this place. There’s a great patio (unfortunately, the rain prevented us from trying it out). If we’d been vacationing here, it would have been a regular stop during our stay and will definitely be back next time on our annual pilgrimage.

So when a restaurant has a calling card of Burgers, Bacon and Beer what is there not to love and get your attention. We went to The Rusted Porch based on the sample menu in the Steamboat Dinners Guide, and because the location did not require us to go downtown. When I was looking at the sample menu, i was eyeing the Green Chile BLTA which involves 5 slices of bacon, green chiles, avocado, cheddar cheese and chipotle mayo. MMM now I want to go back.
Once we got the restaurant and looked at the full menu my wife and I decided to order two dishes and eat family style. The first was to enjoy clogging our arteries and the second was to rid ourselves of the guilt from eating the first.
So what did we have, we had the Ultimate Gilled Cheese, brie, smoked gouda, cheddar cheese and parmesan crusted artisan bread. Yes that is four cheeses in one sandwich. They took well balanced portions of brie, smoked gouda and cheddar and placed it in the bread, then crusted the bread with parmesan cheese before putting it on a flattop to melt everything together. This was very good, but I think that half was all I could eat so our plan worked perfectly.
The other dish was the Mediterranean salad where the chef blended Israeli couscous with Quinoa and placed it in the middle of a large bowl. Then surrounded it with tomato, red bell pepper, cucumber, red onion, kalamata olives and feta. This was all served with a lemon vinaigrette. I blended the salad together and dressed it with about half of the dressing and it was great. My wife has been talking about it all day, and who know we may be going back to get it again before we leave.
We topped our meal of with their Perfect Margarita which is a good description for it. They were delicious and you knew that you were actually having a drink and not just a mixer.
We enjoyed our dinner here, and while it is not located in the fancy downtown area, this is really a good find.

After my husband’s disappointing burger at Rex’s, we tried this place. He was very very happy with his burger at The Rusted Porch. According to our super sweet server it’s what they do best and she’s right.
I had a house salad (just fine) and a bizarre falafel with cornichorn pickles in it (?), and a mystery sauce.
All in all, a strong starter for good burgers, but don’t experiment with other stuff.
(Not the cleanest place… greasy menus and water stained cutlery.)

Burgers, bacon, and beer pretty much sums it up.
I like the rusted porch and have visited several times, but can’t give more than 3 stars due to the inconsistency.
Some of the highlights are the thick bacon, tasty burgers, good beer selection, natural redbird chicken, a killer grilled cheese, and awesome ugly cake.
The low points are hit and miss waittstaff, inconsistent meat cooking temperatures, poor kids meal values, and unpredictable music volumes.
When this place is good it is really good, but when it is ofg, you just want to get a check and get out. I still will visit, as the ugly cake and grilled cheese sandwiches are hard to beat.

We had a tasty and quick meal here. Nothing crazy or to write home about but good, solid, quick food. Lots to choose from and pretty fast service.
We did go in during the off-​season but still, it was great. A nice alternative to heading downtown.
My husband had a chicken salad and I had a burger. Fries were tasty. All in all, good meal!

Worst burger in years! The bun dripped with greasy oil and there was a puddle of the grease on my plate.
The lemon garlic fries were so slathered in the seasoning it hurt my mouth. There is such a thing as too much. The flavor is an interesting idea but hints of flavor speak more than drowning in it.
Service was ok, girl was nice but not very attentive. Provided me water but never refilled it, seemed apathetic to my complaint about the food when asked. If you don’t care about your customer’s satisfaction then don’t ask how their meal was.
Where I’m from a $ 16 burger should be amazing! Instead I’m bent over with stomach pains.
Oh and not that this is a fault of the establishment, but a local drunk decided to strike up a conversation with is twice during our visit. Not a place I’ll re-​visit.

My husband, four kids and myself had spent most of the day at the hot springs in town and were looking for a good, relaxing place to eat and fill up for our last day in town. After some searching on a few sites, we came across The Rusted Porch. It was a sign!
We got in and were met by a lovely young lady that seated us in a booth large enough to fit 6 people comfortably. Then we settled in for our meals.
First: The appetizers:
*Mediterranean Flatbread
Crispy crust | Kalamata olives | artichoke hearts | tomato | red onion | red bell pepper | feta cheese | oregano
~Delicious! Like our waitress said… it’s like a healthy pizza. I am NOT a feta cheese person, however the artichoke hearts and feta together create this flavorful combination that is a MUST try.~
*Bacon Artichoke Dip
Fresh spinach | bacon | artichoke hearts | cream cheese | Parmesan | Breadworks bread boule
~Bacon, Artichoke, cheese and a bread that is perfectly crisp. It’s perfect, I need the recipe and a chef to live with me that can make this!~
Second: Meals
My 13 year old had the Bacon & Blue. She was in heaven, the bacon was extra crispy (her request), the blue cheese had the perfect amount of bite and her eyes are bigger than her stomach. These burgers are huge, you have been warned.
My husband had the Grilled Cheese & Bacon Double Cheeseburger
Grilled cheese sandwich | five slices of bacon | two burger patties | two slices of Cheddar cheese and a second grilled cheese sandwich.
It was insanity in burger. He loved it, now, he got a fat cramp from it, but he said it was the best way to eat a burger, with the cheese already melted :)
The staff was beautiful, fun, very talkative and great people to relax with. This is a MUST stop in Steamboat! Go in and have a few drinks, it’s as good as it gets up there!

This review is for the chicken strips, the service, and laid back atmosphere.
You have not had a chicken strip until you have had a Rusted Porch chicken strip, period!
Very lightly battered on the outside, perfectly cooked, very little residual oil left on the food… they are not frozen… Fresh!
Service: our part time server was just great… she’s in healthcare by day, and the best server in town when she is here.
We had an extra order of the strips because they were so exemplary.
Don’t hesitate, just go!