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Stopped in to see what all of the fuss was about. Honestly not impressed. The atmosphere is a tired cliche which will lose it's novelty when americas fixation with pre-prohibition era bullshit subsides. As for the food, if I awarded points based only on concept then sure they've embodied the term "rustic". Unfortunately for them they focused on bravado instead of execution. That seems to be a common thread with the Farmers Cabinet. Their beer list is interesting, i'll give them a point for that. When it comes to cocktails, skip them if you expect to drink with the rest of your party. Like I said, mediocre at best. Chances are HBO's series boardwalk empire will outlive this establishment. Especially considering the rumors circulating in regards to the ownership.

Highly recommend this place. Very nice draught beer selection (mostly foreign, only one American “craft” beer on tap last night. Selection changes -26taps, and ~80 bottles). Very good cocktails (two bars, beer bar and cocktail bar. You can order any beverages from either bar), and the food was well prepared. Food ordered: Bavarian pretzel with grainy lingonberry mustard, salted potatoes, duck egg in a jar (poached duck egg, crème fraiche and sorrel), corned lamb tongue sandwich, BBQ porkbelly sandwich. The bar popcorn (salted and sweetened) addictive as well as the roasted malted barley (roasted whole grains). Beers sampled: served 7.0oz and 11.0oz pours: BrewDog Tokyo Oak aged stout – 18.7% ABV – 7.0oz Mikkeller 1000 IBU 7.0oz Bartender made a very good old fashioned and there were a couple of cocktails on the menu that the other diners had forget what they were called but they were very good. Pretty big space, but still kinda “homey.” Dimly lit. Jazz/Blues playing in the background, I think there was a pianist playing earlier in the evening.