Bailey’s is a “sports bar” and one of the original of the new wave of restaurants that arrived in West Dearborn, when the city was trying to re-image itself and started removing existing businesses for their new look of modern empty store fronts.  If memory serves me right, there was a nurse’s uniform shop where Bailey’s is now located.  The reason for the trip to a sports bar was another planning meeting for the upcoming Junior High Reunion that I somehow became the chairman of.  We had a slightly smaller turnout for this meeting, which enabled the meeting to progress quicker, which is fine as well.

The restaurant is part of a chain that also has the Fox and Hound restaurant.  At Bailey’s they serve good classic bar food and that is fine and easy to understand.  There were several orders of different appetizers.  I settled on a burger with bacon and guacamole with a side of very well done fried onion rings, as I am not a fan of potatoes.  What I really appreciated was the fact that the food was not salty, as I usually find bar food “salty” and I have always wondered if it is done on purpose to make one drink more.

Now most sports bars are not known for wine, as beer and cocktails are their forte. They had most of the basic wines that one sees everywhere, but they had a Malbec wine from Argentina that I though I would try.  A Malbec would work with the burger, and the Argentine influence I thought might be fun to compliment the guacamole.  I tried a glass of Bodega Elena de Mendoza 2010 and it was very pleasant.  It had good color and a fair nose.  It opened up well, and it was enjoyable enough to order a second glass of it, while we were finishing up with the business part of the meal.