Twisted Arm Bar and Grill

Read the menu at Twisted Arm and a classic-rock songbook starts to assemble itself. The Tragically Dip, the Gord Downie burger, The James Taylor, Five for Fighting, My Little Highway Grill — the naming is the through-line, and it tells a first-time diner what kind of bar-and-grill they have walked into before a single plate lands. This is a Sarnia kitchen on the London Road corridor, open since 2017, that decided its comfort food should have a sense of humour. The jokes are on the menu card; the cooking underneath them is straight pub food made to be shared.

The wings are the flexible centre of an order. They come jumbo by the ten, and the sauce list is where the kitchen shows its hand: Mild and Honey Garlic at one end, then Fire & Ice, Campfire, Maple Bacon, Garlic Parmesan, Thai Chili, and Cobra Thai for a table that wants to push. The Classic Wonton Nachos swap the usual tortilla base for crispy wontons under Thai chicken, shredded carrots, green onions, cheese, and bean sprouts — a sharper share plate than the standard pub pile. The Tragically Dip lands first when the meal is built around sharing, a hot popper-style dip with pita points, with the Twisted Potato Cakes — panko-crusted mashed potato loaded with cheese, bacon, and jalapenos — close behind it. From there the menu runs to loaded builds: the Angry Pickle burger, stacked with pickle cream cheese, red onions, mozzarella, and a deep-fried BBQ pickle; beer-battered and panko haddock cut in two and served with fries, slaw, and house tartar; coconut tempura shrimp with sweet Thai chili; the Mighty Mac & Cheese with garlic toast.