 A dimly lit, old-world tavern with an alleyway entrance and multiple mounted animal heads gives this Carmel haunt a Yorkshire tavern look and feel. Though, if the joint were in Yorkshire, odds are there wouldn't be paintings of Clint Eastwood. Eastwood, actor/director and former Carmel mayor, in fact, used to own the Hog's Breath. Visitors still think he does, and traffic can be thick with those---they first look for the restaurant asking locals, "Do you know where that place is called the Boar's Breath or Hog's Head?" Second, tourists still come here in search of the star himself, optimistic they'll spot Eastwood reclining by the outdoor fire pit downing one his namesake Dirty Harry burgers. Fans are in for a letdown if this is their wish. But the restaurant's hearty cowboy fare will buck spirits back up. And Eastwood does show up on the lunch and dinner menus in a tribute: the Dirty Harry dinner consists of mustardy chopped sirloin with garlic smashed potatoes. Wash down another staple, Hog's baby-back pork ribs, with the house wine, the Hog's Breath's own proprietary label, or a Hog's Breath Pale Ale or Carmel wheat beer.
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