Happened upon this place on my way to a different restaurant but I'd been here years before so I thought, "what the heck, why not give it another try? I didn't realize it had changed owners. It used to be a fine dining restaurant. Now it is casual dining. Their menu is only 2 sides, so they are trying to put out good food, and not be overwhelmed with the amount of different things to cook, but rather focus on the quality. They have several craft beers which is nice. Definitely not your Old Fashioned Drink headquarters. The decor is very cool.
My dining experience: There were about 30 people in the restaurant and bar and it took over an hour for out food. The drinks were good, they have few concoctions in the giant mason jars. There is no salad bar. When I asked about a salad bar (because I remember there being one) the waitress said they wouldn't have one until they had more staff. We ordered the Friday fish fry. The fish was ok, not great. Heavy breading. The fish comes with choice of potato and we ordered hash browns. One was with cheese and onion the other no cheese. Guess what they both came out with... Yep, cheese. Remade in a jiffy, which I was surprised since the lady behind us had her order messed up and they said it would be an additional 20 minutes to remake her entree. We did have some cookie dough balls that were fabulous, but we were super hungry so I don't know if it was that we were shoveling them in or they were really that good. Overall, I think it's a couple of young guys trying their hardest to put out good food in the Northwoods. I hope that they make it because the staff was really friendly, but I'll spend my money closer to my house in town next time. read more