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    Meridian Corner

    3.4 (20 reviews)
    ModerateSalad, American, Wraps
    Open 10:30 am - 10:30 pm

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    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Clean dining room with a lot of local character
    Laura P.

    EAT HERE NOW - A chance to eat the unique southeastern SD regional cuisine chislic, and such warm and frequently hospitality make the trek to Meridian Corner 100% worth it!! We had never heard of chislic, but after reading about it and this place on the Food Network, we knew we would have to make a side trip here for lunch on the way to Bismarck ND. We are so glad we did!! We started with a Grain Belt beer from New Ulm MN and an order of fried dill pickles. The homemade batter is spiked with cayenne, cooled with the homemade ranch that comes with the pickles. They are the best we've had in a while. Chislic at Meridian Corner is made from either mutton or lamb, and one order is 3 skewers. Some places around SE SD make chislic from beef, but they keep it traditional the Meridian Corner!! For our first taste of chislic we ordered 6 skewers, 3 mutton and 3 lamb. Orders are a minimum of 3 and they take about 2 minutes to cook, so order them as you eat them so they stay hot! Skewers are served with garlic salt and saltine crackers, and fried onions are and optional and flavorful extra. The skewers arrive hot and delicious, ready for a sprinkling of garlic salt. We found the lamb to be very tender and mild, while the mutton was gamier and a little bit chewier. Both were delicious though, and we ordered 6 more of each for the table. I also ordered a Flesche Kuchel, which is essentially a German empanada. Ground beef and onion filling is sealed in a homemade dough before being deep-fried to hot and crispy perfection! One of these pies is $4, and is a side dish. There is a long list of other sides to go with your chislic, so be sure to look it over unless you want to go Full Carnivore (we don't judge). :) Staff are polite, professional, knowledgeable, and fun! Because we were all the way from Dallas, they took down their 1923 vintage sign and took out picture with it. We had a great meal and a great time eating chislic at Meridian Corner. Y'all come on out!! 5 awesome regional cuisine stars!!

    Ryan W.

    Best Chislic in South Dakota. I still haven't tried their Tiger meat but offer to buy it for any of the company I take with.

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    King Of F.

    It's a pretty cool place to chill. Got the burger and fries they were ight waiters could be a little more professional. One of my friends almost broke her wenis because the f**king paper towels are hard to pull off the rack. Over all tho pretty chill -TheKingOfFood

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    My favorite is the Nookala soup. The big Norwegian burger is also very good. We love to drive out here as a family and enjoy great food.

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    11 years ago

    Ate there today. Service was rude. Burger was lukewarm at best. Very pricy for what I got burger fries and drink $14.29... No thanks.

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    My friend and I often use this as our meeting spot since she lives near Brookings and I'm in Sioux…read moreFalls. We are always greeted by their friendly staff immediately upon walking in. The chips and salsa are spot-on and the food is always fast to come out, steaming hot, and tasty. It's a pretty big place with dining available on two sides. Definitely scope it out if you're near Dells (or even within 20 miles!)

    While passing through Dell Rapids during one of our little road trip adventures, my husband and I…read morestumbled upon this restaurant and decided to stop in and give it a try. One thing that immediately caught our attention was the building itself. Dell Rapids has a great deal of historic charm, and the restaurant is housed inside one of the town's older historic structures, which gives it a lot of personality before you even sit down. The atmosphere carries some of that preserved small-town character that makes these Midwest road trip discoveries enjoyable in the first place. The presentation of the food was honestly quite beautiful. The plating was polished, colorful, and thoughtfully arranged in a way that immediately raised our expectations. The dishes looked refined and carefully constructed, almost the sort of meals that make you instinctively reach for your phone to take photos before eating. Unfortunately, the actual flavors never really lived up to the visual presentation. That was the biggest disappointment for us. While everything looked appealing, most of the dishes wound up tasting fairly flat and underwhelming. Nothing was outright terrible, but very little had the depth, seasoning, or distinctiveness we were hoping for once we actually began eating. Service throughout the meal was decent enough, though the restaurant seemed somewhat overwhelmed at the time. There was a very large and extremely loud Friday gathering taking up much of the dining room and seemingly most of the staff's attention. It also appeared they may have been somewhat understaffed that afternoon, which likely contributed to the slower pacing and divided attention. Overall, the experience landed somewhere between average and slightly disappointing for us. Not actively bad, but not especially memorable either. The historic setting and attractive presentation certainly added points, but ultimately we left feeling underwhelmed by the food itself.

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