For a town of only 31 people, this place was hopping! Fun atmosphere. It was obvious that they…read morecater to the locals before addressing the visitors. I had the flavor of the month Chicken wing sauce which was spicy peach. It was delicious!! I just wish the wings were a little warmer. They sat up on window a bit too long while the locals were getting fed. My husband had the mushroom Swiss burger. It was clearly a processed/frozen burger but it was large and the crinkle cut fries were plentiful albeit sadly lacking salt. All this being said, I am still giving them 5 stars because the prices were right and the customers were fun to talk with. I just caution you to treat visitors as well and as promptly as you treat your regulars.

My husband and I had dinner at Three Days Grille last night on June 5, 2026. This was our first…read moretime visiting this establishment. The food (chicken wings, bacon cheese burgers, and fries) was delicious and the service was amazing. The young lady working the bar and the dining room did a fantastic job! She was very busy, had a lot of customers, and she still gave excellent service. We are definitely going back while we are in town. Our meal was better than anything we have had in the area over the past few months.

Pickles Pub is central Iowa gem. Hidden on blue Highway D 41 in Kamrar. The building is lovely with…read morea great hometown bar & grill vibe. Always bustling on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Fun Day, Pickles has a great staff of friendly, small-town folks. They hustle! Food comes out timely, and is good quality. We had a combo plate with fried mushrooms, pickles, and corn nuggets. It's all frozen stuff, but good quality. My wife had the French Dip sandwich and loved it (although she never dips her sandwich... wtf). I had the Patty Melt. It was cooked well on marble rye and was delicious. This is the ultimate roadside joint for a beer and bite. Nothing but positive energy for Pickles Pub!

Had a family event there. Staff was very accommodating! Had lots of great comments on how good the…read morefood was. And great comments on having our event at Pickles. Highly recommend!

I really wanted to love this place but it was a big let down…read more First, we were there on a Friday, just before what is likely a very busy time. We sat at the bar. The servers were there, obviously waiting for customers to start arriving, and they were all congregating at the end of the bar, chatting it up. It was super unprofessional and pretty annoying. We were glad when the food came out quickly so we could just eat and leave. To be honest, I don't recall what my husband ordered. I got the pork tenderloin. The tenderloin was very tough and had zero flavor. Like, I don't think they even put salt in the coating, let alone any other seasonings. This is Iowa, if you can't make anything else at all, you should at least have a decent pork tenderloin. This was our second time trying the place. Both instances were equally underwhelming. I wanted this to be our "go to" place but sadly we won't return.

The food was sub par with being a limited menu during the day. Also pay with cash or you will be…read morepaying more for using card. Burger tasted like it was frozen from box. Fries were amazing

I stopped by when I was passing by on a bicycle tour called RAGBRAI. The service was great. The ice…read morecream was great. The prices were reasonable.

From the owner: Multiple flavor Ice Cream in a cone or a dish. When is the last time you had a float? We have those…read moretoo!

Can't believe I'm the first to review this place. It's fantastic. Small place run by just one lady…read moreI believe. Sat down and quickly had our order taken. I got the cevapi and my wife had the roasted chicken with potatoes and vegetables. Complementary beef and noodle soup came out which was delicious in the chilly morning. Not long after our orders came out with fresh baked bread and a Bosnian coleslaw type dish, both fantastic. Bread was soft and flavorful, coleslaw was crisp, refreshing and acidic which paired perfectly with our mains. The Cevapi were plentiful and cooked perfectly, still juicy, the bread soaked up all the juice. And the sauce was a house made sour cream and it goes really well with it. The roasted chicken was perfectly cooked, not overdone but still tender and juicy, and the vegetables went nicely with it. Nothing fancy, just very well done Bosnian home cooking. Can't wait to go back.

From the owner: We are an authentic Bosnian restaurant, prepared by a Bosnian lady that has been cooking in…read morerestaurants for decades, she loves cooking and it shows in her food. We are new owners of this amazing restaurant. Owning a restaurant was a dream I had with my father, but we weren’t able to attain it before he passed, so now I am here with my partner Medo to make everybody happy with food. Full bellies, bring smiles, and we need more of those. We have Indoor and outdoor seating. Bring your friends, your family or come alone, laid-back friendly environment, dine in or carry out.

A greasy spoon with classic diner items and comfort food…read more Breakfast was good. Portions are huge at this diner. The service took longer than expected after we ordered. They certainly have their regular customers.

I wanted bacon, eggs, toast and hashbrowns, but it is not on the menu as such to order so I told…read morethe waitress that's what I wanted. It was not great and when I received the bill I was charged separately for the toast and hashbrowns so my total breakfast order came to $15!! The total bill for my friend and I was around $27.50 and we didn't even have coffee. Earlier in the week we had breakfast a Hy-Vee which included coffee for both of us and it was not only better but $5 cheaper with the coffee. I would never go back. Also, there is zero ambiance here.

If you are reading this, I would guess that you are traveling across Iowa on Hwy 20, or even up…read moreI-35, and you're searching the Internet for fresh food, and this stretch of highway looks pretty bare for hometown restaurants...but, you are in luck! Just detour into Steamboat Rock (five minutes off Hwy 20), and find yourself in another world, possibly another century. Mama's Family Diner is in the downstairs lunchroom of the local schoolhouse (formerly called the Schoolhouse Diner). You'll find yourself feeling like a very lucky grade school student, where the lunch ladies serve fresh made tortillas for your Mexican fare, and Iowa favorites for the nostalgic. The day we visited, the lunch specials were either burrito, enchilada, meatloaf and mashed potatoes with dessert, or goulash with dessert. There is also a Mexican menu of soft tacos (ground beef, chicken or steak) and quesadillas, etc. There are none of the tired old bar food menu items, the American fare is limited to the specials, and the Mexican food is geared toward Iowa palates, but this may change as the restaurant gains popularity. Your food (plenty of it) is served on real restaurant china, by Mama herself. And the burrito was muy grande, as you can see from our picture. Do yourself a favor, drop off the beaten path, and, when you step out of your car onto the quiet, peaceful street, bordered by old growth trees, and walk down the sidewalk into this renovated schoolhouse, you'll remember the good times when school lunch was the best part do the school day! Three stars because the menu is very limited, but five for home town atmosphere...this is what Iowa small towns are really like, hence the four star average.

Best home cooked Mexican food ever! Every time we visit Steamboat Rock, we have to come here…read more Everything on the menu is delicious. Went here with a vegetarian friend and Mama made the best vegetarian burrito she's ever had! Definitely worth the short drive off the interstate for some authentic home cooked food.

I claim Dows IA as my hometown. That's where I grew up. I left there four days after I turned 18…read moreand was on a plane to recruit training (aka boot camp) in the US Navy. After I got out of the Navy I moved to the Des Moines IA metro. Dows is a little town of 500 in the middle of nowhere about 1 1/2 hours straight north of Des Moines IA not far off of I35. I graduated in a class of 16 before everything consolidated... Truth be told though...I was born when my parents lived in Bradford IA. Bradford's population is about 100 and it's about 15 miles straight east of Dows IA in Franklin county There are two Bradfords in Iowa...one in Franklin county and one in Chickasaw county... I hadn't been in Bradford since I was probably in junior high (I'm 54 now). Stumble Inn had been on my radar for a couple of years. My brother and sister-in-law who live in Alden IA have encouraged me to get in there, but they do that small town thing where they have a break in service. Open 11 AM - 100 PM and then open later 400 PM to 700 PM or 800 PM Monday through Saturday. Open 900 AM - Noon on Sunday. Every time we were in the area we seemed to be in that mid-day gap. Yesterday we had nothing better to do and we decided to make a special trip up there to try the tenderloin (and hit a few consignment/antique/thrift stores too). Lots of memories flooded back as I wound my way off of I35 down Heather Rd and Stockdale's blacktop that I won't bore you with. What's special to me probably won't be to you... It just wasn't a plain old road trip where it's all cattle pastures, cornfields, and rural roads...at least not for me. Stumble Inn sits a little off the pavement when you reach your destination towards the West side of Bradford, but it's only about 50 ft of gravel if you are too worried about your paint... From the outside the building doesn't look like much, but we all know...some of the best food isn't found in fancy buildings. The inside is open and has an L shaped bar with seven or eight seats. The rest of the seating is a combination of high and low top tables and chairs. It's seat yourself. The place was clean and we were greeted and presented with menus right away. The kitchen is open and you can see the magic happening. It's a typical rustic small town bar and grill. My gf isn't a huge tenderloin fan. She enjoys one now and then, but it's really my deal. Besides a standard breaded (crispy) and grilled tenderloin (not crispy) they have a couple different variation including a high ball (tenderloin and a hamburger patty) and a barnyard (tenderloin, hamburger patty, chicken breast, bacon and cheese). I'm probably missing some components of the high ball and barnyard, but you get the idea... The guys at the table next to us had a combination of high balls and barnyards... It was hard not to stare. They'd traveled the 50 min or so down from the Clear Lake IA area for lunch. I ordered an appetizer of white cheese balls and the standard crispy tenderloin with onion rings (small order), a beer, and an iced tea. The gf ordered the spicy chicken sandwich with tots (small order) and stuck with just a water. The total was $47 before tip. Now what you've waded through the above paragraphs for... The tenderloin. The crispy tenderloin has a seasoned breading with what I think is probably a mix of corn meal and panko. The pepper used in the seasoning came through, but no part of the seasoning was overwhelming. It was served HOT! I mean still steaming when it broke open... It was the traditional football shape. Oblong and probably 12 inches from tip to tip. Cooked perfectly and drained properly... Thick...but not too thick. I'm not a thin tenderloin guy where all you can taste is the breading. I want to taste the pork too... I got mustard, pickles, and onion on mine, but you do you... Well worth the 1 hr and 45 min trip! Easily in my top four in the state. In no particular order... Stumble Inn in Bradford IA Tojo's in Jamaica IA The Lucky Pig in Ogden IA Goldie's in Prairie City IA Nick's in Des Moines IA (deserves an honorable mention...now closed) Always at the top of our state' tenderloin competitions but the Stumble Inn has never won 1st place...yet. To me that shows how slanted some of these contests are. My gf and I have eaten tenderloins from MN to AR and from NE to IN. It's always subjective, but some of the award winning tenderloins really aren't that good... This one is. Great service! Everything we got was cooked perfectly! Our server was fantastic. The owner stopped in to visit for a while. The gentleman cooking even checked on us to make sure everything was okay. Typical small town Iowa nice! If you claim you're into tenderloins...are traveling I35 and you see the Dows IA exit... Put on the brakes and make the 15 min detour off the interstate. This one is worth your time! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063668736193&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Superb tenderloin in this quiet little town. Flavors were excellent on the sandwich and ingredients…read morewere fresh. The waitress was extremely friendly and polite. Save some room for their homemade mints before you leave!

Great find along the interstate! Had the lobster roll and my gal had the mahi mahi...both were a…read moregood value!...and CJ the bartender went above and beyond to get this old farm boy my beverage of choice!!

Excellent food and service. I had the blackened walleye and my husband had the ahi tuna. Both were…read moreexcellent beyond expectations of a bar and grill. Highly recommend.

I understand Ragbrai was coming through. What doesnt make sense is they locked their doors, which I…read morebelieve is a fire code violation. Unsure if guy running door was owner or employee but he was not doing a very good job. Menu was limited to just pizzas. Saw some come by and was not impressed- they reminded me of totinos frozen pizzas. We got the one round of drinks and continued to look for dinner. Ended up at Pizza Ranch which was very good.

Really a cute option for non chain dining. When we stopped the service was slow, but at this point…read morehiring staff is hard and all restaurants are struggling to keep up. The waitress was friendly and trying to keep up. There's a great beer list with variety of options. The Philly cheesesteak and BBQ beef sandwiches were real good. The Rangoon calzone not so much. Next to the building is an overlook to a bluff that can cause stress response to the acrophobic but still a cool view from ground level.