Great home cooking, friendly relaxed atmosphere and service. Food tastes as though from family…read morekitcy

We needed to pick up some flour for our business from Swany White Flour, located right here in…read moreFreeport, MN--known for having the best bread flour in the area. Since my wife is five months pregnant and constantly hungry, we decided to stop by Charlie's Cafe, also in Freeport. As soon as we arrived, we were quickly seated in a booth and placed our orders. I went for the three-meat omelette, which included three eggs, hashbrowns, and toast. My wife opted for a Denver omelette, skipping the mushrooms, along with a side of French toast. It was your classic diner breakfast--thankfully, we didn't find any hair, nails, or Band-Aids in our food! The hashbrowns were a standout for me; they tasted freshly made rather than frozen. We also got regular coffee, which was just okay. The service was satisfactory--our server was around but not particularly engaging, which was alright. I can definitely see us stopping by again for lunch after this delicious breakfast!

My husband is Canadian and the A&W "Brand" is very well known in Canada. Mostly the WAY the staff…read moreTreats customers and the Good quality of their burgers. Listen, these days, yes, prices Have gone WAYYYYY UP. and Paychecks Haven't. So, Kindness goes a Long way. We hit the drive thru and weee looking forward to our delicious and kind experience but what we Got was A LOT OF SASS from someone who clearly.... Needs to find a New profession if they Cannot handle being nice and patient. When we drive thru, she was snarky and impatient and their menu was Not the one we expected. Now, we work hard for our money and we DO NOT appreciate being Treated rudely and having our faces Snapped Off. Jesus, I hope that this food is perfect and delicious.

Drive thru or counter service, A&W serves the best root beer float! Today we stopped after a ride…read moreon the near by Lake Wobegone Trail on our way home. Our driver couldn't have a root beer float until we all realized that A&W makes a BLENDED root beer float. Same everything: root beer, ice cream, price....just blended together like a malt. Driving home with a blended root beer float was so easy!

Cutest place below a quaint hotel. The servers were amazing and made our event for 20 so special…read more Doris made extra efforts to ensure everyone was treated like family. She helped guide our menu choices and made my son's graduation dinner a truly memorable night. We loved the chicken and pulled pork with a lovely tamarind sauce on the side. Just spicy enough to be interesting with the ability to kick it up a notch if you want. We will come back! Thanks for a wonderful meal and experience.

I went there twice on a recent vacation. Family member considers this "the only sit down restaurant…read morein town" which says something since there appear to be two sports bars right next door. As far as parking, there is street parking right off the road in front of the restaurant/strip. This was almost always taken, though more was available with a walk. Not clear where other parking would be to me nor their website. Our second visit we parked across the street at the library/police station and did not get ticketed. Yelp says they have validated parking but I am suspect of this fact but for us didn't matter. First visit ordered a bunch of pizzas for a party. They were good and big as advertised however expensive. Their pies are mostly flat rate and the toppings just add on to the price. I generally find pizza purchased this way to be more expensive as well however a lot of places do it this way. Without comparing literally, I'd say their normal pie was about the equiv of an XL and their small was about the equiv of a medium. Pizza was steaming hot when we got it and by the time we got home was the perfect temp (for me). Was consumed with due appreciation. While I do think it was good, as far as comparing price vs deliciousness, I mathed out the same pizzas (ignoring exact size difference) vs Albany Pizzaria would be about 50% more from here. Having been to both places, I do not think the pizza was 50% better and the locals agreed. Also, maybe coincidentally, a number of the party goers had stomach issues the next 24 hours. That could have been anything (other foods were shared as well as just human contact) but it makes me wary against 5*. My final ding was, while I generally love pizza crust, this ones seasoning was meh to me. I have an aversion to onion (minor allergy?) and I wonder if there was some in there. As far as the second visit, we did a sit down which was also 4* IMO. The entrance opens into a small waiting area (where we picked up the pizza) with a clear sign to wait to be seated. We were seen fairly fast but told to seat ourselves and they'd come take our order. The menu actually says you order up front and they bring it to you, not sure if this changed and the menu was dated or we were special tbh. Still looking for that replacement perfect bbq place, I ordered the 3 meat plate (ribs, brisket, pulled pork). I was boggled why you cannot substitute fries into the sides. The waitress/host tried to explain it but I still don't get it. So your sides are "limited" even though they have them on the menu. Chips and queso are also sold seperate, so if you want both that's 2 sides. I went with coleslaw and mac&cheese both were good. The mac did not sell me enough to future try their mac bowls but it wasn't bad. I also got a cranberry juice which came in the bottle. This unspokenly said no refills but also that I was paying $3 for the bottle, which is one thing I don't like about people just bringing me a bottle of something. Anyway, the ribs were great, I'd probably get a rack next time, the brisket was good and the pulled pork was super dry and not good IMO. The sauce did make up for it a little but I had 3 meats to distribute it between. Good BBQ I've heard and believe the meat should stand alone. My SO got a burrito mojado with barbacoa and liked it. Also got the (limited) hibiscus lemonade and liked that too, apparently could tell which is good. Cost $4. Since no drink refills, we only saw our server three times, food delivery, one checkin and once to buss. Payment was in the front as well; we had to ask. Their website at time we went said closed Sunday but the hours here did not. I called and they were open so I'd trust here vs the website tho they may fix it. Close hours were early for me but it's a small town :) Very few people besides us too and many left before we even got our food. Maybe we just eat late. Anyway, no stomach issues on the second visit, but all in all a few things (described above) left it shy of 5* for my tastes.

Owner cares more about money instead of taking care of employees. Management at Albany MN location…read moreis a joke no accountability or responsibility to do what is right for the customers and employees. Management is rude and more worried about talking to their friends / boyfriends / Girlfriends instead of running a business. People get hurt there and management again wont fill out paperwork because of laziness or probably being told not to. Service and food was better before current owner. Ways to fix: Dont let teenagers be managers. Hold people accountable.

Nice folks there! Appreciated their kindness on the midpoint of a long drive. Refreshing and tasty.read more

Nice up north feeling cabin restaurant. Have the country fried steak and hash browns. Delicious!read more

Sweet little cafe in a little town off I94 called Avon. Standard midwestern small town eatery with…read morelow prices, big portions, and a welcoming atmosphere. They have an AYCE Friday fish fry for $11.95 which comes with soup/salad bar and your choice of potato. Soup was homemade, fish was hand-battered. Can't beat the price. The fish wasn't the best I've ever had but not bad. The salad bar could be a little fresher, but all in all, I got exactly what I expected and was content. There was 1 cook in the back and 1 server up front and they managed to get food out and turn tables quickly in an at-capacity restaurant. Very impressed!

Loved this place! Yummy innovative sandwiches. Cool atmosphere and art! And great service (thank…read moreyou McKenna!).

Yummy stop after a bike ride! I ordered the Tandem add arugula and the broccoli salad. The broccoli…read moresalad is one of my favorite things, so light and fresh for a hot summer day. The tandem bread is cranberry wild rice and it's amazing. Bread always makes or breaks a sandwich imo. Others with me got their cold sandwiches and everyone enjoyed them. One got a southwest Caesar salad with chicken and liked it. Came with little pieces of bread which she liked. We all also tried three of the teas brewed and served ice, they were great! My favorite was the apricot green tea. The staff are kind and welcoming. I love that they have so much art around the space, I think a-lot is local too. The overall space is massive and good thing because they were BUSY on Saturday especially when live music started at 1.

Cute little sandwich shop downtown. Friendly service. Quick service. Nice place. I had the chicken…read moreShawarma, the chicken was just a little weird and that it was sort of shaped and sliced. It had a good flavor, however. I probably would get a different sandwich next time.

Reliably good sandwiches. Nice treat to eat out for lunch. Glad for the outdoor patio.read more

We love stopping here on our way back to Alexandria. The food is so good. They have the best burger…read morebaskets. The service is always great, everyone that works there is so friendly, which is really nice for a small town bar when you're not locals. It's a cozy little place that just draws us in almost every time we're driving through Freeport.

This place is alright. Have had good days and ok days there. Like the atmosphere and general area…read moreis good for the area.

On our way down from Brained Mn we needed a bite to eat.Wanted something refreshing so we decided…read moreon subs.I ordered the combo which has corn beef,ham and pastrami on it...with a little mayo,pickle,lettuce and that special vinaigrette they put on the sandwich was good.They bread was dry so that took away from the sub.The bread makes the sub.However the fixings was well organized and fresh!My wife reiterated the same.Everything was on point except the bread being dry. Our servers were nice and helpful.Our food came out very quickly as it was slow around 2pm.Its an old Irish pub style feel.People must like to play cribbage there barcode there were a lot of people in the hall of fame. Stop in to have a sub and play some cribbage.Hopw the bread is better next time!

Pretty good sandwich. The portion was huge. A little dry tho, maybe I didn't order it correctly.read more

So. It's going on an hour since I ordered a simple walleye sandwich with fries…read more Maybe I picked the wrong time as an entire softball team came rolling in. Regardless. This is just stupid. Staff were in the weeds. One woman came in and told them they had been sitting outside for 30 minutes and no one came by. The guy behind the bar was clueless. I almost walked out. Food finally came along with 3 other duplicate orders. Go figure. Been there. Done that. Food good service bad.

We were driving from Fargo, North Dakota to Minneapolis and looking a spot for dinner - something…read moreclassic with some history. So my search of Yelp, Trip Advisor, and Google all seemed to point me to the Fisher's Club, located on Middle Sprunk Lake in Avon, Minnesota. When we arrived, it looked like just what we were looking for. Upon entering we were warmly greeted by Hal, the owner, and escorted to a table near the back of the restaurant with a view of the lake. Now Fisher's Club is famous for their walleye dinners. So we locked in on that right away and ordered two of them. With it we ordered a glass of wine and an excellent Two Hearted Ale, IPA. Our salads were served and my wife loved her Orange Vinaigrette. I ordered their Blue Cheese dressing and did not like it. Not a traditional recipe, and likely not homemade. As we were eating our salads a group of locals sat down near us. All four of them quickly said - "Bring me the broasted chicken". Immediately I thought...Ooops, one of us should have ordered their chicken! When our walleye dinners arrived, we could see that the preparation of the walleye appeared to be the "shore lunch" style for walleye - a very popular style. Normally we would prefer a thicker cracker type crust. This appeared to have something like a semolina flour coating - good and crispy. But lacking, to our liking, in seasoning. So to sum it up, Fisher's Club is a quaint, very old establishment, with wonderful staff. If you're coming our recommendation is come for the chicken, not the walleye. But in any case...you should come.