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| - Drove from Monona to Oregon to investigate shops in the area last week and stopped in here for dinner. Very tasty food, friendly but not trying-too-hard service and pleasant atmosphere. Nice folk, acoustic music selection enhanced dinner experience, too.
I was pleased at the prices for a farm-to-table kind of place.
Chef came out and spoke to us about what we liked about our dinner, etc. -- and I told him how much I enjoyed liked their version of a chicken friend steak -- without the usual goopy gravy. (Their version has a veal glaze applied first...so that it's right next to the meat...before the whole thing is fried) and we also talked about other "Southern" food that we've enjoyed in other locales. He also commented, "thanks for letting me cook for you tonight." That was an impressive touch.
The General Tso's cheese curds, offered as an appetizer, were yummy.
My husband, whose tastes are often limited to well-done beef (no chicken, fish, pork, etc.), was very pleased with his burger selection and that they switched out his side preference (to snap peas!) with no qualms at all. I believe they also comped his side salad so that I wouldn't have to have my course of that alone - which was very considerate.
I liked the dressing a lot - unlike the Yelper below who lamented there was no vinaigrette option (there was when we visited,) The salad was flavorful...though I neglected to ask for the blue cheese or feta crumbles to be left off (totally my fault..I'm sure they would have complied happily - they were happy to please for whatever we asked for.)
We opted not to have dessert...instead, walked up the street to the nearby ice cream parlor. On our way back, our waitress was straightening up the front door and poked her head out to tease us for going to get ice cream...but not in an admonishing way. It was funny...and nice that she took the time to do so.
A bit on the pricey side for my budget to go to every week...but a nice place to visit. A very flavorful meal and relaxing, un-rushed service. Will be back whenever we'd like to treat ourselves again.
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