Local Roots

We were seated immediately and served just as promptly. We shared the rustic bruschetta as our appetizer. I got the Caesar salad with grilled chicken. I thanked the server for letting me know that a half portion was an option because I couldn’t even eat all of the half salad. My husband got the cod and it was delicious. The chicken and the fish were both cooked perfectly.

Astounding food, our server was an amazing gentleman named Jerami, for his speed to his open friendliness was amazing to me, it was the best service I've ever had. Food wise, I personally tried the walleye and the margherita pizza and both entrees were absolutely impeccable, the lamb lollipops equally so. With every dessert made in house and everything from the wines to the food being locally sourced, this restaurant is nothing but amazing to enjoy

We decided to eat here after a day at the zoo because it was close and the reviews were good. However, our food was just bland. The tostadas we had as an appetizer were completely flavorless because it was mostly just plain black beans. The vegetable curry was also disappointing since it lacked flavor. The loaded local burger was really good so we just shared the burger. The service wasn't bad, just odd. We had three different servers as two took their lunches. Which is fine, I understand service workers need breaks and I totally support that. But seeing as we weren't there for very long, it just struck me as odd. Overall, it wasn't a bad experience. The food and service weren't bad. It was just pretty bland which was disappointing.

My adult children really like this place and would likely give it 5 stars. For my husband and I, it is a 3 star restaurant. So I compromised with 4 stars. We find it to have slow service with so-so food and would not eat here except that they like it. The style of food here simply does not appeal to us. We both had turkey and both thought it tasted odd. I'm not sure how to describe it, it was smokey, but weird smokey and just was not like normal turkey. Good thing it came with a very tasty spicy aioli sauce to mask the flavor. He had chicken as well which was way overcooked and dry. He ordered no avocado on his salad. Our sever repeated the order back, but somewhere between her and the kitchen, the message was not delivered as the salad came filled with avocado. There were plenty of people eating there, so we are clearly not the majority opinion. They do have wonderful toy box for the little ones; full of fun things to entertain them while they wait.

Stopped in for the first time during lunch today and surprised at how big this place was. I was expecting a much smaller restaurant. I ordered pretzel balls as a starter and really enjoyed them. They were smothered in melted butter and came with bacon & scallion cheese dip which was delightful. For my main I ordered a Cuban sandwich and was very pleased with the size of it though regardless of that, $16 is still quite pricey for what it is. The flavors were all on point though and I thoroughly enjoyed it.