Oldest continuously operating business in MI. An old time bar with nice service and bar food. We had wings, salad, and drinks after visiting Fernwood gardens which is nearby
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cynthia Isabell
I went here for a late lunch. I heard about this place on Facebook and wanted to come here for the history. It also has good reviews. I ordered the fried chicken dinner which comes with fries, coleslaw and bread. The chicken is very good and exactly what I was looking for. The chicken was hot and fresh. The skin was crispy and not overly seasoned and the meat was moist with good flavor. It comes with a ton of fries but just a little bit of coleslaw. I would have liked less fries and more slaw. The slaw was good and tasted fresh. The bread was also good. It was 2 thick slices of a baguette. It would have been nice to have some garlic butter or honey butter to put on it, (but I shouldn't be eating bread anyway). I only ate the drumstick and wing and took the breast and thigh home. I ordered the Goulash to take home. It is a generous amount and definitely will be 2 meals. I tasted it before putting it in the fridge. It's meaty and has a good flavor, but it's seasoned more like an Italian pasta dish rather than goulash. It also came with bread. The staff is friendly and seemed to know a lot of the people there. Lots of local regular patrons. This tavern was originally a one room, log building for travelers to stop when going to Chicago. I think it would be cool if the interior had an old log cabin look.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goulash
Amy Nimtz
The wait staff was amazing and the food was delicious 😋. They treated our whole party with kindness and respect,and our food came out piping hot! I appeared with a request for a table for 12 that included a baby, and the waitress made it happen in record time. She doesn't know how much she helped make my birthday that much more special of a day. We will definitely come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
JAKESNAKE 0104
Goulash is fire Fries are really good Burger reminds me of a quarter pounder
Willll be back!!!!
Was super busy when we pulled up so keep in note of that. Only bad part is parking it’s not enough.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marsha Baker
Where do I start? So there is a sign that says fast service guaranteed. This was not the case for us. So we got our sodas then placed our orders. Well, I ordered a side salad to be brought before my meal with French dressing. A salad was brought probably 20 minutes later with no dressing. I continue to sit and wait and steal the dressing. After about 20 minutes when the waitress did not come back, I used the ranch that she bought with my husband’s order of deep-fried mushrooms. Then 10 minutes later, she appears with the original dressing. So we start to eat our appetizers and we continue to wait for our meals to arrive which takes another 45 minutes to an hour of us sitting in that very loud, over cried tavern/restaurant, waiting for our main course. When the waitress appeared again at another table, my mother stated that we were still waiting for our food, and the waitress said to her in a rude manner that she would get the food when they had the food done. So she disappeared into the kitchen and it was another 20 minutes before we would see her again finally bringing out the food stating that she was not bringing it out even though it wasn’t completely done and we would have to wait for the bread And anything else we ordered. Finally, we all get our meals and my daughter does not get the ranch that she ordered her chicken strip basket. My mom had ordered coleslaw to be brought to her before her meal, after 20 minutes of the waitress, not bringing it to her. When she brought the appetizers, I made a statement about it, and she brought her coleslaw in a condiment cup. But then when she brought the meal, she brought her a full cup of coleslaw, indicating that they absolutely did not know how to keep our order together or get it there on a timely manner. The waitresses appeared unbothered by our table, just sitting there as they rushed around us to get the new customers that were coming in and take care of the customers that were finished with their meal so the service was absolute crap in spite of the sign. We finally had had enough and it was about to storm so we had to track down the waitress to get boxes and to pay for our meals so we could leave. Because she has zero interest of returning to our table. It appeared at all. That being said, the only compliment I could actually get this restaurant was that the dinner itself was delicious and outstanding. The side salad not so much because I didn’t have anything in it besides lettuce cheese and cucumber, and wasn’t delivered with the proper dressing. My husband did enjoy the deep fried mushrooms and we all enjoyed our main dish but will I ever return there? Absolutely not. Would I ever recommend this place to a friend or family member? Absolutely not.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Joy Whitfield
Apparently this place is from early American settlers. Some of the building posts still have roots? Nice little local watering hole with really good food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jacob Petretta
Oldest bar in Michigan.
Oldest ESTABLISHMENT in Michigan.
They're doin somethin' right if they've been doin' it for 190 years...
Everything you want in a small town bar
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
andy fisher
Was hoping for something special since it's the oldest establishment in Michigan still in operation. But, everything was below average, especially the food. Seemed like frozen food bought at Sam's club dropped into a fryer.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Elias Weler
Real solid experiance. Food and burgers were good, place got history plain as day. Waitstaff might’ve been a bit slow but they were friendly.d
Nice too see a michigan joint still standing since 1835 and doin ok. We’ll be back.
Steve “NLS clan”
Great burgers, the ham sandwich is to die for. They have a good selection. Oldest bar in michigan
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Sandwich, Hot Ham and Cheese, Hot Ham on French Bread, Onion Rings, Cheeseburger, Olive Burger, Patty Melt, Mushroom-Swiss Burger
Awsome ham sandwiches when riding you snowmobile there from the trail.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dakota Jackson
I really really really want to love this place. I live down the road and come once maybe twice a month. Stopped in on a Thursday at 6:15 ordered a burger, hot ham sandwich, soup and chili TO GO and I waited inside for over 1-1/2 hrs. My bill seemed high, the person that took my order didn’t ring it in the register…. Oh well I paid it no questions asked. They were busy and running around working hard. But dang an hour + for to go order?????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Sandwich, Chili, Cheeseburger
Joseph L
Quaint tavern. "Oldest business" in MI. Service pleasant & good. Food very generous portions at very reasonable pricing. Thumbs up!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Ham Sandwich, Cheeseburger, Chili
Krissie m
Peggy was an amazing bartender! I recommend going and seeing her!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Olive Burger and Fries
Jane Ammeson
Andrew Jackson was president when this place, a former stagecoach stop, opened in 1836. It's Michigan's oldest restaurant.
Oldest continuously operating business in MI. An old time bar with nice service and bar food. We had wings, salad, and drinks after visiting Fernwood gardens which is nearby
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I went here for a late lunch. I heard about this place on Facebook and wanted to come here for the history. It also has good reviews. I ordered the fried chicken dinner which comes with fries, coleslaw and bread. The chicken is very good and exactly what I was looking for. The chicken was hot and fresh. The skin was crispy and not overly seasoned and the meat was moist with good flavor. It comes with a ton of fries but just a little bit of coleslaw. I would have liked less fries and more slaw. The slaw was good and tasted fresh. The bread was also good. It was 2 thick slices of a baguette. It would have been nice to have some garlic butter or honey butter to put on it, (but I shouldn't be eating bread anyway). I only ate the drumstick and wing and took the breast and thigh home.
I ordered the Goulash to take home. It is a generous amount and definitely will be 2 meals. I tasted it before putting it in the fridge. It's meaty and has a good flavor, but it's seasoned more like an Italian pasta dish rather than goulash. It also came with bread.
The staff is friendly and seemed to know a lot of the people there. Lots of local regular patrons.
This tavern was originally a one room, log building for travelers to stop when going to Chicago. I think it would be cool if the interior had an old log cabin look.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goulash
The wait staff was amazing and the food was delicious 😋. They treated our whole party with kindness and respect,and our food came out piping hot!
I appeared with a request for a table for 12 that included a baby, and the waitress made it happen in record time. She doesn't know how much she helped make my birthday that much more special of a day. We will definitely come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Goulash is fire
Fries are really good
Burger reminds me of a quarter pounder
Willll be back!!!!
Was super busy when we pulled up so keep in note of that. Only bad part is parking it’s not enough.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Where do I start? So there is a sign that says fast service guaranteed. This was not the case for us. So we got our sodas then placed our orders. Well, I ordered a side salad to be brought before my meal with French dressing. A salad was brought probably 20 minutes later with no dressing. I continue to sit and wait and steal the dressing. After about 20 minutes when the waitress did not come back, I used the ranch that she bought with my husband’s order of deep-fried mushrooms. Then 10 minutes later, she appears with the original dressing. So we start to eat our appetizers and we continue to wait for our meals to arrive which takes another 45 minutes to an hour of us sitting in that very loud, over cried tavern/restaurant, waiting for our main course. When the waitress appeared again at another table, my mother stated that we were still waiting for our food, and the waitress said to her in a rude manner that she would get the food when they had the food done. So she disappeared into the kitchen and it was another 20 minutes before we would see her again finally bringing out the food stating that she was not bringing it out even though it wasn’t completely done and we would have to wait for the bread And anything else we ordered. Finally, we all get our meals and my daughter does not get the ranch that she ordered her chicken strip basket. My mom had ordered coleslaw to be brought to her before her meal, after 20 minutes of the waitress, not bringing it to her. When she brought the appetizers, I made a statement about it, and she brought her coleslaw in a condiment cup. But then when she brought the meal, she brought her a full cup of coleslaw, indicating that they absolutely did not know how to keep our order together or get it there on a timely manner. The waitresses appeared unbothered by our table, just sitting there as they rushed around us to get the new customers that were coming in and take care of the customers that were finished with their meal so the service was absolute crap in spite of the sign. We finally had had enough and it was about to storm so we had to track down the waitress to get boxes and to pay for our meals so we could leave. Because she has zero interest of returning to our table. It appeared at all.
That being said, the only compliment I could actually get this restaurant was that the dinner itself was delicious and outstanding. The side salad not so much because I didn’t have anything in it besides lettuce cheese and cucumber, and wasn’t delivered with the proper dressing. My husband did enjoy the deep fried mushrooms and we all enjoyed our main dish but will I ever return there? Absolutely not. Would I ever recommend this place to a friend or family member? Absolutely not.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Apparently this place is from early American settlers. Some of the building posts still have roots? Nice little local watering hole with really good food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oldest bar in Michigan.
Oldest ESTABLISHMENT in Michigan.
They're doin somethin' right if they've been doin' it for 190 years...
Everything you want in a small town bar
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Was hoping for something special since it's the oldest establishment in Michigan still in operation. But, everything was below average, especially the food. Seemed like frozen food bought at Sam's club dropped into a fryer.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Real solid experiance. Food and burgers were good, place got history plain as day. Waitstaff might’ve been a bit slow but they were friendly.d
Nice too see a michigan joint still standing since 1835 and doin ok. We’ll be back.
Great burgers, the ham sandwich is to die for. They have a good selection. Oldest bar in michigan
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Sandwich, Hot Ham and Cheese, Hot Ham on French Bread, Onion Rings, Cheeseburger, Olive Burger, Patty Melt, Mushroom-Swiss Burger
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Awsome ham sandwiches when riding you snowmobile there from the trail.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I really really really want to love this place. I live down the road and come once maybe twice a month. Stopped in on a Thursday at 6:15 ordered a burger, hot ham sandwich, soup and chili TO GO and I waited inside for over 1-1/2 hrs. My bill seemed high, the person that took my order didn’t ring it in the register…. Oh well I paid it no questions asked. They were busy and running around working hard. But dang an hour + for to go order?????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Sandwich, Chili, Cheeseburger
Quaint tavern. "Oldest business" in MI. Service pleasant & good. Food very generous portions at very reasonable pricing. Thumbs up!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Ham Sandwich, Cheeseburger, Chili
Peggy was an amazing bartender! I recommend going and seeing her!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Olive Burger and Fries
Andrew Jackson was president when this place, a former stagecoach stop, opened in 1836. It's Michigan's oldest restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger
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