Best Western Smokehouse Lodge

Stopped by May 3 for lunch . I had the open face roast beef sandwich it was great. My friend had the lunch buffet and loved it. We stopped on our way home Sunday morning May 5 and both had the buffet found it to be so-so due to a lack of customers and turn over. So I recommend order off the menu on Sunday mornings unless the place is packed and food is rotated as needed. Overall a good place to stop and eat. Also the guy next door helped us with a dead battery after our lunch.Nice people. Buy some fudge at the store.

This is for the restaurant and general store.

Normally a great place to stop, stretch, and eat. But I found a wire twist-tie in my food this time. The waitress brought it to the manager but he never came out to apologize or anything.

Sorry.  Won't be stopping in again.  That's a deal breaker...

This is a review about the restaurant and the general store.  

The restaurant gets 2 stars- the food wasn't great.  The salad bar that comes with your dish is small but fresh, and boasted ingredients from local farms.  I liked that.  The turnip greens and the freshly fried onion rings were on point.  However, the grilled chicken and the ribs were not so good.  The chicken didn't smell or taste right, but the waiter was very amenable to changing it out.  I appreciated that service.  The ribs were good underneath the blackened rub, which was too dried out.  I wouldn't order food from there again.

The general store, on the other hand, gets 5 stars!  It is reminiscent of a Cracker Barrel store, but much much better!  They have an entire pantry of locally made jams.  They sell fried pies, which looked tempting, but I went for the fudge instead.  The ladies at the fudge counter were so nice, encouraging us to sample generous chunks of any of the fudge.  They were all delicious, but if you can't choose, may I suggest the praline or the Jack Daniel's?  Oh yes, good smooth, sweet chocolate fudge with a whiskey dipped pecans on top?  It's not cheap- $13/lb but you get an extra 1/2 lb free with that.  They say they keep well at room temperature, so you don't have to worry about storing 1 1/2 lb of fudge, but I have a feeling it gets consumed very quickly!

Go for the store, the fudge, and the friendly staff.  Maybe find another spot for your meal...