Clarksville Station Restaurant

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  Outstanding food, atmoshpere, values (farm to table) and very fun, ecletically awesome boutique.  Definitely find your way here and enjoy!

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  Posted on 04.11.13 Celie J.

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  Ok, it is freezing, and while driving home with my cousin, she remembers a "Neat" restaurant in Clarksville which is 30 miles out of the way, but what the heck, we are in Hannibal and there truely are no great places to eat a nice lunch there.
  
  She cannot remember the name of the restaurant, but we drive around Clarksville (not a lot of driving if you catch my drift since the population is only 443, and cannot find the restaurant.  We get on a residential street and ask a couple of local citizens who direct us to the Clarksville Station.  We had missed it by a block.
  
  I was shocked, the Clarksville Station is very new, stylish with a wonderful patio, which when it isn't 7 degrees out is probably pretty nice.  The dining room is beautiful and we were the only patrons at 1 P.M.
  
  The menu is wide and varied, with the server telling us about a panneni special, which sounded great.  My cousin and I both ordered it.
  
  I don't know wha the folks at the Station did to make it so tasty but it is a wonderful addition to a great looking menu and probably should be a regular item.  I have to admit it was the best tasting Pannini I have ever eaten.
  
  The restaurant is clean, has a magnificent book and gift store attached, and the service was quite personable.
  
  All in all I will definately take the 60 mile drive from St. Louis to enjoy this great stop in a truely unlikely spot.
  
  Oh, and I don't know why but Clarksville station which is on the south end of town is also known as "Overlook Farm."  You cannot miss it if you are coming up 79 from 70, and it is  really worth the visit.

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  Posted on 01.25.13 Stuart K.

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  Sadly, this place has so much promise but they have such terrible service.  Typically, we just expect the extremely slow service but this time the food had problems as well.
  
  To begin with... the place is very large and has two separate dining areas and a large patio.  We typically visit during the week at lunch and they are always understaffed.  Today there was one waitress for the entire place.  She was so busy it took forever to be able to place an order.  She was very polite, but did not ever come back to check on us.  Since the place is so big we couldn't even find her to track her down without getting up and seeking her out.  I saw several other people go in search of her to have problems with their food corrected.  When our food came we asked for a bottle of ketchup and extra dressing for the salad and she never brought it or came back until she dropped the check off.  
  
  We ordered the shrimp bisque, crab cake sandwich and a BLT Cobb salad.  The description of the salad had onions, hard boiled eggs, bacon, tomato, lettuce.  When we got the salad it was lettuce, bacon and tomato.  The crab sandwich had no aioli on it as described in the menu.  The crab also had shells in it.  We tried to wait to flag the waitress down but we had things to do, so we just ate it and left.  
  
  We have given this place a chance over the past few years and it just can't seem to get it together in the service department.  The food could be pretty good if someone was more careful in the kitchen.  
  
  We had to laugh because this restaurant sits beneath the Overlook Bed and Breakfast and we truly felt "Overlooked".

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  Posted on 10.22.12 Kaye V.

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  My husband and I stopped there for lunch on the way to Hannibal today.  It was our first time and definitely won't be the last!  The menu seemed a little small, but there was definitely something for every mood or taste, and I've learned that a smaller menu usually means there is a chef, not just a cook, and that the food is fresh.  All of that turned out to be true.  I actually tasted full flavor from the tomatoes in my salad!  The coffee was quality.  The service was outstanding.  Our wait person even asked if she could give us coffees to go, as she knew we were road-tripping.  Beautiful place and this will become a go-to for us, so we will probably stay in one of their places, so it will be comfortable to go fr dinner, since we live in Illinois..even farther than St. Louis.

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  Posted on 10.09.12 Pat D.

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  I too think it absurd to rate a place without eating there.  That said, this is a great find.  I first ate here at least 4 or 5 years ago, maybe more.  One of my first dates with my current girlfriend involved a few nights at Cedarcrest Inn (one of the 2 affiliated inns) and a few meals here.  I stopped here on the way back from Hannibal via Louisiana (MO - where I found great bbq, btw, see review).  I was worried about 3 things:  The fact that I had eaten a fair amount at the Hannibal Folklife Festival (highly recommended), and found this bbq place and had to stop, and then when I got to Clarksville Station there were dozens if not hundreds of cars.  Turns out there was a reception at one of the inns.  I was worried about the kitchen being backed up.  I asked to be seated outside since the weather was so beautiful and the outdoor patio and landscaping is extensive and lovely, and Javier Mendoza was singing/playing, a St. Louis area guy who I have heard at Lafayette Square concerts.
  
  Anyway...after a slow start taking my order and bringing out the drink, service was very good.  And the food was wonderful.  I had heard that Chef Grandinetti had just left, but I noticed no issues with the food.  I had a wonderful deviled duck egg starter, and then pork osso buco style, with veggie couscous, sage infused madiera mushroom sauce, and pickled pumpkin.  All wonderful, the pork was a great fall taste as it started to get dark out - so ruch and flavorful.  I took some home, along with a walnut layer cake with apricot creme (in fridge).
  
  Beautiful space, uses local and on site produce, probably the best restaurant within an hour or more in any direction.  St. Louis folks, - this place is worth the drive.
  
  That this place is in a town of less than 500 people boggles the mind.  And, the artisan shops are great and deserve our support.

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  Posted on 10.15.11 Daniel F.

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  Wonderful! Our meal was superb.

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  Posted on 03.16.11 George S.

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  I can't believe the previous review rated this place without even eating here.  I went to Clarksville Station for the first time with a few friends and we had a tremendous experience.
  
  The menu:
  The menu may be smaller than giant chain restaurants but there was plenty to choose from.  The restaurant specializes in slow food.  A large part of the property was occupied by gardens, so some of the food we had didn't travel far at all.  It looked like the menu was changed seasonally to accommodate the changes in food sources.  The menu we had was the summer menu.  In addition to what was on the menu, there were several specials of the night and an entirely different patio menu which featured pizzas.
  
  I had a New York Strip with Chow Chow potatoes.  The potatoes were quite spicy but really tasty.  I was slightly worried about the steak being when I ordered it because it was "pepper encrusted".  I'm not a huge fan of tons of black pepper, but the steak was seasoned very well.  I was able to taste the spice of the seasoning, but it didn't overwhelm the steak.  My wife had a crab encrusted catfish with a potato cake. The catfish was good, but I think the highlight of her plate was the potato cake.  It was diced and mashed potatoes mixed with a little bacon and then breaded and deep fried.  I couldn't get my wife to share enough of it with me.
  
  The dessert at this restaurant was equally impressive.  Several of our friends decided to try the humming bird cake or the flourless chocolate cake which were very tasty.  However, one friend and I opted for the "Grand Finale."  This dessert meant that they kept bringing out desserts until you cry uncle.  We went through the following desserts:
  
  Humming Bird Cake
  Walnut Torte
  Clementine Spearmint Ice Cream
  Coconut Cream Pie
  Cherry Bourbon Ice Cream
  Baked Apple Dumpling
  Cheesecake with Orange Marmalade
  
  I'm not sure if I could name one dessert as my favorite.  All of them were very tasty and very fresh.  There were a few that I typically wouldn't order such as the Walnut Torte or the Coconut Cream Pie, but they were extremely tasty.  I can't believe that we ate that much dessert, but we enjoyed every bite.
  
  The Scenery:
  This place is perfect for eating an outside meal.  They have an amazing patio area around the restaurant.  Our table was surrounded by plants and had a trellis with vines above us.  The restaurant also has an outdoor kitchen adjacent to the patio where they cook some of the food including the pizzas which are cooked in a wood fired brick oven.  At the end of the patio, they have a fire ring with a bonfire which is just perfect for cooler summer/fall evenings.  
  
  Overall:
  This place is a great escape from the city.  You can drive up here for dinner on a weekend night and still make it home.  The scenery was great and the food was absolutely delicious.

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  Posted on 09.13.10 Carl H.

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  Beautiful place, limited menu (didn't eat here)

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  Posted on 08.15.10 Kristin A.

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