Countryside Saloon

Went to CS today for lunch, very busy & not enough servers. Waited for about 15 minutes after we were seated, just as we stood up to leave our server asked us what we wanted and we said we are going elsewhere, she just said ok and walked away.

I have eaten at CS probably 10-12 times a year since 2006, dont think I'll be back

We went on a Saturday evening as a group of six.  We were seated in a timely fashion which was good.  Our waitress was such a nice and calm person despite the crazy busy atmosphere of a hockey game being on.  We did wait a while for our server to come and get our drink order but we were with good company so we didn't mind.  The pizza was good but everything else, burger, nachos and wings were standard bar pub fare.  Not amazing but not terrible.

I loved the atmosphere here.  Definitely has a northwoods feel.  And very clean.  The addition is obviously new.  I will definitely come back here for drinks but not sure about food.

We were here with a group of ten around 2pm on Mother's Day and the place was not crowded.  So there is no excuse for the bad service and food.  The calamari was like fried rubber bands, my entree came out five minutes after everyone else's, the salad was nearly 50/50 lettuce to raw onion and my old fashioned cocktail, was a Manhattan.  When I questioned the waitress about it, she said it was an old fashioned.  With no fruit muddle and a dry vermouth taste, I'm pretty sure she was wrong but I did't want to argue in front of my mother in law about my advanced knowlede of cocktails.  

So next time I stick to exploring the extensive beer menu and forgo the Old Fashioned.  It is a shame though.  This place just screams Old Fashioned.  If they could get it right I would be there regularly.

But the building itself won me over.  It looks like it's going to be a divey place, think old man bar.  But then you get in there and it's immaculate and you realize a mom could hang here with a couple of girlfriends and have a good time.  Not too old, not too young, not too sporty, not too divey, not too Disneyfied.  Just right.