Farmers Gastropub

I freaking love everything about this place!

Went here on New Year's Eve and the entire table ordered the special of the night: a local trout dish.  Food that would remind me of hearty meals growing up if my mother could cook nearly as well as the chef here.  Healthy, local, sustainable and tasty.  

The brunch here is amazing!  Mimosas not to miss and got to love the poached eggs with smoked meats.  To die for!  

Great beer and wine selections.  Lots of fun to come during a soccer game.  

Not the cheapest prices in town but here, you definitely get what you pay for.

Another place I really want to like, I just can't. The food prices are a bit high for the value.  One full piece of fried cod and chips is $15. Should be $9.99. Pint glasses are on the small side.  Service is varied wildly depending on the bad luck of the draw. The place looks very cluttered most of the time.  Sit over on the right side of the restaurant when you walk in, to avoid the cluttered mess.
Beer/Ale, selection is nice. Only place in the Midwest that I have found that serves my favorite pint on tap, Speckled Hen.  Normally only available in a can.

This restaurant is a nice idea and I wholeheartedly applaud the concept of a farm to table anything in the rural Midwest. But I'm afraid execution wasn't keeping up with concept on my visit. The sliders were okay, and the Cornish pasty mediocre, but the cottage pie was horribly overcooked, and salad greens bought in bulk from Costco would have more freshness and flavor. Service & decor good, beer selection great so overall I'd come again, just with much lower expectations for the food, and I'd stick to the basics (fish & chips, burgers).