Green Mill Restaurant & Bar

My parents really enjoy this restaurant and we decided to try the deep dish pizza and share a salad three-ways.  

It was a fantastic choice.  There is not a whole lot of things better in this world than the combination of beer and pizza.  

I was very impressed and cannot wait to try more of their menu!

Stopped in with my family for a quick bite.  It was mid afternoon on a weekday so the place wasn't very busy.  

We orderred the spinach dip as an app and the, Extreme Supreme Pizza.  

We have been to the Uptown location MANY times as my life lived near there for almost 10 years.  The spinach dip at that location was usually pretty good.  At the Lakeville location, it came out immediately, a smaller portion than we were used to and pretty stale bread.  Kids seemed to like it.

Our server was also the bartender.  Somewhat unenthusiastic.  

When th epizza came, it was undercooked, with hot adn cold spots throughout.  We ended up taking more than half of it home and reheating it ourselves and it was pretty good then.  

Typical Green Mill menu, but they really could put a little more effort into it.

Opening caveat: the 4 stars is as a Lakeville dining choice. Otherwise, it's a 3 star kind of place: good food, basic decor, okay beer selection, decent service. But for dining options in Lakeville, Green Mill is where it's at. The beer selection is good - look at the chalkboard or ask your server, as the printed menu just gives the basics, so you'll miss most all the good stuff if you go by the printed menu.

I've always gone to the Eagan location, mainly because I'd be holed up in a hotel near there, but now that I'm an AV denizen again, I figured I'd try the Lakeville location, as it's closer. Food is the same as the other locations, which means you can get all your basic happy hour stuff and you can get decent pizza, with a choice of 3 crusts (deep dish, their Pescara, which is basically a seasoned, herbed crust, or plain). Calzones are good, but not as good as Old Chicago. There are other dining choices. I've had various salads, which are good, and I've munched on most all of their happy hour choices. They can make some decent drinks at the bar. Don't expect much of anything from their house wines (but really, can you *ever* expect much of house wines?)? As for the beer selection, per above, check with your server or bartender to make sure you have the full selections avaialble. They'll always have a seasonal of some kind and again, it's not Old Chicago's selection of beers, but they serve a lot more than Budweiser and Leine.

Nice thing about the Lakeville location - it's nowhere near as crowded as the other locations. Service was okay - nothing special, but nothing wrong either. Funny moment when I saw one of the line chefs totally rocking out to either imaginary music or a stashed iPod or MP3 player - he was really gettting into it. Ah, my days as a youth in the restaurant industry - free food and discounted drinks. Rock on, dude.