Lumberjacks Steakhouse & Fine Seafood

Lumberjacks is kind of a mixed bag for me. I didn't go here for a long time after a little run in with the owner about them letting people throw water balloons from the balcony during the Ridgway Fireman's Parade. Still I decided to take some colleagues who were visiting from out of town here to get some dinner. The food was decent but nothing special and service was slow. It is pretty much the best in the Ridgway area that I know of. If you go you can expect pretty average food, with some neat atmosphere. Still it isn't the kind of place I would go out of my way to visit.

Probably the best restaurant in Ridgway which isn't saying much since Ridgway itself isn't very much. You're sort of in nowhere land, rural, the sticks or hicks of Pennsylvania. The help staff, though professional wouldn't be considered professional in a bigger more competitive area and the food nothing really much to talk about. Knowing I'm far from any ocean stuck with the steaks which seem to come medium regardless of how you order them, untrimmed, certainly not of an an aged or superior cut, looking just about the same as you might see on any super market shelf, but better than at one of the local truck stops. They do, however, pour a pretty good drink but I wouldn't push it by ordering anything fancy. Most items at Lumberjacks are pretty much prepared as if done for or by lumberjacks and indeed, while eating here, some of the other patrons who I know and recognized are in fact lumberjacks by profession; certainly not a rarity in this area.

In more urban or civilized areas it would rate a One or Two Stars, but since its located where it is, its at best an OK, Three Star. After all, you gotta cut these people some slack.

Save your money! Yuck! So disappointed! How do you mess up a sweet potato? It seemed to be a left over reheated potato from who knows when.....just a guess...but no way was it cooked that day. Bacon on the salad was spoiled. No bread. Scallops were swimming in an awful salty orange .....sauce? Servers are nice but they are understaffed. Our server was doing his best but had to run around like crazy. This was a great place just last year. What happened???