That Place Restaurant

Every business has a bad night but, even on a bad night this food is wonderful! You can't
Get a steak or anything else on the menu this good anywhere. Always have a reservation.
Drinks are perfect, salad with corn chips are awesome. Lil noisey but with a crowd like they always have what else could one expect.

While in Marshalltown on business a coworker talked us in to going here.  I was doubtful at first, even after reading some good reviews.  It is way out there though, about 15 minutes north of Marshalltown.  And it isn't much to look at.  The outside resembles an old storage building or something.  But looks can be deceiving.

The interior is a mix of old skating rink seats and worn out booths, to walls covered in business cards from as far back as the 1970s, to a bar that looks like it dropped out of a saloon.  The surfboard on the ceiling is crazy since we are roughly 10,000 miles away from an ocean (seems that far anyway).  

But the food.  Wow.  We went on a Tuesday night and had to make reservations.  Even though this place is in the middle of nowhere, they are famous for the Tuesday night rib special and they have a right to be.  The place was packed.  The ribs were fall-off-the-bone tender.  I had a baked potato and a goofy little side salad upon which they used corn chips instead of croutons.  A slice of Texas toast and a couple of frosty mugs of beer so cold there were ice crystals on top and I thought I had indeed found heaven in Iowa and baseball had nothing to do with it.

My coworkers tried the fried walleye and a steak.  The fish looked perfectly golden brown and I may have to try it next time.  My friend's steak was precisely medium rare as ordered.

There aren't a lot of choices in and around Marshalltown but if you are ever here, put this one on the top of your list.  Just be sure it is on a Tuesday and you have reservations.

Always a must stop when I'm in M'town.  I always get the 10oz. filet.  Can't beat the price.  This would cost $30+ in LA.  The filet has always been excellent, however, the last time I was there in November it was horrible.  It had absolutely zero flavor.  I had to add salt and pepper for the first time there.  If I had never been and known this was an off-night, I would never go back.  Also, this same night my uncle's steak was over-cooked.  He sent it back and what he received in return looked liked some scrap they dug out of the trashcan.