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General Category => General Banter => Topic started by: HSL on September 10, 2010, 07:34:05 AM
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Does anyone know if any of the restaurants in or around Arcadia are recommendable for a lunch break? Doesn't have to be gourmet but should be clean and good quality food.
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"Clean" and "good quality food" are too subjective to mean anything. ;D I liked Wheeler's, but I heard other people say the food was terrible.
Hanson's Holdup is overpriced and the owner is a jerk.
I didn't think the Ashley HomeStore restaurant was worth going back to, but maybe someone else did.
I saw a billboard for a place called "Detox Bar and Grill" or something like that. I wouldn't mind checking it out some day, but I don't even remember where I saw the sign.
Kwik Trip is consistent, efficient, and reasonably priced. They even have a picnic table.
Brent
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Hanson's Holdup is overpriced and the owner is a jerk.**
**Results may vary ;D
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Hanson's Holdup is overpriced and the owner is a jerk.**
**Results may vary ;D
I guess you're right. One time he was a jerk; the other time he was a dickhead.
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I'm a big fan of the Kwik Trip in Arcadia. Fried Chicken, Polish & Brats, cold sandwiches, soup and microwave burritos. :)
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Thanks for the quick replies! The Kwik Trip sure is nice as far as Kwik Trips go. But with the people I have in tow I had hoped for finding something more, how shall I say... regional. I never thought of Arcadia as a great place for eating out but geographically it's the outer limit for the kind of ride I'm looking at. I may run down there this weekend and look at some of Brent's suggestions.
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Kwik Trip needs a new picnic table and more than one. Wheelers is closed. Right in old down town there are many places to sit down and eat, check it out. Close to the Subway on the other sied of the street.
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kwik trip is definately gourmet dining at its best!
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The Kwik Trip is a staple place to eat. I thought the Pub was okay, not great, but not bad. Of course my fries tasted somewhat like earwax go figure.
Fountain City has better eateries imho, if you run down hwy 95 to get there that's a bonus.
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I guess you're right. One time he was a jerk; the other time he was a dickhead.
Not my impression one bit. He has always been courteous and friendly to me. One year, I stopped there on a blustery day and while sitting on the deck, making a phone call, he brought out a cup of coffee, and I hadn't even been inside or waited on.
He did allude to the stress of running that place. Periodically he puts it up for sale to see if anyone bites (asked me if I was interested.) I got the impression that he would love nothing more than to walk away from it but it's the only cash flow he has right now.
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I guess you're right. One time he was a jerk; the other time he was a dickhead.
Not my impression one bit. He has always been courteous and friendly to me. One year, I stopped there on a blustery day and while sitting on the deck, making a phone call, he brought out a cup of coffee, and I hadn't even been inside or waited on.
Guy is very personable in a one-on-one/small group basis. On busy weekends during the summer with a place full of bikes he is definitely more down to business. But whatever one's impression of the owner might be, Hansen's is a nice place to stop, especially on a sunny fall day with the valley in full color. Probably the most "unique" place you are going to find in the immediate vicinity of Arcadia. Prices are in-line with what I'd expect for a bar & grill style place.
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I didn't think the Ashley HomeStore restaurant was worth going back to, but maybe someone else did.
I liked it. Thought the food was great. Probably overkill for a bike lunch though.
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Take 95 into Fountain City
http://www.monarchtavern.com/ (http://www.monarchtavern.com/)
Irish Pub I stopped at a couple of times. Good Food.
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What about that little dive right on main street with the good ma and pa food ? (And the really disgusting bathrooms that are so awful I've taken pictures!) (http://:-\)
It's called Mary Kay's Kitchen if I'm not mistaken, and one must really experience it at least ONCE!
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Nah, before I eat there again I'll make it all the way to Fayzees in La Crosse for one of their huge cinnamon rolls mmm...
Fountain City is good, if you twist your way to the bridge you can find decent food right across the river in Winona at Timbers.
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Yeah. I'm really only in it for the scuzzy bathroom! I've thought of doing an entire write up on the scuzzy bathrooms of Wisconsin.
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After the last time we ate at Mary Kay's, I seriously thought about getting a colonoscopy. I really don't know who their clientele is but it can't be anyone from the health dept. :D
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Just a little teaser...I hear the men's bathroom was worse. :)
Warning: Not for ye of weak tummy!! :-\
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The men's bathroom had a tube coming through the wall, draining into the sink. God only knows what was on the other side of that wall. :o
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Please admit you are making this up . . .
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Nope. It's all quite true. The pics don't lie!