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    Choo Choo Restaurant & Bar

    3.8 (68 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    William L.

    The wings here are incredible. I don't know their secret but these are seriously addictive. The server said that they are marinated, then fried. The recipe has been passed down through three owners of the bar. They come with blue cheese and ranch dips. Lots of beers on tap, and great service too.

    Breaded Butterflied Shrimp Basket
    Annie D.

    This is such a fun spot! We were headed out of the cities for a cabin weekend and stopped in for lunch. We sat ourselves and were served right away. I got the shrimp basket, a pretty basic but tasty shrimp basket that oddly enough came with some plain toast as most things on the menu do. My friends got a burger and wings. However, when my friend ordered the wings she thought she was ordering the house special/dry rub but they were actually completely plain wings. She said while they were good, they obviously needed seasoning or sauce. So the menu was not completely clear on what she was ordering. Overall a fun spot with a caboose you can sit in!

    Wings by the Dozen
    Kelly F.

    Cool bar with a caboose inside! Service was good and we enjoyed the food. The Thai peanut wings were delicious and the choo choo wings were good (but quite salty).

    Mark's Legendary Choo Choo Wings
    Patrick M.

    Returned for the Ribeye & Wings and took pictures as promised, really a fun place with quality food and reasonably priced for today's market, will make the trip back soon!

    2 Egg Breakfast Plate.  Really good!
    Jennifer J.

    We went here for breakfast on Sunday. The food was great and also well priced. The Bloody Mary's are big! Our server was friendly and attentive. The train car inside adds a neat feel to the environment. We definitely will be back!

    Rueben w waffle fries
    Alan S.

    I like the Choo Choo, great place, excellent service, good bar. I eat here regularly. 5 stars Two food items which need improvement, in my opinion, are ; Rueben and Burgers / 2.5-3 stars. The Burger is a processed patty with little to no flavor, nothing to talk about 2 stars The Rueben ( I love Ruebens and have them alot)was ok but it had WAY to much cheese, like my mozzarella / Swiss melted mix, I ate the corned beef and Croat with a fork and left the cheese plastered to the bread. Other than that it was ok. These items are not typical of this place, most food items are great!

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    8 months ago

    great place to eat and drink. i have been going there for over 40 years. try there choo choo wings.

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    2 years ago

    Great service, great food all at great prices! Low key no pressure bar where everybody knows your name.

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    Great staff and quick service. Thai Peanut chicken wings are a must when you stop in!

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    This is a family favorite spot when Ed visit MN. Everyone enjoys the time eating here!

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    9 years ago

    Amazing food! We get takeout from here all of the time! The gentleman bartending is very friendly and good customer service.

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    One word... AMAZING... Amazing food, amazing staff, amazing ambiance.... another word, two words actually...... go there :)

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    This was our second time at Eloise and it is a really lovely place in Wayzata. The decor is…read moregorgeous and creates an inviting environment that is warm, elegant and welcoming. We had cocktails to start and they were crafted well and delicious. I had the pink 75 and it was not overly sweet but was refreshing. We started with the Parker house rolls, shrimp cocktail and the onion and caviar dip. Very tasty and I would order again. The soup with lobster was especially good as was the cavatelli. We had the bananas foster for dessert and could have licked the dish clean! We also had the grasshopper and pink lady which were a fun treat. I highly recommend and look forward to going back soon.

    My husband and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner here last night. From the hostess to our server,…read moreConnor, and the rest of the staff, everyone was friendly and attentive. Connor answered all of our questions about the menu, and when we inquired about a specific bottle of wine, he brought it to our table so we could take a closer look. I appreciated his willingness to go the extra mile. The food was excellent. We started with the Parker House rolls, which I will not soon forget. I only wish I could have taken a dozen home with me! We also shared the Caesar salad. For our entrées, we had the roast chicken and the beef tenderloin, both of which were perfectly seasoned and cooked. Sadly, we didn't have room for dessert, but the Bananas Foster our neighboring table was enjoying looked spectacular. Perhaps next time I'll save room. The only downside is that it does get quite loud as the restaurant gets busy. On my next trip to the Minneapolis area, I'll certainly be back.

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    What an awesome place for lunch. The bartender was extremely friendly. The bar seemed like a…read morenormal small town bar. Also the food was absolutely amazing. I ordered the steak sandwich and WOW was it awesome. I plan to go back and try some other food on the menu that looked like it would as good as the steak sandwich.

    Stopped here on my way back home from a day trip. I love stopping at places I've never been…read morebefore. They had a good steak special this night but I chose some apps and a French dip. I love French dips and had to try it here. The menu said that it was "piled high" which is why I got the sandwich. It was definitely a huge disappointment to see that piled high meant literally only two slices of roast beef. I didn't complain but I was really bummed. The highlights were the chicken cordon Bleu balls with ranch and the portobello mushroom bites with marinara. They were to die for. So good especially the Bleu bites. Lastly. I tried the catfish because I love catfish. These fingers were soo overly greasy I had to pick a lot of the breeding off which left me to realize there's barely any fish in there. Overall not bad. I'd try other options if I was passing through the area again. I'd definitely get the Bleu bites again. The waitress was also very friendly and made the experience pleasant.

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    I'll just start by saying I could live off the brussel sprouts alone. The serving size would have…read moreto be much bigger, by OMG, they were amazing. My second favorite was the chicken with some amazing reduction of some sort, love! The olives were just becuase I was hungry and I knew they would come out fast. The seafood paella was very good, just not as good as the brussels and chicken in my humble opinion and don't do it if you are not ready to get your fingers messy taking all the shells and pieces and parts off the shrimp. The bathroom was cute. The service was fast, olives minutes after we ordered, my favorite two dishes 12 minutes after ordering and paella, 12 minutes after that. The owner Rene was the server and he was very efficient for 6 pm on the Friday before the 4th of July with him the only one waiting on tables in the smallish (10 tables?) restaurant. By the way, that number of plates (4) perfectly filled two of us. The owner is from Mexico and cooks a Mexican menu for lunch. Next thing to try...

    My experience was with a group of adventurous world travelers with catholic tastes in food. We all…read morelooked forward to a great dinner at the Twin Cities' first tapas restaurant. It was not great. The problem? I think it was because owner/chef Rene Ruiz Olivar was acting as waiter, not chef. We gave Sr. Ruiz the freedom to choose our tapas, with one exception, the black ink pasta with scallops and shrimp (Tinta Negra) that reviewers have raved about. He said, no problema--he would serve it. Then he must have forgotten because we never got it. The first tapa served, almond-crusted manchego (Almendrado), was plated prettily and was delicious but oh-so-sweet. It was an odd choice for a starter, would have been better as the finale in case nobody ordered dessert. Soon came a lamb tapa (Cordero). The lamb chops' quality was uncertain as the meat was severely overcooked. El Bodegon's langoustines (Gambas al Ajillo) had given every bit of their sea flavor to the sauce, which was magnificent, we all agreed. But where were the dish's promised mussels, the rice? One shared plate, a beef tenderloin tapa (Carne Brava), had apparently lingered too long in the kitchen--the meat was nearly cold. I adore papas bravas (Patatas Bravas). I must have had the dish a dozen times or more during my last trip to Spain, in 2017, when I visited friends who live in Ronda. During my six-week stay, we toured Andalucia, staying at hotels in large cities and visiting small towns. I also spent time sola in Madrid and Barcelona. Unlike in Spain, El Bodegon's potatoes were diced to death. Never in Spain have I ever had patatas bravas that were not substantial in size. All in all, I found the vegetables accompanying the tapas unrecognizable except for the tiny Brussels sprouts. The rest seemed chopped up or stirred to pieces in the pan. Some of my friends had churros for their dessert. They deemed them appropriately hot and tasty. My dessert was cheesecake torte, decked out with a candle as it was my 90th birthday. The torte was a gold-star winner. It was absolutely delicious, its plating the most successful of the evening. It was so perfect it almost made up for the sub-par tapas that preceded it. One of us had a view of the kitchen from his seat at the table. He saw a man other than the chef/owner doing the cooking. Was he a trainee? Did Sr. Ruiz help with the plating? God knows he didn't have a lot patrons to contend with in his role as waiter. It was a slow weeknight, and there were never more than four tables occupied. I sincerely regret that our time at El Bodegon differs from so many reviewers. Like them, I want to see Sr. Ruiz's little restaurant succeed. He has a hard row to hoe, and I hope a disappointing dinner like ours does not befall anyone else going forward.

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