If you are a Northwoods native, I am sure you have had a few bad dining experiences.
Well let me just tell you about my not bad, but horrid experience at Lispie Pines..
We decided to go out last night, and we figured we'd try something new, so headed down the road to Lipsie Pines. When we arrived it was just an average tavern scene, except there was no music playing, or TV's on. Just seemed like a quiet place. We sat for about five minutes until the waitress came, took our drink orders, and came back in a timely manner with our beverages, all seemed alright. She came back and took our food orders, which were very hard to decide upon due to the over abundance of fried food and no fresh/healthy options. My mom and sister ordered were both forced to order very expensive dinners in order to feed themselves and still remain GLUTEN FREE. My father ordered the Bison Burger, and I just ordered their dinner salad. After 10 minutes the dinner salad came, along with my mom and sister's side salads. It was obvious to everyone at the table that they had simply dumped a bag of shredded lettuce on plates, placed two typical red tomatoes and cucumber slices on the side, and then accompany the salad with a tiny side of ranch. At this point we still held the restaurant to the northwoods standard, and we remained fairly calm. It wasn't until 45 minutes after the salad delivery that we were both frustrated by the lack of food and the failure of the waitress to refill any of our drinks since the first pour. The waitress was nice and calm, and I just can't blame all of this on her. 15 minutes later we finally received our food, expecting large plates filled with 45 minute preparation quality.... Well let's get started:
My mother ordered the $16 dollar sirloin, which seemed to be a lightly grilled/heavily fried piece of low quality beef. This was paired with a desert dry baked potato, and a freezer burnt cup of apple sauce....
My sister ordered bbq pork, which actually turned out to be decently tasty, but it also featured that infamous cup of apple sauce.
Now my father, he ordered the BISON BURGER, as she slid the plate over to him I had to hold in laughter, as he received what seemed to be a hockey puck shoved between two buns. The burger had 0 toppings, only two pickles on the side, and no side. To top this all off, the burger had NO FLAVOR WHAT SO EVER.
At this point we were annoyed to the point of laughter, waiting 15 minutes for our check. Needless to say, we left with a sour taste in our mouth.
I think you've got my opinion now on Lipsie Pines. Voyager Village, The Shop, and Gliders are all better alternatives to this place. To wrap this up, I have been in the northwoods for 7 years, and I know what to expect with these restaurants compared to the Chicago restaurants I'm used to back home. This experience fell miles below my worst experience at ANY RESTAURANT EVER! read more