Absolutely amazing!
We were visiting Longview a few Saturdays back to buy a refrigerator at Lowe's. We've never been to downtown Longview, or even stopped anywhere in town.
We checked the reviews on Yelp, and despite only receiving an average of 3.5 stars, we decided to try the Mill City Grill.
What a pleasant surprise! We would give the Mill City Grill (MCG) 6 stars if we could!
There were three of us, and so we sampled a lot of things, since so much of the menu sounded great. Nothing disappointed us!
I'll start with the garlic truffle fries. This was the ONLY item that we would have made a suggestion - maybe a little more garlic. Other than that, they were good.
We tried 'baby bowls' of both the soup of the day - chicken curry - and the pork butt stew, an MCG 'signature dish'. The pork butt stew was similar to a Chile Verde soup, and it was really good. But the chicken curry soup was even better! The spices and ingredients really came together well.
Two of us ordered sandwiches with the side salad substitution instead of fries. The salads were amazing! Extremely fresh, with an excellent presentation. And large! We ended up sharing the salads with our third party member, since the salads were so big.
At this point, we were thinking, 'Wow. We might need to find reasons to come to Longview more often.'
The sandwiches (a Cuban and the Steak Dip) were outstanding. My wife ordered her Steak Dip plain (no cheese, no onions or mushrooms). Our server came back to ask us if that's how she wanted it, just to make sure after giving the order to the chef. She wanted it to be more like a classic French Dip, which is served plain. It was really good!
Our third party ordered the pulled pork sandwich with the house-made chips. She really enjoyed her pulled pork sandwich, but the chips were great. Normally, I avoid house-made chips - they rarely impress me. But these were really good, with some great seasoning.
But I think the most outstanding item we tried were the sautéed mushrooms as an appetizer. These were so excellent that we asked for a second order to go! Sautéed mushrooms with white wine, roasted garlic, roasted red pepper and Parmesan, served with garlic toast. This should be marked as a Mill City Grill signature dish; we've never enjoyed sautéed mushrooms so much.
We asked about dessert. There were four options, including two we tried - the carrot cake and the peanut butter pie. These two desserts are made by another business in town (Diana's or Dianne's?). Anyway, the carrot cake was good, but the peanut butter pie was amazing!
We're already planning another trip to Longview. The service at the Mill City Grill was great; the food was outstanding! read more