We had the best service today! Our server, Heil, was amazing describing the menu options in detail…read moreand providing martinis and beers. He recommended the mushroom Swiss burger and it was cooked exactly right at medium temperature. My husband got the reub-stein sandwich and enjoyed it. The reuben meat was pulled instead of shaved, so delicious! Highly recommend this restaurant!

I really loved the vintage, industrial vibes here. Really cool, old, brick walls. Different rooms…read moreand seating. They had some decent menu offerings and classy cocktails to choose from. We really were set on the duck wontons for a starter. They were of course out of them! So sad. So we tried the fried mushrooms. They were horrible! The batter was hard and when you cut into it the mushroom just fell out of it. The batter had no seasoning. For entrees, we tried the pork chop and airline chicken. Everything is woodfired so it all tasted like it was grilled. I didn't mind the pork chop. The "jam" on it tasted just like bbq sauce. The airline chicken was seasoned with rosemary and was a little dry. The sides were absolutely horrible. Icecream scooped mashed potatoes....(that's all I have to say about that). The risotto was so plain and wasn't creamy at all. Needed wayyy more Parmesan, garlic or butter. Nothing was seasoned. The coleslaw had no taste. The zucchini squash mix had no seasoning! The glazed carrots just tasted like carrots. Just everything was a little disappointing and unimpressive. Service was flat and simple. Prices were overpriced.

Best described as a local town dive bar, but don't let that discourage you from the fact this place…read morehas some of the best wraps and burgers in town and drinks to match. Also has indoor and outdoor seating, staff is great and friendly, will definitely be coming back here again.

This has become a favorite place for any meal! Great service always, really great food! Doesn't…read morematter if it's a slow time or a busy Friday Bingo night. They do take-out really fast too! Best pancakes in town! Their new Buffalo chips are amazing!

Very relaxed place for a beer right on the river in Northfield. Great patio in the summer and…read moregreat view year round. No food options but good music. Overall, good hang out.

I went to the Contented Cow on a Friday evening after visiting a nearby apple orchard. This place…read morewas a great hidden local spot. It was not too busy and we all ordered drinks from the bar. All our drinks were tasty and well made. In addition to the tasty drinks all the bartenders were speedy and professional. The contented cow offered indoor and outdoor seating, a pool table, and a dart board. We chose to play a couple games of pool and had a great time. I love when restaurants provide some entertainment!

I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. Throughout the years I've gone to Carbones…read morenumerous times however, each time I've been disappointed with the quality of food and service. What really pushed me over the edge was an experience I had a year ago. My friends and I had made our way down to Carbones to buy some wings from their promotional event. During our time there we had waited for 30 min...then another 30 min and then another 30 min! Eventually, we got up and approached our waiter to ask where our food was. We were told that it would only be a little bit more time. So we waited about 30 more minutes and finally our food came out. To our surprise the wings that we ordered were all undercooked. When mentioning this to our waiter, and thus the general manager, she seemed very, VERY annoyed with us. Keep in mind that we had been waiting for about two hours. The general manager immediately snapped back asking what was the problem with food, even though it was obvious that they forgot about us and rushed our order (thus the raw wings). rather than admitting that they were undercooked, she said she would make us an order again more to our "liking" if you can't believe it, this isn't even the worst part of our experience! . When it came time to pay the bill we were informed the credit card service was off-line and we had to make a cash payment. We didn't know what to do because we did not have cash. The general manager came and informed us that we had to go to an ATM and withdraw cash. However, she made it very, very clear that we were not allowed to all go together, implying that we were going to try to "steal the food" and by implying, I mean, she said that , "You better not all leave, one of you has to stay". What made me so upset about this interaction is that we were the ONLY people of color inside of the restaurant and she did not have the same tone of voice or language with any of the other customers AT ALL! I paid very close attention to how she spoke to the other customers. It was not our fault that their credit card service went down, but the fact that she demanded that one of us stay while someone had to go to the ATM was so disrespectful. Keep in mind this was the manager saying this! We had been to Carbones multiple times before this, and we always tipped! It seems there was only 1 reason for her to treat us like this.... We ended up sending one person out to the ATM to collect cash and STILL left a tip because it was the manager treating us poorly not our waiter. Would not recommend this place to anyone!

I still can't figure out how this place is open other than the fact there's nowhere to go after…read moreabout 8pm in this town. The service here is absolute shit. Always. Food is decent, but the chicken strips are overcooked. Drinks are always 2 for 1, but tonight it was a lot like my whiskey coke was a coke. It's a little bit loud here over the speakers but not obnoxious. I wish I had more options in my town.

I hadn't been since they moved to the new location and have definitely been missing out. We were…read morethere right at open during the farmers market and there was an initial rush that died down after 15 or so minutes. The bartender was extremely friendly, helpful, and knowledgable about the products; answering some questions I had about proofing. It's in a great spot downtown right next to the farmers market with plenty of street parking. There are a few sidewalk tables but a nice open space inside. The inside doesn't allow dogs, however, due to their kitchen. Speaking of... The pizza was pretty good! I feel the most important part of any pizza is the crust and that was the best bit of theirs. The fresh ground flour adds a ton of flavor and they got a decent char on the bottom and rim. The prices weren't terrible and 1 pizza with some booze fed both of us. My only gripe is that they go heavy on the cheese so the (excellent) crust can't hold up to the weight and wetness. That's made a bit worse by they fact that they use a high-moisture mozzarella so there's a lot of grease that can soup the whole deal up. All in all they make fantastic spirits, service is great, and now have good pizza at a decent price. I think this may be my go to spot for meeting friends when I'm in Northfield.

This is a very interesting spot to visit. We were hungry for pizza and chose Loon Liquors as it was…read morethe closest to us. We are glad we did as the pizza is fantastic Neapolitan style pizza with high quality toppings on delicious dough. We loved "white" sausage pie and the pepperoni honey pies, both perfect versions of these classic pizzas. The bonus was the in-house liquor! We bought several bottles of gin and vodka that we look forward to sharing with friends! The team at Loon are eager to please and do nice and helpful. We can't wait to visit again!

We went to have lunch. The waitress was so rude. I mean really rude, and acted like we're bothering…read moreher. We had to go ask for menus. She was chatting with people at the bar instead. She only gave us 1 to share. She should not work there with that attitude. They are going to lose business for sure. We thought it had changed and just started going there again. She's like the old crabby waitresses they used to have. Monday 7/20 2pm

Great server and service. Food was good, and reasonably priced. We had a few special requests, and…read moreour server cheerfully accommodated us.

We visited Tanzenwald in March when we were out for admitted students day at St Olaf and loved the…read morefood, the beer, the atmosphere, and the service. We returned this past weekend to move our Ole into the dorms and had to return to Tanzenwald with our whole family. Again, we were delighted by all the same things as before. The Brussels sprouts are the best ever, the Reuben fries, the Ahi tacos, and the fried cheese curds made everyone in our party happy. The beer was perfect-it was maybe called Trivial Pursuit (something like that). Yum. We might actually go one more time before we head back to CA.

Stopped on by as we passed through town. Neat interior and decor, giving it a very historic/rustic…read morefeel of a downtown area with exposed wood and brick. Food was actually really good!!! Everything was cooked perfectly and was better than what I had expected. The service was alright. We went in mid-day and there were 4 people behind the bar. 1 person (our server) seemed to be the only one running around to all the tables, and pouring all the beers. We had asked for our bill and waited an additional 20 mins as our server seemed to be behind the pouring of beer... yet the other stood around and conversed. That was the only area of improvement. We'd go back and give it a shot though!

Food was amazing and the service was excellent. Erin was our waitress/bartender and she was…read morewonderful!

Always a fun little place to go locally. The food has always been good for us, and we've been there…read morea few times the past few months. When sitting outside the little "no-see-em gnats" can be terrible! But, they outdoors area is really nice to sit on. The service really depends on the day and how busy they are. They're a couple gals we've had, and a guy. The guy is always super friendly and super attentive! There is a gal that's a server who is usually really good, but sometime if it's super busy you can see the frustration as she's the only one for the whole dining area... and I can completely understand. It is around $20 per person for food and drink which is on the higher end for "bar food". However, it is some of the better bar food out there. Dawn's is one of the places I enjoy going with family or friends.