Great food, great service, and the ambiance of an iconic bar, which it is. The vine covered…read moreexterior is neat, downtown landmark location. This is the place to eat or drink in Mount Olive. You will like or love this well run spot..

Had a delightful weekday lunch here on a recent road trip. I went with the pork tenderloin "shoe."…read more If you aren't familiar with the "shoe" it's a mid Illinois thing with Texas toast, topped with your choice of protein, fries, and your choice of sausage gravy or cheese sauce. Each element of the plate was great, good tenderloin, lightly battered, crispy fries, and outstanding cheese sauce. They were very busy with the local crowd, including a couple of tables of card players. Just one employee and a cook holding down the fort, but they managed well. Wish I knew what was in that cheese sauce.

Great place and Laura Crawford is great. A must if in town. No food but great pizza joint that…read morewill deliver.

I was a bit disappointed when I went into the bar. I was expecting more of a sports bar with some…read morefood and more premium/craft beers rather than just a tavern with bar pizzas. The bar tender was nice enough, but probably knowing I was from out of town or not being a regular, held conversations with the locals. It seemed like a good place to hang out for some drinks with friends though.

Great hometown feeling place to stop and have a drink. They have pizza and pretzels and good…read moredrinks. They also have slots that I won enough to pay for all our drinks. Staff that were the owners were very friendly and easy to be around. Definitely stop by.

Great atmosphere and awesome owners! Great veteran owned business! Great place to chill and have a…read moredrink or 2.

This is the fun bar point it's been around as a Building and business forever! At the intersection…read moreof Highway four and interstate 55, it's visible from just about every direction. The bartender, SAM is a lot of fun and get your beer to you quickly, lots of pool tables, shuffleboard, and darts available. Newly built kitchen and a pretty good menu! The manager, Melody is on hand and works to ensure that her guests are extremely happy and satisfied. Fun place!Zz

The food was good. We had the Memphis Hot chicken was good as well as the Tenderloin sandwich.read more

OMG! I just happened to visit the Wooden Duck for my first time, during Blackburn Colleges…read moreHomecoming. The restaurant was packed and the staff hustled to provide good service. Lucky for me, I was able to get a seat at the bar. My adult beverage was a draft Flight by Yuengling. For lunch, I went with a Pork Tenderloin Sandwich with a side of Fries. The tenderloin was crisp and had good flavor. However, it had a perfect shape, so I could tell it came from a bag and was not done in house. I enjoyed the thin crisp fries. A roll of Paper Towels served as your napkin. Typically I prefer linen, but for a dive bar, paper towels do the trick. I also liked that the Wooden Duck has hooks under the bar. Hooks provide a safe place for purses and jackets. I got a giggle when I used the mens room and the owner showed his political views by having a caricature of the governor in the urinal. They even had a witty disclaimer, so you shouldn't be offended. I got a second giggle when I looked around the bar and realized, about 60% of the guest were an alternative lifestyle. So everyone is welcome at the Wooden Duck.

How did I get here. We retired to a small town that doesn't have a DMV office. So we drove the 20…read moremiles to the thriving metropolis of Carlinville (not really,charming for sure, but just big enough to have cheap plaza office space for a state govt. office). So of course although my wife had done extensive research on all the documentation we would need to pay a state to drive our car...we had missed one. So we went to the Wood Duck for lunch while we waited for our credit union to send us a lien release form. We had talked to the kind soul at the DMV and she was "all-in" on this place. She was so right. It is an intimate space, with a small bar out front, and then a few more tables in a back area. We took a booth right in front of the kitchen. It is a very "locals" place. There were some police having lunch (likely the entire force, at least by weight)...and one of them stared me down as if he had never seen a veteran, former DoD executive, in a collared shirt, and khakis in a public restaurant before. [Yes I was the only pepper in the salt]. The actual restaurant staff was excellent, and welcoming. Our server was a whirlwind of effecient hospitality. I got a pork tenderloin sandwich (and later the same day was invited to join a pork tenderloin sandwich group on FB)... ordered the fries, not clear if that came with them, didn't keep the reciept. My wife got a cheesburger that she was very happy with. My tenderloin was crispy, juicy and a bit too salty in a good way. This place is a definite keeper on the list of places we will be willing to travel to over time. Perhaps if I come back often enough, Barney will get used to "others" visiting his little fiefdom.

2 of us Stopped by about 4 pm on a Friday & ordered garlic lime shrimp skewers for appetizers. Done…read moreperfectly. Each of us ordered whole catfish with Bahama vegetables &baked potato. Received 2 whole catfish, perfect! Baked potato was done perfectly and fresh. Just the right size. Bahama veggies were grilled and quite flavorful. Everything was served with real butter!!! I am not usually a hush puppy fan but these were soooo good I ate BOTH of them. Place was busy, Friday night, but one server and one cook pulled it off great. Highly recommend. Fish is only available on Friday. CASH ONLY

Small but great! The service is good and the food is good! Very close to home! Taco Tuesday has…read moregreat nachos. Only accepts cash.

Food was amazing Debbie & Peter we're fast with service but…read moredidn't miss out on anything I needed, very kind. Very laid back and a fun place to be!

My second review since it was removed. Bartender a STEALING cash a few times when people paid cash…read morefor food and drinks. This happened on 9/20/24. She's robbing the owners blind. Four of us witnessed her pocketing the money instead of putting it in the register.

Great service and great food. Nice atomosphere great music. Friendly place to stop and enjoy road…read morehouse hospitality.

Karaoke night was going on when I was here. It was a banger. You all need to try this place.read more

Awesome dive bar. Dark, speakeasy feel, but clean and set up nicely for not just drinks and…read morecomfort food, but appropriate for families. Waitstaff is friendly and welcoming. Great place to stop if you're traveling Route 66 as we were . . . and get a stamp for your Passport!

If you are traveling down Route 66 getting your kicks, you gotta stop by Weezy's. It is located on…read morea section of the Original Route 66 that runs through the heart of Hamel, IL. It is worth the stop just to see all the Route 66 memorabilia. The entire restaurant is decorated with a Route 66 theme. Having lunch or dinner of comfort food at this roadside diner, is a bonus. Looking at the menu, I was thinking about Chicken Wings or a Buffalo Chicken Wrap. Then I started chatting with three blue collar workers at the counter, they recommended the Fried Chicken and a Ham & Cheese Sandwich. They actually said, everything is really good. The restaurant was packed at 12:30 PM, so it must be true. When the waitress came to take my order, I ordered a Pork Fritter Sandwich. It basically was a Fried Pork Tenderloin Sandwich. The waitress said I make a good decision. It was on the thick side and the crispy coating had good seasoning. I only had them add, pickles and onion. It was served on a hamburger bun Instead of the chips that came as a side, I paid for an upgrade to fries. The fries were super crispy and skinny, reminisce of old-time Steak & Shake fries. The service was hospitable. It was obvious who were regulars and which one of us were first timers. That really didn't matter, we all got the same attentive service. There's a huge Route 66 Sign across the street, that is perfect for pictures. Smile!

Excellent food, courteous service and spotlessly clean! The meal started with a friendly greeting…read moreand warm, fresh, chips and tasty salsa which we enjoyed with their homemade guacamole. The birria tacos were superb and the variety of enchiladas we ordered were all very good. They also made a top notch michelada. Highly recommend.

For the quaint and quiet town of Staunton this restaurant was pretty damn good. Great atmosphere,…read morevery clean and I loved the rocks glasses! Food was really good, especially for a small town, but I have definitely had better. The flavors were a tad bland on my tacos, the chips and salsa were delicious and our drinks were massive! We had multiple servers, all were friendly and helpful, all in all my family would happily return!