Where to eat in Grand Forks.

[ChadR]

I hear Wild Hog closed for good. Also heard Tellman will be re-opening a bar restaurant in that spot. Anyone know anything?

[MadScout03]

That's sad but not overly surprising.  Every time I'd go back their menu got smaller and smaller, to the point where it was only Red Pepper food but served as combos instead of individually.  I always thought the bbq was pretty good...not sure why it struggled.    

[gfhockey]

I think it was service and atmosphere

 

people in gf like grungy places like the parrots cay kegs Darcy’s etc

 

this was trying to be an upscale sports bar. 
 

would you rather go to BWW and get great service cheap beer good food or go to hog and have bad service expensive beer and ok food 

 

 

[geaux_sioux]

2 hours ago, MadScout03 said:

That's sad but not overly surprising.  Every time I'd go back their menu got smaller and smaller, to the point where it was only Red Pepper food but served as combos instead of individually.  I always thought the bbq was pretty good...not sure why it struggled.    

Food costs

[ChadR]

6 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Food costs

Bad service costs more.

[northernraider]

11 hours ago, ChadR said:

I hear Wild Hog closed for good. Also heard Tellman will be re-opening a bar restaurant in that spot. Anyone know anything?

Now where will all the Southside cougars go for drinks?

[gfhockey]

9 minutes ago, northernraider said:

Now where will all the Southside cougars go for drinks?

Go to helix on wine night. Packed with wet ones

[MoSiouxFan]

On 8/7/2019 at 10:39 AM, Kab said:

We always liked Shakeys pizza

Yup.  We had our first date there 49 years ago!

[SIOUXFAN97]

On 9/19/2019 at 7:02 AM, NoiseInsideMyHead said:

The menu at Boss’ suffers a little bit from being too much. Literally, as the print gets kind of small. But the list of pizza selections alone should draw and hold your attention. Lots of specialty concoctions.

Chicken was good. Moist and not too greasy. We liked the spicy option...you can mix and match so probably best to experiment and try both.

Prices were fair, if not a tad high. I suspect coupons or loyalty programs would help. (I just remembered that I had a free pizza punch card at 1000 Degrees that never got redeemed.)

Biggest problem by far is the seating arrangement. Way too few tables. They’ll need to fix this ASAP if they want to survive. Other service bugs are getting worked out. Combining table service with self-service drinks was a plus, because the staff was spread pretty thin.

All in all, not a life-altering experience but we’ll go back.

totally agree....seems like the kitchen/prep is 90 percent of the floor space...seating for maybe 15??

[geaux_sioux]

5 hours ago, ChadR said:

Bad service costs more.

That as well. I never really liked the vibe in there. 

[ND1]

6 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I think it was service and atmosphere

 

people in gf like grungy places like the parrots cay kegs Darcy’s etc

 

this was trying to be an upscale sports bar. 
 

would you rather go to BWW and get great service cheap beer good food or go to hog and have bad service expensive beer and ok food 

 

 

The problem was it was an awful sports bar with small TVs and an awful menu.  Went there on a recent Monday night to watch football and have a beer and they had swimming on most TVs and staff didn’t know how to change the channels. Tellmans will do better, heard they are upgrading the TVs !

[gfhockey]

I was there On a Sunday and the one staff person wouldn’t let us watch football. Had to watch tennis 

[petey23]

1 hour ago, ND1 said:

The problem was it was an awful sports bar with small TVs and an awful menu.  Went there on a recent Monday night to watch football and have a beer and they had swimming on most TVs and staff didn’t know how to change the channels. Tellmans will do better, heard they are upgrading the TVs !

Rule #1 for a sports bar and a home for that matter. No one has ever bought a TV, set it up or hung it on the wall and then said "We should have went smaller"

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I was there On a Sunday and the one staff person wouldn’t let us watch football. Had to watch tennis 

schlossman?

[Oxbow6]

Some GI docs are now just sending patients to BWW the night before their colonoscopy for their prep. Go and dine at your own peril!

[Frozen4sioux]

12 hours ago, northernraider said:

Now where will all the Southside cougars go for drinks?

Northernraider asking the important questions for the people.

[The Sicatoka]

On 10/31/2019 at 12:15 AM, ChadR said:

I hear Wild Hog closed for good. 

Add it to the list of pre-game restaurants I'd go to that have closed:

Shangri-La
Grizzley's
New Chinese joint on Columbia that opened after Shangri-La
Now Wild Hog  

#KissOfDeath

[MadScout03]

22 hours ago, gfhockey said:

I think it was service and atmosphere

 

people in gf like grungy places like the parrots cay kegs Darcy’s etc

 

this was trying to be an upscale sports bar. 
 

would you rather go to BWW and get great service cheap beer good food or go to hog and have bad service expensive beer and ok food 

 

 

Before it split into two businesses, I'll agree, the service wasn't very good.  But after the Pepper moved in, I seem to remember having pretty decent service and the food on their menu was still good, just limited.  And when referring to an "upscale sports bar" if you mean a bar that offers more than Bud Light, Coors Light, and PBR, then you're right.  Their beer selection was actually prettty good.  When referring to BWW, I wouldn't exactly use the words "cheap beer" though.  You'll pay damn near $8 a beer for anything other than the aforementioned.    

[northernraider]

10 minutes ago, MadScout03 said:

Before it split into two businesses, I'll agree, the service wasn't very good.  But after the Pepper moved in, I seem to remember having pretty decent service and the food on their menu was still good, just limited.  And when referring to an "upscale sports bar" if you mean a bar that offers more than Bud Light, Coors Light, and PBR, then you're right.  Their beer selection was actually prettty good.  When referring to BWW, I wouldn't exactly use the words "cheap beer" though.  You'll pay damn near $8 a beer for anything other than the aforementioned.    

BWW charged my wife $0.25 for a pickle in her $7.00 beer. Never been back. 

[sioux24/7]

1 hour ago, northernraider said:

BWW charged my wife $0.25 for a pickle in her $7.00 beer. Never been back. 

Every Tuesday before softball 2 for 1s during happy hour $3.50. 

[Oxbow6]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Add it to the list of pre-game restaurants I'd go to that have closed:

Shangri-La
Grizzley's
New Chinese joint on Columbia that opened after Shangri-La
Now Wild Hog  

#KissOfDeath

Shangri-La was a gem back in the day.

[forksandspoons]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Add it to the list of pre-game restaurants I'd go to that have closed:

Shangri-La
Grizzley's
New Chinese joint on Columbia that opened after Shangri-La
Now Wild Hog  

#KissOfDeath

Shangri-La was my favorite restaurant in town! The place after it (Phoenix something?) was still good but it just wasn't the same. 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

Add it to the list of pre-game restaurants I'd go to that have closed:

Shangri-La
Grizzley's
New Chinese joint on Columbia that opened after Shangri-La
Now Wild Hog  

#KissOfDeath

I really liked Players Sports Bar and Grill in the day.  Good specials.

[SIOUXFAN97]

have seen some reno going on on that little building by judy's...sounds like a microbrew is going in there??? would that building be the brew house and the beer is served at Judy's (or a differnen name) or would that small building be the "drinking room" too...if so how many people could actually fit in that crack shack?

[Cratter]

Thought I saw some construction work going on in the old Highlander bar.