This restaurant has been a favorite forever!
Whenever our families come from the Twin Cities it’s the first place we have to go.
Tony (the owner) is so fortunate that we have put his family through college with all of our visits!!!
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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce and Shortcake
The Oliver Kelly farm teaches how to use their seasonal harvests from their gardens. Today was a strawberry rhubarb sauce on top of the shortcake, the sauce was absolutely delicious and the shortcake was buttery and flaky. I got the recipe and I can’t wait to try it at home.
Seasonal Food from the Oliver Kelley Farm
When You visit the farm lab kitchen at Oliver Kelly farm you are always in for a treat. They teach you how to use seasonal produce in fun unique ways. You are able to sample these great dishes, help cook them and take recipes home with you. You can also visit the historic farm and learn how to cook 1860 recipes.
Mint Julep on the Plantation
The ONLY way to explore the grounds of Oak Alley
DaBeet’s Bistro
Made from scratch, Farm-to-table French Italian cuisine in Historic Downtown Muscatine! Every dish is savory. Just when I almost make it eating my way through the menu (I try to go as often as possible!), there is a special that is just as fabulous as everything else!
Fat Jimmy’s Smoke House – Montrose, IA
“JP” (Jimmy) and Kim Stewart opened this restaurant up in 2017 after years of offering catering. Some of the best BBQ in The Mississippi valley. Located on the Great River Road between Montrose, IA and Keokuk, IA.
Bloedow Bakery
Winona’s hometown bakery since 1924 featuring original recipes. Famous for doughnuts, rolls, breads. Try the maple long john, with or without bacon! Step inside and step back in time to handmade goodness.
Danzinger Vineyard
Danzinger Vineyard is perched atop the Alma Bluff in Buffalo County and offers award winning wines with a million dollar view overlooking the historic town of Alma, Wisconsin and the Mississippi River. Enjoy their tasting room, enclosed banquet room, outdoor patio or pavilion. Live music offered most Saturdays.
Named Wisconsin Winery of the Year in 2013, Danzinger Vineyard’s “vine to bottle” wines are made from their own grapes grown over 18 acres. They make their own wine on site and their estate-bottled wines have won numerous awards. Grapes used are Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, Frontenac Blanc, St Pepin, La Crescent, La Crosse, Brianna, St. Croix and Marquette. Fruit wines are also a favorite!
As a member of the Great River Road Wine Trail, Danzinger Vineyards participates in three wine trail events during the year: Spring Fling-New Wine Release Party in April, June Bloom Wine & Food Event in June and Holiday Harvest Wine & Food Festival in November.
Fountain City Brewing Company — Monarch Public House
Looking for a local brew? Check out the Beer Flight tasting from the Fountain City Brewing Company. Resurrected from 5 pre-prohibition recipes that were brewed by Fountain Brew from 1856 to 1965 in Fountain City WI, currently brewed in Wisconsin.
You can only find these beers at the legendary Monarch Tavern (Monarch Public House) in Fountain City, the oldest continually operating server in the state. Make sure you don’t miss the original ornate, hand-tooled oak back bar and matching front bar with carved posts and an intact brass-trimmed wooden top rail. The bar remained open during Prohibition as a soda parlor before it started serving alcohol again in 1933.
FOUNTAIN CITY BREWING CO BEERS ON TAP
Original Recipe Fountain Brew Gold Lager
Crystal Springs Nitro Stout
John Robert Porter
Harrington’s Irish Red Ale
Prairie Moon Red Lager
Eagle Valley Harvest Gold
Eagles Landing Winery
Our favorite winery located in Marquette Iowa. Daily wine tasting and our favorite wine. Beautiful scenic area especially in the Fall.