Granary

Went twice, once for lunch and once for dinner, both on Fridays.
The atmosphere is a bit wanting… they have some nice artwork and some old stuff that doesn’t match… maybe time for a decorator to come in. It looks very «old Wisconsin» and I guess the locals may like that?
The food is okay… not a fan of the fried haddock, liked the walleye better. The potato salad was good but the potato puffs are not. The salad bar and soups are nice and plentiful and serve yourself. The prices were okay, but not great. I remember the half order of the fish was like 11 or 12 and that was with salad bar, soup, potato choice, and one thing of fish. I glanced the scallops supreme which was like 16 for a half order, though. The dinner had a good variety for the menu, though.
The best thing was the service. The staff was very friendly and efficient. They came to check on us and served in a timely and cheerful manner. That was much appreciate

Called for reservations on Saturday, 10÷20÷12, for 5:30 p.m. Were told that, for a party of two, no reservations were necessary. Arrived about 5:20 p.m., and ordered two rail drinks. Both were nicely made, and reasonably priced at 2.75 each. This place follows the (strange) Wisconsin tradition of giving you your menu and taking your order from the bar.
After ordering, and paying for a second drink, we were seated at our table. The salad bar, which accompanies most meals, was ample and had lots of variety. Unfortunately, both the meatballs and the soup on the salad bar were more than a bit too heavy on the salt. Actual salad ingredients were plentiful, fresh and tasted good.
My dining companion’s appetizer arrived with the meals. When this was pointed out to the waitress, she said «sorry I am new.» (Note to all restaurant owners… advise all new employees NOT to share this. And advise all employees not to make excuses for mistakes… a simple sorry and corrective action will suffice.)
The appetizer of pork shanks (which we had had at this place some eight plus years ago) were sadly unrepresentative of the shanks we had had previously. While generously sized, the moisture had been cooked out of them, suggesting that they were braised too long. The commercial barbecue sauce which accompanied them was fine, though a homemade sauce would have been appreciated. Everything said about the shanks can be said regarding the full rack of barbecue ribs my dining companion received at the same time as the shanks were delivered.
I ordered the «steamed seafood platter,» for $ 28.00. The menu promised freshly steamed «lobster, shrimp, crab legs and haddock.» My meal arrived with only cocktail sauce, so I had to ask for melted butter. Notably, the 3 oz (or so) lobster tail had either been broiled, rather than «steamed,» or was so oversteamed as to resemble over-​broiled lobster. It was chewy and had very little lobster taste. The crab legs, were… just ok. Some had been split, some had not, and temperatures among all the items varied from warm to pretty cool. The shrimp also tasted as if they had been broiled, rather than steamed as ordered. I did not get to the haddock. The side dish of hash browns and onions was served so cool that the butter placed on them never melted.
Additionally, twenty minutes into eating the above mentioned entrees, the waitress had never checked back to ask if we were happy with our entrees.
Finally, when the check arrived, my dining companion had been charged for the meal of ribs, which HAD been ordered, but was also charged for a MEAL portion of pork shanks, for $ 10.95, rather than the appetizer portion of shanks (3.95) that was ordered and delivered with the meal.
While initially appreciative of the feedback I provided to the management during our meal, the same manager seemed less appreciative when I explained that we had been overcharged for the appetizer.
Will I return… at some point, I probably will. Given this experience, it will not likely be soon.

Great bar, but the food was nothing special. Had the fried haddock after a local talked it up as the best fish fry in the valley… Wow, not even close. Go for the drinks, but eat somewhere else.