Gator Wrestler303 (GatorWrestler303)
+5
First time and a great experience. Didn't like having to stand at the bar and wait for bartender to finish helping everyone at bar before we were seated but everything else was great. Our waitress Melissa was very friendly and helpful with suggestions. My wife and I were really craving a quality steak and were disappointed. My son really wanted the tuna sadly they were out so he went with mac and cheese which came with a nice chocolate chip cookie brownie dessert. Waitress suggest old fashion and they were good. Wife ended with creme brulee and I had the cheesecake. Both were great. Great meal with nice staff. Was checked on enough but give space to enjoy meal. If you haven't been the entrance is on the left side towards the water.
What a fun evening at Bootleggers. Beautiful views of Lake Nokomis from the spacious bar and new deck. Our bartenders were friendly and accommodating - delicious Grasshopper, thank you. Dinner was equally delicious, we tried the Lobster Bisque, House Salad, The Mouthpiece (broiled walleye) and The Dillinger (Atlantic Salmon, smothered with crab meat and hollindaise sauce and asparagus spears...all awesome. Our server was energetic, her Northwoods hospitality was genuine and fun. Glad we got to enjoy the historic ambiance before Bunny sales off into retirement. Enjoy, we certainly did.
Wow! What history, what fantastic food, what atmosphere! Travelers told us to go here and that it was pricey but excellent. I found that the prices were not bad at all either. I love the artwork on the walls and found out from the owner that they were portraits painted by someone who stayed there back in the day of his wife and her sisters. So enjoyed this place their new porch should be opening this weekend and will have to go back.
I had so much walleye left that it made three fish tacos when I got home!
They ran out of the special steak on a Saturday night, were initially disappointed but found something else just as good.
he new and incredibly improved Bootleggers opened back up Summer of 2022. The ambiance is spectacular inside and out. The bar is beautiful. A cross between a Ralph Lauren bar and a speakeasy. The food was outstanding. Had the salmon and the bone in ribeye. Shrimp and French onion soup weee excellent also. Will be back! Nice to finally have some 5 star dining up in the woods.
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