Nice dinner in Red Wing, MN
I am organizing a dinner for work in Red Wing and want to find out what the nicest restaurant is there. I had heard positive reviews a couple years back about the Staghead, but have not heard as much recently. Is it still good? Are there other places that are better? We would go outside of Red Wing, but probably want to stay within 15 minutes.
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katebauer
Mar 12, 2008 03:28 PM
We went to Norton's for dinner about 2 years ago. It was good, although for all the hype as one of the nicest restaurants around Red Wing I thought it would be a little fancier. I remember the food being good and not all that untraditional. The strongest memory though was an extremely loud group of women celebrating a birthday. It was really distracting to the entire restaurant but probably won't be an issue for you.
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bob s
Mar 12, 2008 12:37 PM
I've not eaten there myself, but I've heard good things about The Nortons' Restaurant in Bay City, WI. It's about 5-10 minutes away from the bridge from Red Wing across the Mississippi.
Their menu on their web site looks pretty good.
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The Nortons' Restaurant
135th Ave, Bay City, WI 54723›4 Replies-
re: bob s
How many people will there be? Oar D'Oeuvre is not really set up for groups larger than, say, 8. Norton's is a good choice for food, nice wine list, but may be just a tad adventurous for a mixed group. Staghead has new owners in past few years and uses pretty much the same menu as before, but they have cheaped out and it shows.
For any group bigger than 8, I'd go with the St. James.
There are others on the very edge of a 15 minute trip, but transporting a group nullifies any benefit, IMO.
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re: Josh Resnik
Knowing your party, I'd go to Norton's, on the 2nd night. My comment about 'adventurous' was mostly about the decor(as Kate noted). BTW, Norton's is moving back to Red Wing in the next few weeks/months.
The other places I was thinking of are Nosh in Lake City...haven't been there, but the scoop seems to be good food, good view, not so good room; and a supper club in Miesville(?) that doesn't differ from the St. James enough to make the trip
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re: DaKing
MSPD
Mar 13, 2008 07:19 AM
The supper club in Miesville is Weiderholdt's -- a classic, small town supper club. The food, both selection and quality, is exactly what you would expect if you're at all familiar with a supper club. I don't think I'd schlep a dozen people there from Red Wing personally.
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The St. James Hotel has some fairly decent food. Oar D'oeuvre is supposed to be good, I haven't eaten there, but I was hired to be the line cook there when it was first opening. I ended up not taking the job because the owner kept pushing the opening date back by months.
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Oar D'Oeuvre
433 Main St, Red Wing, MNSt James Hotel
406 Main St, A Red Wing, MN
