www.therailhousegrill.com
800 West LYON Avenue
Lake City, Mn
I am so glad to have a new restaurant to report on. This place, newly new, is a real American restaurant for the 21st century. Not too fancy, not too plain. Prices are just right. Food is more than one would expect and for extra convenience, it is attached to the Liquor Depot.
Although the big train that travels parallel to HWY 61 also travels right to the back of the Grill, it’s not that noticeable. Especially since Connie, the hostess and Shelly, the waitress, are so kind and thorough with all the customers. They took especially good care of me.
I had the tuna steak sandwich that comes with both Swiss and cheddar cheese, I did miss the pickle and garnishes, but not so much because the sandwich was so delicious, I made a special effort to savor it slowly. Dh had the Thursday night ribs, which I have to say, are as good as they get. Falling off the fork tender, and tasty without eing overdone.
The sides were very good, too. I had the tomato bisque soup, very tasty, well seasoned, low salt and the cole slaw was minus the extra mystery sauce and went down easily. The taters were broiled and just perfectly done so that you could eat a few and not feel too full right away. The iced tea was a good and strong, but not killer and had the regular iced tea flavor we have known for years before the fruity ones hit the market. All is all, a big smiley face dinner.
I hope you can make it out there sometime soon. Just follow the birds south if you are coming from the Twin Cities otherwise look to Canada and follow your nose. 
Update: We met some friends at Railhouse for Thanksgiving and the meal was a typical thanksgiving meal, including ham and pie and as hard as I tried, I could not find anything wrong with the meal, the service or the beautiful 60 degree day we enjoyed!