Tuesday, January 22, 2008

North Pole Restaurant - Newport, MN

Newport would never be mistaken as a Mecca of diverse food so its no surprise that the North Pole Restaurant, just a tad above a hole in a wall, thrives in this land of bland…food that is.

The North Pole Restaurant serves American Food as American as American Food can get, bacon, eggs, pancakes for breakfast and burgers and turkey sandwiches for lunch. It's a place frozen in time and probably just the way the regular locals raised in Midwest meat and potatoes like it and want to keep it.

I perused the menu to find something different and found the California Burger ($4.25) with a side of chips and pickles to be the most exotic choice available. I’m not sure why the addition of lettuce and tomato plus the raw onion I was allowed as an option made this a California Burger.

The patty was definitely a notch above most of the big chain fast food patty but on the dry as well on the thin and small side – less than a ¼ lb. The toasted buns were a nice homemade/diner style touch. The burger was otherwise bland and only the mayonnaise and ketchup gave it any distinctive zing.

For a foodie looking for something different in burgers and just looking for different food in general, the search continues.


1644 Hastings Ave
Newport, MN 55055
651.459.9553

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