Pioneer Restaurant & Lounge — Restaurant in Brookville

Found this place some (3) years ago. Yesterday, 7/20/25, was our third visit as we passed through. It is a casual (hole in the wallesk) BIG TREAT. Their menu is all over the place but there is something for everyone. ((Also, they don't roll up their sidewalks at 8 or 9 P.M. That added bonus seemed to disappear in this country a few years back.)) Their prices are reasonable and my Walleye sandwich was made to my specifications and was to die for. My friend had biscuits and gravy that was really tasty that you can get whenever they are open. We probably arrived around 9 P.M. and left around 10:15 P.M. He said his Sweet Tea was just like he would remember in early days. The bar has some interesting choices but probably could use a little updating in product. My single cocktail was mixed with some homemade pink lemonade. I visited the restroom before I left and it was quite clean for the end of a long day. That was much appreciated as that isn't always the case in the general area. Lastly, I saw some hardworking people in there and I'm hoping the newest owners of this 50+ year old establishment will survive this brutal economy as I would like to come again and ring the bell of approval as I exit the door. I certainly would love to try more of...

When we walked in there wasn't a sign saying to wait or to sit and no one to greet us so we just picked a table and began looking the menu over. Was wondering when we'd be noticed, but it only took a few minutes for the waitress to come over and serve us. She was super nice and made great recommendations. I ordered the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich and my husband ordered the 3-piece fried chicken with cole slaw. It took a while for the food (about 20-25 minutes) but they fry the chicken to order so we didn't mind waiting. Believe me, once the food came out the wait was worth it! My husband has not stopped raving about the chicken since--the meat wasn't dry and the skin wasn't soaked in grease. It was perfectly crispy and juicy on the inside. And the tenderloin had the perfect balance of breading-to-pork ratio, and the breading had a lot of rich flavor. We got apple pie to-go. Can't wait to go back and try some other dishes. Seems like the kind of place where everything is made well! Oh, and you can't beat the price--fried chicken, pork tenderloin sandwich, he had iced tea, and two pieces of pie and it was only $22. Finding great places like this make a midwest girl like me wish I didn't live all the...

Kills me to say this, but our experience was horrible at this establishment. This was our second time their and is for sure our last. First time we went it was actually good, but I have no idea what went downhill this time. We waited nearly a half hour for our food, and didn't even get our appetizers. Once we got our food, it was luke warm and didn't even taste that good probably because they had different cooks than last time. At this point we wanted our money back. Our waitress was as sweet as sugar to us and definitely did not deserve to run things by herself as she was the only waitress there. Its the fault of the cooks for lollygagging and not doing their job the way they should!! I'll...