The DAMN TASTY — Restaurant in La Crosse

Very cool spot in and much needed area on The North Side of La Crosse! Grew up here and this area could be so great and hopefully this place helps start a trend! Even my 20yr old sister said “this doesn’t feel like the Northside” and I thought that was quite the compliment haha!

Counter service and seat yourself setup, with coffee offerings, pastries, and 5-6 breakfast options. I personally love the back patio with a good amount of picnic tables, and the brick building with ivy is beautiful and provide that classic historic vibe of La Crosse. Just need a proper busing station and garbage, the paper bag garbage outside was odd. Def could see some string lights and live music at night being really cool!

I had the Turkish eggs which were pretty good, the dish could probably use half as much greek yogurt. Otherwise everything was good! Eggs poached perfectly, chili oil gave a nice kick and the bread was on point. Herb scone was good too. My fiancé really enjoyed the potato hash, and the few bites I had were really good! The caramelized onions really add a great flavor. Strawberries n Cream French toast also got rave reviews.

Also should note they did make some basic French toast for one person I was with who has some food allergies, I thought that was a really good accommodation.

My couple suggestions: maybe doing a few things à la carte or a basic-ish dish, the menu is great but def foody geared…the area def warrants a few basic items. Maybe laminate the menus, and mention checking daily pastry and coffee specials, and better signage in front because all you see is the ugly yoga awning. OH, and ask people if they are sitting inside or out, so you can have people wait at their tables and staff can call order names inside and outside as well. This will help avoid congesting area near counter and entry!

High hopes for this place and “Old Towne North”, def come check it out for a tasty...

This was my first time eating here and the food and waitstaff were absolutely fantastic! I came with my son and his girlfriend and they have a small dog and were told they could bring her as the outside was dog friendly, but as we entered the restaurant there was a male employee at the register who was extremely rude and nasty to us about bringing her through the restaurant. We had parked out front as we were unaware of parking and access through the back. My son and his girlfriend have been here multiple times with their dog and had the owner and head chef take their orders inside before going outside and were NEVER told they couldn’t bring their dog inside!! We asked our server if we could walk back through the restaurant to leave as long as she was carried and she said absolutely! Then as we were leaving that same male employee reprimanded us and was NOT nice about it AT ALL!!! He was EXTREMELY rude and then watched him speaking to our server and we could tell from a distance he was not being nice to her either!!! So to be quite honest I will NEVER come back despite everything else being so fantastic! Thank you for the wonderful food and amazing service by the waitstaff but because of how he treated us I will not spend my money at this establishment again! Maybe you should post on your front door that if you’re bringing a dog to please do so through the back and that they are not welcome through the actual indoor portion of the restaurant to get to the outdoor area...

I’m back on the road again, looking for some of the best food and drinks throughout the midwest! The first stop was La Crosse, Wisconsin, where I was able to catch up with a good friend of mine. When we were talking about where to go for lunch, she said she had heard all about this restaurant, but hadn’t been. With the name like The Damn Tasty, we figured we better check it out and see if it lives up to its name. It was a little hard to find because they don’t have the most obvious sign directing you to their space in the strip of shops and we did have to put our name on the waiting list, but as you can see, it was WELL WORTH IT. The menu was fairly limited with some breakfast options and lunch options, but you could tell that the menu was curated and it was limited because they focused on doing everything well. Let’s get down to the food…

We ordered the Kimchi Toast with kimchi cream cheese, thick cut bacon, fried egg, chili crisp, dressed greens, grilled sourdough. Honestly, this was 10/10. A little messy to cut up, but holy cow the flavor…

Bánh Mì Burger with a potsticker pork patty, pickled veggies, shaved cucumber, garlic mayo, chili crisp, cilantro, fried egg, seeded roll! Another one of their best sellers and I can see why.

Finally, we had the French Toast with blueberry compote, lemon curd, honeyed whipped cream, cinnamon crunch. I guess we figured we needed a little bit of sweet with all...