Archies — Restaurant in Town of Little Suamico

I had heard about this place on a FB post, so I thought we’d give it a try. 3 of us had reservations, ( a must) at 6:00. Upon arriving, I could tell it would be busy as there were cars parked all along the road. It looks like it would be one of those bars, where everybody know your name and if they don’t then you probably aren’t welcome, but that’s judging a book only by its cover. We went to the bar to let them know we had 6:00 reservations and they were still cleaning up the table so we ordered drinks. 2 of us, had a gin/maple delicious drink and 1 had wine. Very nice extensive drink list. For our meals, we ordered 2 appetizers, Brussel sprouts and the bread cheese. The sprouts were delicious, so was the bread cheese HOWEVER, we saw a pesto fries and burrata walk past and well, it looked divine. I ordered pork tenderloin, one friend had the salmon special, and another had the steak. Ribeye maybe? Anyway, all three were delicious. Pork was tender, and veggies perfect. I also had their soup, Miso butternut squash and it was TO DIE FOR. Salmon had a perfect crust with a nice Thai sauce on the side, and the veggie sides were unique and delicious. The steak, perfect char, rare with butter on top…the top “ supper clubs” or steakhouses could learn a thing or two on how a steak should look and taste. The ONLY disappointment was the cheesecake flight. Small perfectly round, pretty sure not homemade, cheesecakes with no discerning flavor differences. Maybe the turtle cheesecake was homemade and we should have gone with that. Or kept the soup...

My grandparents, Gene and Ceil Karcz used to own and operate this building in the 1960s and 70s. It was called Karcz’s bar back then. My family and I thought it would be fun to go there recently, and that perhaps even the owner would get a kick out of meeting the prior owners’ family. Some additional relatives decided to make their own reservation shortly after ours was scheduled, and the plan was to eat separately and have a drink together before or after the meal.

The owner canceled both reservations. When my aunt, who made the first reservation called and asked why, the owner was extremely snotty and accused her of trying to circumvent the policy limiting the number of people per reservation. Just because other relatives made their own reservation after ours. She tried to explain this to the owner, and he hung up on her.

So, to the owner- I have no idea who you are, but the way you speak to other human beings, let alone prospective patrons is disgusting. What an appalling way to run a business. I’m sure my grandparents would be horrified knowing someone as rude and disrespectful as you is now running their bar.

And by the way, we took our business elsewhere and went to a different area restaurant where we were treated with...

We love Archie’s the food is outstanding! Bartenders are wonderful. Only complaint was our waitress. Made inquiry about one of the dishes on the menu that stated it had lobster and seafood. We asked what the other seafood was and she she said “it has seafood things” we politely asked if she could could find out for us while she put in our appetizer order what the other seafood was, she returns and stated what the seafood was but couldn’t remember what some of what the chef said. Not the end of the world and yes we have a great sense of humor so we got a a little laugh out of that. Having been a waitress it is their job to know the menu and ingredient’s especially when you are paying those prices.

Other than that everything...