Ontario House, aka Stone Jug — Restaurant in Town of Porter

Love The Stone Jug. Love it so much that I will drive from Colden to go there and just sit outside at a nice place in a beautiful little village by the river in an historic building.

For those of us who actually venture to this destination, it would be great to have a little bit better information available since we make the long drive.

I always want to make sure that it is open because the hours don’t always reflect things, and the phone number on the website goes to somebody’s personal voicemail, and it doesn’t reference that it is actually the restaurant and bar. The voicemail is always full. The outgoing message only says “I can’t take your call. Please leave a message,” with a woman’s voice. With the mailbox being full, at least I know that I am not bothering somebody that has nothing to do with the Stone Jug!

Tonight, I just wanted to see how late the kitchen was open because I’d like to go have a beer and some wings. Maybe that could be listed somewhere, too.

Would feel much more confident and making the drive and so with some friends of mine that like to go with me, if we knew.

It really is a truly...

Cool historical establishment with the old school shuffleboard and a huge courtyard in the rear with an outside bar, stage and seating for a hundred or more. Very friendly staff - Nicky was the bartender/ server / cook mid-afternoon. Beer was ice cold, and reasonably priced. Food was very good ( although they need to take the salt level down a notch) and reasonably priced as well. Kitchen service was very slow due to the fact that there was one person holding down the fort and covering the bar area, inside and outside seating front and back so understandable but not a good situation . Waited an hour for our order but we weren't in a hurry so not a big deal, at least for us. Place has rooms for rent through Airbnb which we were unaware of until we noticed someone checking in. Looks like a really cool place to try .

Would definitely recommend providing that you have a little time if they are at all busy and /or there's only one person working if you're looking for food. For...

Stopped by Sunday afternoon. Walked in & didn't get welcoming feeling or acknowledgement from bartender even though it was slow & I was standing right in front of him. Maybe because I wasn't a townie. Figured I'd order food & drinks at bar to save time but he said to grab a table & he'd serve us. Sat outside & he got us a menu & drinks but never saw again. Another table told us to order inside since they hadn't seen him again either. 20 mins later we decided to go somewhere that wanted our business. Went in to pay for drinks & he had no clue. Didn't know what we had so I had to remind him. No apologies, no upset we were leaving. In honesty, he appeared out of it line he had been drinking all day. We ended up going elsewhere to spend our $. The menu was limited to typical bar...