Johnny’s Bar & Grill

09/30/2026

Wednesday Night Specials Wings & Wraps plus Limited Menu 5pm-8pm

09/30/2026

Lunch Special Wednesday 9-30-26
Cheeseburger 🍔 and Fries 🍟

09/29/2026

Tuesday Night Chicken Buffet 5pm-8pm Buckets of Chicken and Meals To Go available 515-679-4031

09/29/2026

Lunch Special 9-29-26
Country Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Corn or Famous Boneless wing plate 11am-1pm

09/28/2026

Lunch Special Monday 9-28-26
Augratin Potatoes & Ham with bread and butter

09/27/2026

09/27/2026

SUNDAY FUNDAY FOOTBALL
PIZZA & WINGS 11AM-8PM
Domestic b**r $3 and $1 pop

09/26/2026

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR AMAZING STAFF AND CUSTOMERS!! 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR!!

09/26/2026

Saturday Kitchen Hours 11am-4pm Wings and Limited Menu
5pm-8:30pm Prime Rib, Grilled Shrimp, Smoked Pork Chop and Beef Tender plus Full Menu 😋

09/26/2026

WORTH THE DRIVE: NORTH IOWA READERS SHARE THEIR FAVORITE FOOD STOPS

Need an excuse for a road trip? North Iowa readers have plenty.

After North Iowa Free Press asked for locally owned restaurants worth the drive, readers named small-town favorites, longtime gathering places and dishes they’d gladly travel for. Here’s their list, organized by community:

📍 ALGONA-Emerald's Fine Food & Libations.
The best ribeye!!!
& the worlds largest Cheeto on display!

📍 ALTA-Shucky's

📍 Aredale — Back Roads Bar & Grill: broasted pork chops and chicken

📍 Bradford — JJ’s Bar and Grill

📍 Burt Iowa-Pottsie’s Cafe
-Biscuits and Gravy Omelette
-Breakfast Bowls
-Hammered Hog Sandwich
-Hand breaded Tenderloins
-Smothered Chicken

📍 Colwell — Colwell Tap: pizza

📍 Fenton — North Star Lounge: Friday fish fry and Saturday prime rib specials

📍 Fertile — Cafe Mir

📍 Floyd — Rick’s Wagon Wheel

📍 Forest City Shooterz

📍 Greene — Freeze Frame

📍 Hampton — Willie’s Restaurant
+ 805 Pizza & Chicken in Hampton

📍 Horton — Cliff’s Place

📍 Ionia — Hide Away: Friday fish and tenderloins

📍 Lake Mills — North Branch Bar: pizza, pickled eggs and pickled sausages

📍 Lakota — Patriots Bar & Grill: broasted chicken and homemade salads

📍 Marble Rock — Pat’s Bar & Grill: homemade food and buffet nights

📍 Mason City — Pastime Gardens

📍 Meservey — Donna’s Legacy Bar & Grill

📍 New Hampton — Poor Richard’s: pizza

📍 Osage - BecMar Diner
+Teluwut

📍 Rockford — Aces: ribeye and pork tenderloin

📍 Rudd — Tanks Bar and Grill: ribs

📍 Stacyville - Homer’s Bar & Grill

📍 Thompson — Branding Iron: prime rib and salad bar

📍 Titonka - Reeb's Wicked Good Bar & Grill

📍 Ventura — Wildfire: wood-fired pizza

+Muskie Lounge in Ventura

📍 Wesley — Johnny’s Bar & Grill: readers praised its chicken buffet, wings, wraps, tacos and weekend specials

These are recommendations from readers, not a ranking. Save the list, pick a town you haven’t visited lately and make a day of it. Check hours and specials with the restaurant before you leave.

Which one to go to FIRST?
Did we miss anyone?

Original reader request: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1F9m5UEpJd/?mibextid=wwXIfr