Century Elm Supper Club, Larsen - Saturday September 8, 2018

There’s not a whole lot going on in Larsen at 7:30 on a Saturday night, at least not this particular Saturday. After slowing down to allow two peacocks to cross the road (I assume they do so for the same reason as chickens), we arrived to a full parking lot at the Century Elm Supper Club.

Betsy and her family currently own the Century Elm. In the 1940’s and 50’s it was owned and operated by her great grandparents and grandparents. Ken Loehrke purchased the place in the 1970’s. When the opportunity arose Betsy purchased the business as it seemed like part of her destiny that the Century Elm once again be part of her family.

Upon entering we found two seats at the busy bar and ordered cocktails. The old fashioneds were properly prepared (orange slice, maraschino cherry and sugar muddled with bitters) and excellent. It seems most places these days premix their old fashioned muddlings to save time so it was nice to see someone prepare one the traditional way.

 

The bartender put us on the list for a table and she gave us menus to look over as we enjoyed our cocktails and the Brewer game on TV.  When we were ready, a waitress came and took our order at the bar. Ann opted for the broasted chicken and grilled zucchini. I chose the Saturday night special, prime rib with a twice baked potato. Our waitress told us to head over to table 5 whenever we were ready and help ourselves to the salad bar.

The salad bar was pretty basic and included 2 cheese spreads but no liver pate. Clam chowder was the soup of the day. As I was working my way through the salad bar our waitress informed me that regrettably they were out of prime rib but would be happy to substitute a ribeye for my entrée. She was worried that it might ruin my evening but I assured her that it was no problem and I was quickly over it.

Our dinners were good with special notice to the grilled zucchini.  We ordered a piece of chocolate cake to go for dessert. All in all a very nice dining experience at the Century Elm.