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Who is all going up to Grand Superior Lodge on Saturday for the Wild Game Dinner? I know Ripstick and Stfcatfish will be there at my table with their wives. We have room at our table still so anyone interested let me know(e-mail) ASAP and we will save ya a spot.

Man I cant wait for a ice cold South Shore Nut Brown. Yummy!

Hope to see some FMers there again this time.

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Looks like it's gonna be a good time.

I'll be photographing the event for Odyssey (no worries, diners, you won't be asked to be in the pictures), with Mrs. Catfish helping out.

Good food, good brew, good company. Sweet! grin.gifgrin.gif

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Wish I could be there cause I've heard lots of good things. Hopefully I'll have some sturgeon on the end of the line.

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I've got prier commitments or else I'd be there.

All that great food washed down with a Nut Brown Ale, perfect.

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Mrs Northlander gave us the heads up on the event. Took a peek at the menu and it looks great. Looks like South Shore will have their seasonals there again too (not to mention the nut brown). And this year I have a guaranteed DD!!! We'll be there, all 3.5 of us although we'll only need three chairs if there's still room at the table.

Also, if anybody is wondering about what the event is about, here is a clip from an earlier Dinner that was covered by KSTP. It is toward the end of the clip - http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S26834.shtml?cat=69

Lota Lota...

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Scott Ill make sure we have room for you guys.

Frank dont fall in.

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Steve S., Steve F., Gary and Scott I've got you down (all at the same table) and look forward to seeing you guys (and your better halves).

I just got off the phone with South Shore and we will have

Coffee Mint Stout

American Pale Ale

Herbal Cream

Red Lager

and of course the infamous Nut Brown

See you all on Saturday!

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AWESOME Nate. I cant wait. I just hope Im feeling better by then.

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Where's the menu posted? I haven't had elk for centuries, and am REALLY hoping to get back into some of the finest table fare North America has to offer. Never eaten any meat that tasted better than elk.

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Where's the menu posted?

Check Grand Superior Lodges website grandsuperior.com

We're holding it in the restaurant this time, so it will have a much more intimate feel and the view/ambiance will be better this time.

Lotalota, what name is your reservation under?

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Nate Im not sure if you know Lota lota is the Scott who is at our table.

Scott I think your all set.

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AAAAHHHHHHH.............it's all coming back to me now grin.gif

Scott, you are all set, sorry for the confusion.

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There's elk! Yay! My stomach is going to be a very happy place Saturday night. grin.gifgrin.gif

Um, what is an "elk slider?" confused.gif

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We all know that White Castle burgers are called "slidders", so Tom came up with Elk Slidders, which like Northlander said, is a small elk burger. Last year we topped it with a blackberry demi-glaze and fresh buffalo motzarella.

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I'll be up there, but I'll be working in the bar. Swing in and say hi after dinner.

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Quick I sure will. Keep a couple of them comp nut browns on ice for me. grin.gif

Actually if its like last year I can bring my own after. Lets hope.

By the way tie me up some flies for opener. It would be cool if I got some eyes on some big hot shot trout guides flies. ;\)

See ya Sat. Oh by the way send me a e-mail with how much ya want for your trailer.

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Ahhhh food some how I see a round of pac man comeing to the table sat nite.(chomp chomp) Hope the table has room to expand by the time the night is over.

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I'll just bring some pics up to the Lodge sat and we can talk there.

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Wish that myself and the Mrs could make it, but I've got family in town this weekend, so we'll just have to try and make it next year. Elk sliders, YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM grin.gif

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Ok Im back and Im stuffed. Good food and South Shore Brew equals a good time. Nice seeing everyone there. Cheffrey next year deep fry the walleye and keep the kids away from the pout. ;\)

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Great stuff, and my thanks to all who helped prepare those great dishes.

The Kroc Kabobs were great, and I really liked the venison fettucini and bison ravioli. Just a ton of great dishes and great South Shore Brewery beverages to complement everything.

Sure wish I could have scored at least one elk slider. I was most looking forward to that, but I didn't pay close enough attention to realize it was an appetizer instead of an entree, and I was busy photographing things during the appetizer/social hour. Oh well, just gives me another reason to go back next time. grin.gifgrin.gif

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Hope you all got home last night. Saw a few xtra deer on the highway this morning. Well the food was great ok better than great.I am still stuffed. The beer was a great addition to the dinner. a different beer for different food. I found out nut brown goes with every thing. The crew up there did a great job and a big thanks to tom and nate.

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Thanks Gentlemen for making it another sell out crowd, I think we ended up with 4 seats open that no showed. Another excellent showing. What were your thoughts of holding it in the restaurant in comparison to the ballroom? Positive/negative?

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I haven't been to one in the ballroom. I found the buffet line in particular very crowded in the restaurant. While standing in line we were constantly dodging servers moving back and forth and folks needing to go to the bathrooms or get to the lobby, all needing to move through that same narrowing funnel of the room to get where they had to go.

It also seemed inconvenient to have to keep dodging people to go from the restaurant back into the lounge and back to our table to keep sampling those great gourmet microbrews. Of course, other may not have had that problem as much as I did. grin.gifgrin.gif

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I think its much better downstairs Cheffrey. More room to move around and you could get to the aps/beer much easier. View is better upstairs but it just seemed real cramped. Especially before the meal. The bar was very cramped. We had to stand and move every time a bartender/waiter came by.

My vote is downstairs for sure.

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My vote is downstairs for sure.

I agree with you Northlander. When we made the decision to hold it in the restaurant, we planned for 40-50 people. That being said we ended up with 70!

I wish I could have had more time to talk to you all, but Quickstrike was getting worked in the lounge/boardroom and needed all the help I could give him grin.gif (J/K Kent)

Thanks again for coming and I'm glad everyone made it home safe!

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Thanks guys, we were trying to improve the ambiance by holding it upstairs in a much more intimate setting which I think was a plus. While the space portion of it was a minus. Hmmm.

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