The Fluttering Duck

As far as food in Greencastle goes, this place is one of the best. I love that its on campus as that helps me ensure I’ve got vegan/​vegetarian options. They’ve got great space to watch games and get drunk.
For how hidden this nugget is, it is definitely worth the stop for an out-​of-​towner. I mean, what else does Green castle have to offer?
99% of the time this place is flawless. Great service and I’m always amazed about how cheap the bill is. I did have a bad server experience last time. Dragged my rating down a star. Had to get my own menus, get refills at the bar, and literally chase my waitress to order and pay. Hopefully I get to update to 5 stars on my next visit.

Great service and entertainment (live, pool table, juke box, tv) can be found here. The bartenders have been here awhile and will definitely make you feel right at home. Food is decent too, so come hungry. I recommend the loaded cheese fries — Yum-​O! You won’t break the bank eating + dining here either. Located in the heart of Greencastle on DePauw U,‘s campus.

I was visiting DePauw University and ran across this restaurant at the hotel. The atmosphere was ok, definately a sports bar with limited food selections.
The place was not busy during my visit, but service was slow. I asked the waitress what she recommended. and she could not recommended anything, and guessed at what she thought was ok. but she never had.
When the food came, it was not impressive. The duck chips were extremely salty potato chips, and my chicken sandwich was sloppy and fell apart.
Overall not great… just standard.

The perfect place I was looking for. In town on business and looking for a pub type atmosphere to watch the game. The game I was looking for wasn’t on so they changed it for me. Service is great and the Gouda Mac and cheese bites are awesome. Great atmosphere.

The is an obscure bar in, what I think, was a hotel. I went on a night that was not busy and got great service. The bartender was nice and remembered my name and birthday, an hour later, looking at my id once. Impressive.

During my sophomore year at DePauw University (aka my only good year of college) the Duck got a makeover. It went from being kinda blah, to having a bit of class and being a pretty legit hangout.
The Ducks now seems to have gone back in the other direction. It had a much more fratty feel to it than the Duck of c. 2003 (really, a bar appealing to frat boys at a college infested with them? DO GO ON!) and that just wasn’t the scene I was hoping for on a dreary January day when all I was doing was killing time until the real attraction in Greencastle opened up for dinner (more on that later).
Also, I got ignored at the bar for several minutes before someone actually acknowledged my existence. (In fairness, the guy who did serve me wasn’t standing there when I walked up and helped me as soon as get got behind the bar). The service I did get was friendly and efficient.
Their on tap beer selection is most of the junk you’d expect for the Greeks (frat boys/​sorority girls, not people from actual Greece) who just want to get drunk cheaply, but there was surprisingly one diamond in that rough, a delicious Sun King Cream Ale that I wish was available in Chicago, so kudos to the duck to try to bring some actual taste to the beer selections.
Also, the prices were pretty cheap. 4 bucks for a pint of craft brew? I’ll take it.
So all in all, it was a bit disappointing to return to the Fluttering Duck as an actual adult, but there were a few bright points to remind me why it was such a destination back in the day.

I just arrived for an interview, and was happy to be able to have dinner by myself… ah, Midwest food.
I asked the waiter for beer selections, and he suggested the New Belgium seasonal, which I got. Not something that special for me, but one I know I like. *Later* I saw that their beer menu was incredible and had my favorite! I wish I would have asked for the full menu at the time.
I had a Reuben sandwich, which was good. It seemed to be the healthiest option on the menu — cabbage on it, after all.
The atmosphere of this place is a bit strange, in a good way. There is a wall of TV’s playing all sorts of sports. And there is a hunting video game. But there was also a table of young women next to me having a bible study. Clearly this is a well-​loved and well-​used establishment. It was a great introduction to the area!