Past Tense Country Store

I decided to take my parents to have lunch. Big mistake. My dad ordered the special of the day, Hot beef sandwich. First off it was swimming in canned gravy, secondly the «beef» was anything but beef. It was nothing but poor deli grade «meat». My poor dad couldn’t even hardly cut through it. He ate around it. We couldn’t have the waitress do anything about it, because she never came back to the table. I had to find the coffee pot myself for refills. My sandwich was tasteless. My mom’s chicken sandwich looked the best, but again had no flavor. We waited for the bill for several minutes, I finally went to the counter only to find out that she was gone! I don’t mean she stepped outside. I mean she left for the day!!! Seriously? Never going back.

Not sure what the old posts are all about but this place was ENJOYABLE. We went there today, October 24^th for lunch. My Mom came from out of state for a visit and we visited the antique store and the country store. Be warned! The country store looks small, but it IS NOT! You will be amazed with all the different things they have for sale. As for the restaurant, it was good! As some of the other posts said, the Pizza is DARN GOOD. We got the Apple Orchard Pizza and it was delicious! Service was not slow, they had two people working 10 tables, not a problem. Food came out at a reasonable time and they re-​filled my drink three times in less than 30 minutes. After Dinner, we got Apple Cider and Pumpkin Spice Donuts to go and came home. Cider and donuts were reasonably priced and they had a lot more than donuts! They even had ½ gallons of Cherry Juice Concentrate, Pies, Cakes and numerous other treats to pick from. This was a good place to spend a couple hours and forget about the city life. Very relaxing and all the people were friendly. Will go back for sure!

Watch out for the first cider of the season, it is tart and thin. When you tell them about it they just say that is the way it is and as the season goes on it will get better. Terrible value for the money.

little known fact– the restaurant delivers (up to five miles I believe) — instead of waiting in the restaurant just have it delivered. where else will they bring you cider and fresh donuts to your door?
Also, try the cider slushy– a must have

Past Tense its self, is good. They have a lot of cute products, and old stuff. The tea spot is awesome. I love the gift shop part. Every Oct. They have this cool haunted house, and it’s good.
The cider mill. Now. That’s gotten a little sad. Unless you are ordering pizza (Which is AMAZING) tough luck. Teenagers run it, and like I said, it’s gotten a little sad. I would love to see more experienced staff, and it not wait an hour for Gordon food. I can go buy that myself.

In love!
I haven’t been to MI in months and was so happy to visit a place where there are things you can’t just get everywhere else. First being, a cider mill! Not just a factory that makes cider, no… a place where you have a pretty water mill to enjoy watching while munching on some fresh donuts and cider.
Item number two is: pasties! Usually I prefer them from the Upper Peninsula, but this cider mill had a restaurant and was so happy to see those on the menu. I passed up on the pasties, however, because I was told that the mill burgers were the must have. I obeyed. They were sinfully delicious.
The restaurant itself is small, only housing a single row of tables, probably about ten tops. Service was very friendly, maybe a tad on the slow side, but just keep yourself occupied with all the fun stuff to look at on the walls! The price for the food was very reasonable.
I drooled over watching a apple cobbler being brought to another table, but elected to try their something from their chocolate display instead. Their fudge is pretty up to par and their truffles are amazing! You could spend a pretty penny in here trying out all the goodies and buying other food spices, candies and mixes from their country store.
There are picnic tables outside as well as a pretty coy fish pond out front.

Food is great, the service is awful– order it to go or plan on being patient…

The first time I went here we were seated and were never asked for our order after an hour. We left and I never went back for a couple of years.
When I did return two years later, I ordered a Pizza and it was fantastic. Everyone else liked the food as well. I would give the pizza a 7 out of 10. Really good pizza.
The atmosphere is nice and warm so it is definitely worth checking out.