Normal Square Inn

Me and my family have come here a few times now and every time we leave as disappointed as the last time we visited. The one bright side to this restaurant is that the food is consistently decent enough for us to take a chance on coming back. That however is the only positive. Even though the food is good it is over priced and to be honest not worth breaking the bank for. If I were to describe the type of service we received I would call it pathetic. We waited long amounts of time for simple things like getting us all new drinks and bringing the check, it took so long to bring our food out we considered just leaving. Meanwhile I could see our waitress tending to a newborn baby in the kitchen while we waited and waited. Overall this restaurant is horribly under staffed and disorganized, to be honest they are lucky that the food they eventually get to the tables is decent, or else they would have no business whatsoever

We live in the area and have eaten here many times. We always come here for special occasions because there’s something on the menu for every taste. Never, ever had one bad dish. Everything on the menu is delicious and perfectly cooked. The soups, salads, warm dinner rolls, friendly service… it’s all good.
Come for dinner, you’ll be happy you did.

Decent bar food. I think that the «restaurant» menu should be as good and consistent as their less formal «bar» menu. Good wings and fries.

The Normal Square Inn is a bar/​restaurant way the heck out on Normal Square… go figure.
The bar area is okay, nothing special. The normal beer signs and sports stuff decorating the inside… nothing I haven’t seen before. I ate dinner here and was a bit disappointed.
The menu was pretty large, especially considering the… modest…atmosphere in the dining room. Maybe it was just the night I was there, but I tasted three different dishes and two of them were overcooked. Not inedible, just not great. Certainly not worth the $ 20 bucks they charge for veal or steak that’s overdone.
On the other hand, they have another room for the bar food, apparently. I would have no problem coming back and skipping the ‘formal’ meal and just having a burger or wings with some beer. I think the Normal Square Inn would be just fine for that.

A great place for an excellent dinner. Nice selection of Tap Beer that is usually not found near this area. Victory Pils, Peroni, Murphy’s Irish Stoudt, and other popular flavors, can be found on draught at times. Full bar, with a good wine selection. Great soup dishes, with savory daily specials. Entrees are all correctly prepared to order, very filling dishes with fresh vegetable sides. Fish is fresh, meat is cooked to order, chicken is tender and juicy, menu is very well represented from all styles and very large. Prices are moderate for the area, but are very inexpensive if you are no local. The high quality and presentation is represented with the true committment of a family owned restraurant. Reservations are probably going to be needed if you go during a busy hour, the atmosphere is full of chattering friends enjoying the company of each other while engaging in an excellent dining experience. If you are in the area, skip the Jim Thorpe tourist mess and have a true taste of the local cuisine without the attitude.