The Outpost

Stopped in for a quick bite. The bartenders were attentive and the food was delicious. Got the outpost melt in your mouth burger, which hit the spot.

Went there late night, and our little group more than doubled the population of the place. Drinks were good, not expensive, but if you like premium beer this probably isn’t the place for you.

Great Mexican food at a great price. Coors Light is always cold and the staff is always amazing. Keep up the great work

Having grown up in the Greater Pingree Grove Statistical Metropolitan area, the Outpost has always been a big part of my life.
The Outpost has slowly transformed from a hillbilly dive bar to a hybrid hillbilly/​trendy dive bar. The Cambridge Lakes and Highland Woods developments brought in a lot of city folk who love to drink beer at the Outpost. They’ve kinda taken over as the primary clientele of the bar, essentially pushing the area hill rods out. You’ll see a guy in a flannel and work boots from time to time, but he’s like Waldo immersed in a crowd of women with coach purses and guys wearing deck shoes and polo shirts with popped collars talking about how much they love «country» life. (Holy run on… Sorry!)
Haven’t had much experience with the food, but I will say the barkeep pours a mean Jack and Coke. It’s so strong it burns your nose hairs clear off.
It’s always super sketchy pulling out of that place — I’m always worried that I will become the hood ornament of a 1991 Mack gravel truck.
A Pingree Grove Staple, and if it’s lasted this long, it gets four stars and two thumbs up from me

Giving this place 1 stars only because the first time i was there is was just ok. Second time. Awful. We sat outside and waited. Hubby had to go in and order drinks, which is ok but you should check your outside seating more. Then waitress came with drinks and never came back for food order. So hubby went back in to order 2 burritos. 20 minutes later we were served lettuce burritos. There was barely 2 tbs of meat and ALL lettuce. When waitress asked how they were and i said «all lettuce» she told me they portion them. Yeah. with all lettuce was my reply. She then tried to sell me their tacos. No thanx. Terrible food and service.

I guess it’s a huge destination for the volleyball groups. Rode in this eve to check in for the first time. There was a smattering of people outside at the picnic tables and a few indoors. Memorial Day today so not much of a crowd. We tried the $ 10 /​Monday pizza special and it was A-​OK. Nothing special but pretty good. Thin pizza with a crispoy crust, the only kind I really like. Good service here too. Inside is a bit divey but nearly exactly as expected.
It’s sort of in the middle of nowhere and I think the only place in Pingree Grove. Glad we stopped.

went here for my lunch break, I ordered a mushroom swiss burger with fries. it was ready reasonably quick and it was damn good so was the fries and a rather generous portion. also the customer service was friendly

Been in twice on Saturday evenings for ½ price pizza. The pizza is really good, and the service has been great! Very friendly staff, the place is clean, and I have some friends that play volleyball here over the summer (they have a really nice outdoor volleyball sand court). Definitely will continue eating their food, and drinking their beer, haha.

Just stopped in for the first time on a early Sunday aftrenoon. Five minutes from my new home in Elgin. A North woods fell to the place. raw wooden paneling dark red ceiling. 2. oo drafts 3.00 domestic bottles. 1.00 tacos. About twenty chairs at the U shaped bar. Four two chair high tables line the wall behind the long side of the all wooden bar. Four gambling games fill out the shortest wall of the place. The largest side of the place runs the length of the building. With six high four chair high tables. Bar size pool table fills out the back.
Didn’t sample any food so no opinion on that. Only to say form the board on the wall that food is served 7 days a week. With daily specials. Looks like they make pizza. I don’t have the ability to speak, so do I don’t try to communicate with lots questions. It’s just to hard and time consuming also embarrassing for me. I’ll only review what I’ve observed. Beer was cold, price was right with friendly fun people on both sides of the bar. I’ll definitely be back. Even if it wasn’t close to the house.

I was there for the fish fry and after waiting at our table for 15 min the server brought us the fish fry menu 10 min later she took our order 20 min later the fish came 15 min later another server came and asked if we wanted more we said yes then 5 min later she came back and said we ran out of fish WoW I said ran out of fish during a fish fry then she said you can have shrimp instead we said fine the shrimp came 10 min later and then we asked for the check and to our SURPRISE the charged us for the shrimp also and then said it not all you can eat fish fry sorry for the misunderstanding but you owe $ 50 for your meal WoW why would they offer shrimp as a substitute if it’s not all you can eat and it should be called fish Friday not fish fry Friday although the fish was good the service and owner were awful for the way they handled the situation… Will never go back and do not recommend this place at all.

Loved playing volleyball on the HUGE volleyball court! They also had baggos (sp?). They also had a giant porch that looked amazing. The inside of the bar looked ok but the updated jukebox made up for it. We will definately be booking for my boyfriends 21^st. Loved that it was kind of in the middle of nowhere and you could just kind of get away. It was close to home yet felt like we were far away. Love.