Norske Nook - Osseo

Great little in spot with some of the best pies on the planet. Breakfast and lunch items are good. If your Grandma had a restarurant, this fits the bill - in a very good way. Their award winning pies are outstanding, though. The Banana Creme is tops. Purchase a whole pie to go. Keep the tin, and then when you make a return visit, they give you a $6 credit when you bring it back.

My first time. My parents come here several times a year from Illinois. It's absolutely worth the trip. The food was delicious and I stocked up on bakery cookies and cranberry wild rice bread!!

Quaint diner with Norwegian flair! We only stopped for lingonberry jam but got enticed into lunch by the smells. The cranberry Wild rice bread was so delicious we grabbed a loaf to go home. The Wisconsin Reuben was delicious and lots of butter and sauerkraut so you didn’t even need the thousand island. The corned beef hash was a bit salty but I’ll take homemade over the canned stuff any day!

The pies are incredible! The grilled “chicken” wrap in lefse was terrible- the chicken was not fresh meat, rather processed chicken that was rubbery and even had air bubbles in it from when it was injected into the mold…. No bueno!! However, the cranberry chicken almond sandwich was great as was the turkey roast with mash potatoes - that comfort food was reminiscent of a meal at my grandmas kitchen! One waitress was trying to handle everybody and it was busy.

Kinda disappointing, it’s been years since I ate at a Norske Nook, in Rice Lake WI. However this trip to the Osseo restaurant was not nearly as memorable. My omelette, ham and cheese, was fairly tasteless not much flavor at all, the hash browns were good and crunchy, like I like them, and the jam for the toast was good. I had a piece of raspberry cream cheese pie to go, and I’d swear that the whipped topping was basically “cool whip”. I can’t imagine an award winning blue ribbon pie would have Cool Whip on it. They did have a sign stating that they were short staffed, but it was really disappointing to wait for a table, watch them walk past, not take a drink request, or clean off tables that were dirty prior to me being seated. I don’t mind waiting, if things are being done appropriately,