Food/Dining : Fish Creek

Gibraltar Grill
3993 Main Street (Hwy 42)
Fish Creek
(920) 868-4745

A new entry in 2005, Gibraltar Grill is housed in a fresh, clean and architecturally pleasing building on the north end of Fish Creek, across from Homestead Suites.

Indoor and Outdoor Dining

Inside, you can choose to sit in the dining room as you enter, or head to the screened-in porch (really a beautiful room) to the right.  The “porch” is complete with pine walls and cathedral ceiling, beautiful chandelier-style lighting fixtures, a fireplace and huge screened windows (protected for inclement weather).  The vinyl-covered tables and chairs offered comfortable seating.  This is a wonderful room indeed.  In nice weather, you have the option of outdoor dining at some umbrella-ed tables – nice!  In 2006, they added an additional outside area which is a U-shaped "bar" which can be used for guests waiting for a table, or in the evening for a beer or wine refreshment.  It is, as is everything here, very well done!    The outdoor bar patio area is our favorite – Gibraltar Grill continues to make improvements to their physical property, as is evidenced with the new patio bar, revamped dining room, and now with an outdoor fire pit which is great for cool evenings and fall fun.

Music!

And outside, in the patio bar area, on pleasant evenings, you might catch some of the diverse entertainment that Gibraltar Grill brings in for your enjoyment – from the Birch Creek Ambassadors Jazz Ensemble to blues and oldies.  We have enjoyed several wonderful evenings here, listening to music, enjoying a nice glass of wine, and relaxing!  There is no charge for the entertainment.

Fun, Casual and Refined

The feel is casual, but refined.  Gibraltar Grill had originally offered mainly sandwiches, like a lo-carb veggie, perhaps some wraps, a Gibraltar Burger, an Angus steak sandwich, veggie burger, grilled chicken and a “Stromboli” – said to be “the largest sandwich in Fish Creek.”  It’s a sandwich with spicy or mild Italian sausage, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, and onions.  It, like most of the sandwiches, is served with a pickle and a cup of cole slaw.

They also offer either a Caesar or a spinach salad (could order it with chicken).  For beverages, they have soft drinks, coffee, beer, and wine by the glass or bottle.
Thin-crust pizzas are available in a 9 inch, personal pizza size. 

The limited kids menu included chicken nuggets, a hamburger, corn dog and grilled cheese.  They have expanded their desserts offerings now with a whole array of scrumptious home-made items.

We have eaten lunch here many, many times and have enjoyed the Stromboli, the perch sandwich, pulled pork, and burgers – all very good indeed.  We have also enjoyed dinner here numerous times, and have enjoyed it always.

And Now . . . More!  It’s Dinner Time!
To their credit, with feedback from patrons and others, they have added some wonderful dinner entrees that go way beyond the sandwich concept.  For dinner now, you can choose for some appetizers, like Maryland Crab Cakes, Hot Artichoke Dip, Wild Mushroom Turnover and more. 

Dinner offerings now include a seafood, turf and pasta entrees.  We have had the Maryland Crab Cakes numerous times – we love ‘em!  You can also get a pan-fried walleye, which we also enjoyed on one occasion - also very good; or grilled salmon or a plank-fired whitefish – one of our reviewers had this on our last outing here, and it was wonderful. 

In the Turf category, choose from a charbroiled ribeye, pounded pork loin, baby back ribs and more.  The Pasta offerings include a Fish Creek Pasta – which is comprised of Penne pasta, with mushrooms, onions and peppers, and marinara sauce, and grated parmesan cheese.  Or try linguine Alfredo, or a Mediterranean Pasta, which comes with vermicelli, artichoke hearts, roma tomatoes, black olives, mushrooms and red onions all tossed with basil (excellent) and parmesan cheese.

You can add grilled chicken, tofu, shrimp or salmon to just about any selection too.   Add a house salad or a Chef’s soup to complete your meal!  Dinners come with a choice of soup or house salad, and sautéed veggies, potato of the day or rise du jour (except the pasta dishes).

Pizza is also avaialble.

Our Experience

As stated above, we have dined here many times for lunch and dinner, and have brought in guests for dinner with us numerous times and we have enjoyed each and every meal here.  This is a first-class place to dine indoors or out, and you will not be disappointed.

With the refined look of the place and pleasant atmosphere, we did not anticipate our lunch selections showing up in a plastic yellow basket, with a paper separating the meal from the basket.   The basket held the sandwich, the pickle slice, and a plastic tub of cole slaw.  We just thought the atmosphere of this place is so well thought-out and executed, that a plate would be better.  We are happy to report that at our last outing, a late lunch just around 4PM, we dined outdoors and our selections came on a nice white plate!  Could be the time element though.

For the way the place appears from the outside and inside, it begged for more – and they have responded with the new dinner offerings, plates and additional upgrades, live music and more. It has already morphed into something better than when we first visited – kudos to the owner, who we met with and discussed some of our initial concerns! We can see that this is a good family place: the food is good, there’s plenty of off-street parking, and the service was quick. Though we did not sample the pizza, the one we saw walking by looked good. The owner is dedicated to making this place better and better - and it is evident with every stop. 

We think this place has turned into something special.  A lot of effort was put into building this place and making it look wonderful.   We love that the owner shifted gears already to make the place even better! We think that shows his genuine interest in serving customers. This is a comfortable place to dine for all - families or not. And you can dine indoors or out - we like to have that choice.

As the business grows and refines itself, we are sure the menu offerings will continue to be upgraded and refined – he has, as we have said, already demonstrated his willingness and dedication to make things better.  How about a grilled chicken wrapped in prosciutto with melted provolone and spicy mustard? 

Family fare in a wonderful family-friendly setting.  We have confidence in the owner and this place, and we return as often as we can!  Open May – October, you can get lunch and dinner here, and even carry-outs.  So give Gibraltar Grill a try and tell Tom and the staff that DoorCountyNavigator.com sent you!

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