Trying the tenderloin at the St. Olaf Tap

We'd never been to St. Olaf. How could we have known? When the list says to try the tenderloin, we try the tenderloin. Yes, the menu did say it was a full pound. At least we only ordered one patty, two buns. I will also say that it was a nice piece of meat, well prepared.

St. Olaf is a small community nestled in a small river valley along the River Bluffs Scenic Byway in northeast Iowa. If you stay on the byway but look left and right at the two intersections, you've pretty much seen St. Olaf. It looks like a nice enough town, just very small. Handy when you don't have the street address for the place with the food.

When we stepped into the Tap, there was only one other customer in the place so we sat at the bar and chatted with the ladies tending the place. When we mentioned that we'd read about the tenderloin, the owner said that she and her husband had heard of the list but hadn't seen it. Linda got her typed up list from the car and our hosts commented about foods they'd had and foods they'd like to try. It was one of our more interactive meals from the list to date.