Get 'Best Tenderloin In Iowa' at this restaurant ...
Updated: 5:31 PM CDT Oct 10, 2014
The Iowa Pork Producers Association announced Iowa's Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin award for 2014 goes to the Lucky Pig Pub & Grill in Ogden.View photos | View videoThe restaurant is owned by Craig and Carol Christensen, who also farm and raise hogs near Ogden.The Pork Association said "the Christensens purchased the restaurant three years ago because it was dying and they believed the town needed a restaurant.'"I'm very, very happy because our restaurant crew works really hard to make a great product and it's an excellent feeling to have all that hard work pay some dividends and know that people like what we're doing," said Craig Christensen in a news release. "Obviously, being a pork producer, I've traveled the state, the country and the world eating pork dishes, so my bar was set pretty high and I challenged our crew to develop something that was top notch."The Lucky Pig is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday.Brick Street's Butler Cafe in Bondurant came in second this year followed by TC's Point After in Dewitt, B&S's 529 in Carroll, Go Fish Marina Bar and Grill in Princeton and Menlo Cafe in Menlo.
OGDEN, Iowa — The Iowa Pork Producers Association announced Iowa's Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin award for 2014 goes to the Lucky Pig Pub & Grill in Ogden.
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The restaurant is owned by Craig and Carol Christensen, who also farm and raise hogs near Ogden.
The Pork Association said "the Christensens purchased the restaurant three years ago because it was dying and they believed the town needed a restaurant.'
"I'm very, very happy because our restaurant crew works really hard to make a great product and it's an excellent feeling to have all that hard work pay some dividends and know that people like what we're doing," said Craig Christensen in a news release. "Obviously, being a pork producer, I've traveled the state, the country and the world eating pork dishes, so my bar was set pretty high and I challenged our crew to develop something that was top notch."
The Lucky Pig is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Brick Street's Butler Cafe in Bondurant came in second this year followed by TC's Point After in Dewitt, B&S's 529 in Carroll, Go Fish Marina Bar and Grill in Princeton and Menlo Cafe in Menlo.