"first time to Galena, Gobbie 's will be the Reason for the Return, Everything about it Enjoyable friendly knowledgeable staff even when they were all doing zoomies to stay up with their busy crowd, a close friend and myself went on a road trip in memory of some friends of ours that have passed, yesterday, so when Galena came into our radar, I said sure why not, for a Wednesday I was not expecting the business (tourist) district to be jam packed with people we got into town around 2:30 after a horrible experience in Dubuque IA, so I was ready for a beer stopped in I was amazed how busy the place was, outdoor deck packed as well, looking at the food on the tables I already knew we were coming back for a late lunch early dinner, finished our beers and out to explore the river district as I knew my friend she wanted to do some shopping, we walked all 6 blocks of it, friendly shop owners employees making all feel welcome, so much to see and so much diversity in what the shops had to offer it was almost too much, as a window shopper I would have a hard time remembering which store to go back to, on the 6 blocks up and 6 blocks down hike we did stop at a couple of other bar locations , was disappointed to say the least, hard to get anyone 's attentions and no personality, so I look at Janice and say Gobbie 's? she says God Yes we no more than get into the door and the host instantly Greets us, table or bar? umm both, we grab a couple craft beers from our bartender Jeff, smile from ear to ear welcoming you in as well, can we run a tab? Absolutely, another round of beers we head on out to the outside patio, totally cool set up, couple more beers, time to place an order head on in ask the host best way to order, he lets me know he will send a server out to take our order, so I grab a menu even though I already knew what I wanted, The Pizza, the Gobbie 's Pan Style, couple minutes later our wait staff comes to our seats again huge welcoming smile, I start to order and my fiend jumps the gun as she all of a sudden wants the Mushroom Swiss Burger medium rare, so I 'm smiling at her thinking Great I am ordering a large Gobbie 's pan Style that must weigh 6 lbs to eat by myself, Oh Boy, Shaina, Smiles and says just the 2 of you? I laughed and said yup, the meals also comes with the house salads that have a homemade Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing that I would eat by the bucket full OMG so good and Beer Nuggets which is pizza dough deep fried and served with their marinara which was also awesome I did get an extra bucket of this to take home :D , just the 2 were more than enough to fill the 2 of us up, then here comes the Pizza and Burger OMG 7 more pounds of food, the Burger you could see the clear juices coming out of it with each bite with homemade Salted Fries, I did take a bite out of it and it made me Happy, not many burgers will do that, and my Pizza, I knew I was in Trouble, be lucky to eat a full piece of it, I bite down on it and instantly knew quality ingredients, nothing overpowering and at the same time nothing hiding, all the flavors working so well together, now 2 of my favorite pizzas of all time are less than 30 minutes apart, I finished my first slice of pizza and the other 7 slices were looking at me like pick me pick me, I did get my friend to take a bite of slice two and watched her eyes roll over in her head, but she was already full by eating maybe half of her burger and I stuffed myself silly on that second slice, that pizza for sure feeds 4 adults, we sat around outside for a bit letting our food settle listening to the music, then went back into the bar and ordered a couple more beers the place stayed busy until about 9 o 'clock even though they closed at 8, we were the 2nd to last to leave at around 10pm, once they slowed down we got to chat more with the staff all are friendly and courteous, thanks for the Hospitality See you Soon Larry"
