The Center Grill

Merrill, 1208 N Center Ave, Merrill, WI 54452, United States | ★ 4.6 (86 Review)

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Serving New American cuisine, craft brews, and cocktails in a comfortable atmosphere featuring Merrill's rich history.

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Sue Thorson

★ 5

Great food and service!

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Kim Kincaid

★ 5

Great food & service.

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Jared Kloth

★ 5

Fantastic people. Diverse menu. Presented very nicely! A little above average for some pricing but I never leave disappointed! Highly recommend

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Diane Strong

★ 5

Cannot say enough good things about this place. The menu is a surprise from what you would expect from a bowling alley. Borderline gourmet! I've been here twice and tried something different each time. Both meals were delicious. What's even cool is the chef/ cook comes out and speaks with you and checks that your food was good. Cannot say enough how much my friends and I love this place! And if you have room try one of their great desserts. We had a piece of cinnamon cheesecake. Wanted to lick off my plate good. We went at lunch. Not very crowded and served our meal in under 10 minutes.

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Rebecca Sowinski

★ 5

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Alexis Fernandez

★ 5

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Keith Schmelling

★ 5

Great food. Fun bowling

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Daniel Karwowski

★ 5

We stopped in on a Monday night for a bite to eat and it was good! The service was excellent! Just love their small town places to eat! It was a little hard to find because it's inside a bowling alley and we were looking for just the restaurant so keep an eye out for it I included a picture of the sign outside!

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Heather Gross

★ 4

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Jason Snider

★ 5

I had a brother coming to town, that I hadn't been able to hang out with for many years. Apparently it was a slow night, so they had shut the kitchen down, but when he and I walked in, they turned everything back on just for us. Not even knowing the occasion was special to us...

Little did we know, how good the food would be! He had the sweet chili shrimp sandwich, and I had some kind of ultimate double decker burger. They were both INCREDIBLE!

Thanks so much for the excellent food, an excellent service Jonathan and Dawn. God bless you guys!

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David Schuelke

★ 5

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Rob Moore

★ 4

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Kevin Sather

★ 4

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Thomas Bayer

★ 5

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Shelly Knospe

★ 5

Always a great place to go for friday fish! Service is great and the staff are friendly. The Old Fashions are pretty good too.

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M Holzhueter

★ 5

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Vic - - Cheese Land

★ 2

Out for a Fish Fry. Had the beer battered shrimp...it was okay at best.
Their highly advertised "Traditional Old Fashioned" was so bad I left it behind. They use the (easy) premix ... it tasted like all premix...terrible.😖

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Art Kalina

★ 5

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Michael Goeden

★ 5

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James Bushor

★ 4

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Kay Johnson

★ 5

Stpped in Friday afternoon for fish fry. This is the one we have been looking for. Fish was awesome. Walleye cheeks were great. Selection of top shelf liquor best in area. Service friendly and fast. You have to try this place. We will be back soon

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Darlene Hall

★ 5

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Matthew Burkhardt

★ 5

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Jeff Klug

★ 4

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Patrik Dalka

★ 3

The works

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Jessi Pacetti

★ 5

We were in town to cater a wedding and had an amazing time two nights in a row!

Mary and Kevin did not disappoint in the kitchen! The food hit the spot and cooked to perfection. We went two nights in a row close to the end of food service due to our catering commitment and our servers, Hailey and Cole, took us in without complaint. Having been in the industry for many years, this is most server's pet peeve!

On the second night we met Tyler, the Assistant GM, who introduced us to a new vodka. Dawn was churning out old fashioneds for us that were off the chain! The one featuring Shanky's Whip was my favorite. Sue was by definition, all the best parts of midwest hospitality and we can't forget our good buddy Landon.

I highly recommend Center Grill!! You can even bowl if you want!

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Jim Moritz

★ 5

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Asherz ThaNerd

★ 5

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Keith Wildt

★ 5

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Lynelle Sampo

★ 5

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Krista Buchcuski

★ 5

We had the best experience ever! We were in town for a baseball tournament and had roughly 25 people in our party. My son (highly allergic to milk and egg) has never been treated with so much care and respect. Staff went above and beyond to accommodate. The chef was absolutely amazing. He not only came out and directly talked with us, but he made my son dairy and egg free chicken tenders and steak fries. Amazing. I can’t say enough about this establishment and employees. Top notch!!

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Dwayne Dachel (DachelFamily)

★ 5

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DW Hipke

★ 4

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Kaleb Schultz

★ 5

Clean!! And very tasty food!!!

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Kat Wol

★ 5

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Jessica Cegielski

★ 5

Great food, service and beer selection! Ordered the Honey BBQ Chicken tender basket and the Prime Rib Sandwich with side
Salad. Recommend both meals!

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Lisa King

★ 5

Had the shrimp scampi with a hot chocolate and shot of irish cream. They were delicious.
They have a nice bar with different drink varieties and you can even go bowling.

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Joy Taylor

★ 5

Had fish fry for lunch added 3 coconut shrimp. The 2 piece fish is 2 huge filets of perfectly fried lightly beer battered flakey fish. And the tarter! Thank God it isn't the sickening sweet tarter that is in a lot of restaurants. The coconut shrimp is actually coconut shrimp, not just panko breaded, which they served with a nice sweet chili sauce. The service was stellar and friendly.
We will go back for sure. This is NOT what you would expect in a bowling alley. The place is clean and comfortable and has a nice atmosphere aside from the bowling area.

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Philip Lone

★ 5

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Leroy Ellis

★ 5

Les and Jim’s is still the favorite Family place and the food was awesome put I must say Marks kids are great.

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Sara Morris

★ 5

Came from out of town. The sign wasn't real easy to spot as the bowling alley is in the same building and so you see that sign, but not so quickly the sign under. Glad we did though, as our lunch was delicious.we had a burger, a chicken tender sandwich, and a pulled pork sandwich, and a Flatbread appetizer. Buns very fresh.
Waitress with a smile and very efficient.

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John Chaja

★ 5

Fantastic food and drinks. Good prices and portions. Will definitely be back.

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Melissa D

★ 3

The food is good, a little expensive but usually worth the cost.
Fairly typical dinner menu items, burgers, fries, steaks, fish.
Unfortunately for us, my family's favorite items were the wraps and mac and cheese, which they no longer make since they revamped the menu.
We used to go here every other week for wraps and mac and cheese, but now it's just another place to get burgers and fish.

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Michael Greenlee

★ 4

If you want something in a hurry with great taste and looks amazing. Then you need to come try out the restaurant. Try it with a Blue Moon with a lemon.

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Mark Raymer

★ 4

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Anne J

★ 5

This is our new favorite restaurant in Merrill. The Fish fry is great, I love that you have the option of a loaded baked potato. The Pork Chop entree is something I would’ve never ordered, however, my Mom did and she had me try it and it is one of the best things I have ever eaten. Please don’t ever take that off the menu because it is GOLDEN. Another favorite of mine is their Tuscan gnocchi. Thank you for taking the food in Merrill to the next level.

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Trisha Severt

★ 5

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Kristi Davis

★ 5

Located in Les & Jim's Lanes Bowling Alley. Our 1st time visit, staff was beyond friendly. Even cook came out to chat. Had their amazing overload burger & salad. Both fantastic!! Clean modern atmosphere. Already planing our next trip back...we'll stay and go bowling next time too!

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Sally Woller

★ 5

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Cole

★ 5

Excellent food. The Center Grill serves great options from burgers, chicken wings, to more fancy options.

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Nate Klockow

★ 5

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Kelsey Keizur

★ 5

Fantastic, unassuming restaurant! My husband and I stopped in for late lunch and everything we ate (cheese curds, Caesar salad with crispy chicken, chicken sandwich) was excellent. We were a little surprised to realize the restaurant was in the bowling alley but soon learned it didn't affect the food quality at all. The manager was there at the same time and was incredibly generous and also let us try a Nashville hot chicken sandwich he was working on. Many of their menu items are made in-house, including all of the desserts. Would 100% recommend this spot!

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Manoj Moorjani

★ 5

My wife and I enjoyed a delicious Rib-eye steak dinner here and highly recommend this place. Excellent service and quality food.

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Donny

★ 5

I went here on a Saturday night around 9:00 the bar grill area was pretty slow so service was quickI ordered the Sriracha pulled pork sandwich and it came with fries the receiving pickles on itit was a great sandwich! will order againI called in my order before I got to the restaurant and it was ready by the time I got there about 5 mins.

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John Heuer

★ 3

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Jennifer Carlson

★ 3

Food was mediocre in flavor, but servings were large. Took a while for a waiter to acknowledge us.

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Steve McLenithan

★ 5

The fish fry and coconut shrimp were delicious!

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Jon Shimel

★ 5

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Brian Hurst

★ 5

I wouldn’t have thought the food in an unassuming bowling alley called Lincoln lanes in Merrill Wisconsin would have some of the best carrot cake ever had, but it did! Had the walleye cheeks - try them without tartar sauce first, they're that kind of Friday Fish Fry goodness. While the place won't impress on the style of the building or atmosphere of being open to the bowling alley, the food and the friendly, fun-loving staff are the real stories bring a review of five stars here. And the buttercream frosting on that carrot cake...just...yeah. Get it.

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Jameson Brickner

★ 5

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Jodie Wichlacz

★ 5

Great Friday Fish fry! Delicious food, worth the wait!! They have the BEST cheese curds! They get very busy on Friday night, get there early or expect to wait a while for your food. Not a problem if you don't mind having drinks and appetizers before hand. Highly recommend!

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Christina Hughes

★ 4

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Roberta Hanke

★ 5

Everything was perfect . I will definitely go again..thank u

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Mary Hart

★ 5

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John Winters

★ 1

It's a bowling alley not new York, I've eaten in 5 Star this ain't it, was better when bar cooked the food.

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Bourbon House

★ 5

The food here is shockingly good. Best chicken tenders we've ever had. Burgers, wraps, etc. Great food. Highly recommended.

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Patty Hagedorn

★ 5

I had grilled chicken salad & I LIKED that the lettuce was torn/cut in pieces & not just big leafs at the bottom of my meal! Good job chef!!!

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Mike Smith

★ 4

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Kari Pritzl

★ 5

If I could give this place 10 stars, I would! We called ahead with 10 minutes notice to seat our hockey team, expected 20-30 people. They checked with the kitchen and got us in right away! We ended up having close to 40 people come in our party, and the staff were so accommodating! The staff were exceptional, food was amazing, and pricing was fair, too!! Thank you so much for getting us in and out in time to have our kids ready for their next hockey game today!

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sue rasmussen

★ 5

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Bourbon House

★ 5

Excellent food! The chicken tenders are made in house and the fries are seasoned perfectly. Burgers, pizza, fresh salads and even steak and salmon on the dinner menu. Hidden gem in the bowling alley on Merrill's north side.

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Carla D

★ 3

Have a decent selection of drinks. Very busy. Prices were moderate to a little high. Lots of lanes open for bowling.

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Fernando Baeza

★ 4

Great food but a little pricey. Last time I spent 100 buck on 3 meals was not in a bowling alley but the food was on point.

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Todd Nofsinger

★ 5

My wife and I both had 12oz ribeyes; food was great, cost was little higher than most places in the area, but it was also nicer meal than most in area. Our server, Eryn, was great cheerful and polite. Manager lady even checked on us twice to see how food and drinks were. Cocktails were good, not to weak but not to strong either.

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Gabe Palmer

★ 5

The Sriracha bourban pulled pork sandwich is AWESOME !!!!!!!

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Donald Schofield

★ 4

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Dakota Vasa

★ 5

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Brenda

★ 5

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Reno Ares

★ 4

Good food, A Tad pricey.

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Karen Polacek

★ 4

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Jim Yingling

★ 5

Walleye cheeks and shrimp scampi

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Jane Rowe

★ 5

Our server was very nice and on top of everything.

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Lynn Klug

★ 5

Stopped for a late lunch, the service was great, Danielle was very pleasant, tried the flatbread for the first time, it was very good

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Dynamo Creative Marketing and Media

★ 5

For good food made just for you, try here.

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Scott Severt

★ 5

Amazing food. Best kept secret.

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Logan Muenchow

★ 5

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Theresa Hohman

★ 5

Food was soooo good and very friendly service. Definitely a place to go!!

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