SCENIC RAIL DINING
Good Food and a Great RideListed below you will find a variety of dining experiences that will be offered during the 2009 season. Each of these events will feature the very best food served to you onboard one of our historic climate controlled dining cars. You are sure to delight in the service and the train ride. All dinner trains require advance ticket purchase. Click on the links below and order your tickets today!
Regular Dining Experiences
Tony's Riverside Family Pizza Train - (May 7 - October 30)
One of our most popular trains each year is our Family Pizza Train. Tony's Riverside in Spooner continues to supply their famous pizza for this great family train. This train is available weekly during our season usually on Saturday at Noon with extra trains on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 5 pm during July and August. The pizza train features a 16 mile, 2 hour roundtrip aboard our historic train, 1/2 pizza per person and a complimentary beverage of your choice. Make your reservations today for this memorable dining experience.
Adult (Age 13+) $23.00 Child (Age 3-12) $17.00 Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2-5 Children) $80.00 Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only 2 Available) $10.00
Elegant Dinner Train - Saturday Night at 6 pm - (April 4 - October 24, 2009)
(November 28 - December 26, 2009)The Elegant Dinner Train features dinner service in our climate controlled, mahogany interior dining car from 1918. The cash bar opens in the club car one hour prior to departure to get your experience off to a great start. Immediately after departure from the Depot passengers will be seated for dinner. Dinner begins with a sampling of Wisconsin Cheeses, dinner salad, our signature French Onion Soup, choice of Prime Rib, Stuffed Chicken Breast, or North Atlantic Salmon, and finish with your choice of scrumptious desserts. After dinner enjoy quiet conversation at your table or move back to the club car and dance to sounds of the 60's, 70's, and 80's.
Prime Rib Dinner $50.00 Prosciutto Gouda Stuffed Chicken Breast Dinner $50.00 North Atlantic Salmon Dinner $50.00 Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2 Available)$10.00
Sunday Brunch Train - Sunday at Noon - (April 5 - October 4, 2009)
(November 29 - December 27, 2009)Enjoy a very special buffet lunch onboard our period dining cars on this 3-hour roundtrip. This buffet meal features a salad bar, choice of meats, biscuits & gravy, pancakes, french toast, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, chefs choice vegetables, fresh dinner rolls, mini muffins, mini danish, and your choice of coffee, iced tea, lemonade, juice or milk. This dining option requires passengers to serve themselves at our buffet.
Adult (Age 13+) $35.00 Child (Age 3-12) $25.00 Family Ticket
(2 Adults & 3-5 Children)$120.00 Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2 Available)$10.00
Special Dining Events
Great Brunch Buffet - Mother's Day & Father's Day (12 noon departure)
Celebrate your parents on their special day by treating them to a very special buffet lunch on this 30-mile roundtrip from Spooner to Springbrook. As the train departs Spooner Depot, you are seated in the dining car to begin your lunch experience. This buffet meal features a salad bar, choice of meats, biscuits & gravy, pancakes, french toast, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, chefs choice vegetables, fresh dinner rolls, mini muffins, mini danish, and your choice of coffee, iced tea, lemonade, juice or milk. This dining option requires passengers to serve themselves at our buffet. You will love the scenery as the train passes through Wisconsin's north woods, along the beautiful Namekagon River, over the Bean Creek Trestle, and along the shore of Green Lake.
Adult (Age 13+) $35.00 Child (Age 3-12) $25.00 Family Ticket (2 Adults & 3-5 Children) $120.00
Barbeque Train - (Wednesdays 5:00 pm July 1 - August 19, 2009)
Passengers will be treated to a giant barbecue buffet including: grilled chicken, hot dogs & hamburgers, bratwurst & sauerkraut, campfire beans, corn on the cob, rip roarin' cowboy chili, potato salad & 'slaw, fruit salad, watermelon and lemonade & Iced Tea during this ride on our historic train.
Adult (Age 13+) $35.00 Child (Age 3-12) $25.00 Family Ticket
(2 Adults & 3-5 Children)$120.00 Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2 Available)$10.00
Great Thanksgiving Buffet - Thursday, November 26, 2009 (12 noon departure)
Give thanks for your family and friends by treating them to a very special buffet lunch on this 30-mile roundtrip from Spooner to Springbrook. As the train departs Spooner Depot, you are seated in the dining car to begin your lunch experience. This buffet meal features: a salad bar, roasted turkey, ham, mashed potatoes & gravy, wild rice pilaf, stuffing, corn o'brien, dilled baby carrots, fresh dinner rolls, and your choice of coffee, iced tea, lemonade, or milk. There's even pumpkin pie for desert. You will love the scenery as the train passes through Wisconsin's north woods, along the beautiful Namekagon River, over the Bean Creek Trestle, and along the shore of Green Lake.
Adult (Age 13+) $35.00 Child (Age 3-12) $25.00 Family Ticket
(2 Adults & 3-5 Children)$120.00 Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2 Available)$10.00
Santa's Pizza Party - Saturday 12:00 pm departure - (November 28 - December 19, 2009)
Santa's Pizza Party is a popular new way to celebrate the holiday season with your kids because it combines everyone's favorite meal with a scenic train ride and a visit with Santa. Year after year Tony's Riverside, the popular Spooner gathering place, cooks up the best pizza around and delivers it hot to the train. Your ticket aboard Santa's Pizza Party Train includes the 2 1/2 hour train ride, 1/2 pizza per person and your first soda, a visit with Santa in his private car, a special gift for each child, and a holiday cookie and hot chocolate on the return trip. Family rate includes 2 adults and 3-5 children, 2 pizzas and a soda for each person. Make your reservations for this family favorite.
Adult (Age 13+) $30.00 Child (Age 3-12) $20.00 Family Ticket
(2 Adults & 3-5 Children)$100.00 Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2 Available)$10.00
Additional Dinner Trains may be added during the season.
Please check back for announcements.