(Part six in a series…)

Milo, Iowa was always going to be a last-minute decision. We were on a schedule, and Milo was about thirty minutes out of our way. But we ended up making good time and decided to go for it. I’m glad we did!

Heading down the main street, we came to an “obstruction” in the road.    We’ve seen these many, many times on our road trips — towns too small for a town square will often build something in the center of the main intersection in town.   In this case, a gazebo…

You can’t really tell in the photos, but downtown Milo was PACKED.   There were cars everywhere, I was amazed we were able to park as close as we did.   (We’d later find out there was a wedding reception underway.)

#11 (#746): Main Street Station

120 Main St.
Milo, IA 50166
(641) 942-6401

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The Main Street Station has multiple rooms, all in one big line. There were pool tables throughout. The bar itself is fairly small and about in the middle of the building, to the left of it is a kitchen.

After we got our beers we met the owners, Serena and Jeff. Our bartender’s name was Cindy. Jeff was busy working the pizza oven, while Serena and Cindy were making umbrellas in preparation for a luau.

The main feature of the menu is wood-fired pizza, using a pizza oven imported from Italy. Pizza was indeed part of our plan for the evening. They very nearly talked us into it, but we had already committed to another place later in the evening for our pizza fix.

So, instead, the bartender bought us Jell-o “shots”. And I use the term “shots” likely, because these suckers were H-U-G-E! Almost a meal in and of themselves. :) They had to be chewed up and eaten in several bites.
There had been a wedding reception underway across the street, and a couple of people from there came over to the Main Street Station about the time we were working on our Jell-o. We got to talking with them and when they heard of our barhopping adventures they bought us another round. Thanks!!! :)

The menu…

Serena demostrates the  train whistle…

Cindy realized how  far we went out of our way…

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We had suspected, and gotten confirmation from another customer at Main Street Station, that there was a second bar in town.   So we walked over to the Selby Grill…

Unfortunately, when we stepped inside, we found it packed wall-to-wall.   Mostly families with kids.   Lots and lots of kids.   Turns out they well ice cream here, and it was a very hot day.   So we decided to skip this one.

With both the detour, the Jell-o, and the extra round, this detour ended up taking us from an hour ahead of schedule to an hour behind schedule. But it was well worth it, this is where we had the most fun all day! Funny how the places that are the most out-of-the-way end up being the best.

We continued on down the road towards Indianola.   For real, this time…