Hickory Tree Restaurant
We had just eaten in Lindsborg, but just up the road in Smolan, there’s a restaurant, the Hickory Tree, located in the old school. This would be a fun place to try sometime.
It has limited hours: Friday and Saturday, 5-9. Sundays 11-2.
Found the following information here:
The old school building in Smolan, Ks, built in 1926, has been transformed into a restaurant that offers a unique dining experience. This building is like a museum and restaurant all into rolled into one.
Guests will be able to dine at tables located on the original basketball court where old school activities were played. The old style themed classrooms located on the 3rd floor are available on special reserve for private parties. Almost every wall located in the building is decorated with old school memorabilia from 1926 to the present date. A large portion of the items have been donated by Kansas schools and regular patrons.
The restaurant menu consists of slow, hickory smoked brisket, pork chops, pork ribs & chicken, along with homemade side dishes & desserts. Many say its the best smoked meats they have had.
The restaurant is open from 5pm - 9pm Friday & Saturday & 11am to 2pm on Sunday. Call us today to schedule catering for private parties & large corporate events. Find us at 3rd & Walnut (304 E. Walnut) in Smolan, KS. 785-668-2164.
Filed under: small towns, vittles on January 31st, 2008
Oh yeh, I’m up for that one. When do we go? We can car pool from Emporia, reserve a room or just experience the dining room/gym. What a great, no -terrific idea for a school renovation!!! I’ll have to keep that one in mind for Garnett. One could probably even live in a couple of the rooms if they remodeled it into an apartment.
My DD was out west in Oregon or Washington and her group stayed at an old school. It was a bed & breakfast maybe or a hotel. She said her room was an old classroom and still had the blackboards on the wall. The gym had stuffed chairs and couchs and was a “movie” room. I thought it sounded wonderful!
Oh gosh, did we talk about this here? Or did I see it someplace else? Someone had bought an old school and was using it as an artist’s retreat. It was neat with the chalk boards still up and it still looked like a school room, with a bed. Then the artist’s set up whatever they needed, as I recall. Writers could have a desk with whatever, painters an easel, sewers a sewing machine and table. Whatever they needed, as I recall.
If I find it again, I’ll post the link.
Janet
Harveyville project is that what you were talking about?????? The artist project???
When we were doing Inn setting in Cripple Creek, Co. they redid an old school into a top notch B & B!
http://harveyvilleproject.com/
When we had an Inn sitting company this is the old school at Cripple Creek, Co. we did our Inn sitting at———-
http://www.carrmanor.com/
Yes, I think it was the harveyville project. I’d love to see that in person. Someday.
The girl who bought the school house is very friendly——— very friendly—-very nice——-I saw her one day last summer at the pop machine in down town Harveyville——– & she said to me–/are you new to this community???? I said I’m here visiting my daughter who lives outside of town—– she said– I didn’t think I knew you—— I told her –I knew who she was from her web site—— & she invited me to stop by anytime!!!!!!!!!
(Then she said to me——– I knew from your short spiked hair cut & how you were dressed you were not from here & then she laughed!!!!!! ) (And I said well from your tattoos I knew you were NEW to the community & we both laughed! )