Our Story
A fire took the original building in 2024. Twenty-two months later the bell rang again on Main Street — with better woodwork, our own beef, and two floors where there used to be one.
2024
It started at night and moved fast. By morning the original Old Main — the bar, the dining room, a century of walls — was gone to the foundation. Nobody was hurt. The town showed up with coffee before the smoke cleared.
The morning after the fire
2024–26
The decision to rebuild took a day. The rebuild took 22 months — new structure, new kitchen, and a second floor the old building never had. Twice, finished work came back out because it wasn’t right. That’s the standard everything else here is held to.
Rebuild framing
The herd
Somewhere in those months the family made the call that changed the menu: stop buying beef and serve their own. The cattle operation now supplies the kitchen directly. A dry-aging cabinet went in by the front door — the first thing you see, on purpose.
The wood
The bar top, the booths, the stair rail — milled and finished by the owners themselves. Along the staircase hangs a wall of Crete history photographs, gathered from families around town.
May 2026
Old Main reopened with two floors and one idea: fine dining below, a social floor above, a beer garden out back. The first weekend, the wait was two hours and nobody seemed to mind.
Opening month, Sunday brunch.
Come see it
Two floors, a beer garden, and a dry-ager by the front door. Book a table downstairs, or just walk up.
Or call (402) 418-7101
