The Norske Nook

The original Norke Nook in Osseo, WI. 7/13/25

On the way home from Eau Claire Sunday, we stopped in Osseo for breakfast at Norske Nok 

At one point there were four Norske Nook restaurants. We're blessed in the Madison area to have one in nearby DeForest, the third location is in Rice Lake.

The original, original location in Osseo was across the street. When the new restaurant was built in the 1990s, for a while they used both locations.

An insurance client of mine while we lived in the area was the sister of the woman who founded Norske Nook. 

It was more than a place to take out-of-town guests, we liked taking the two boys there for a special treat. For a couple years, I took turns taking one of the boys to the Nook for breakfast.

My parents loved Norske Nook. Dad would usually order a slice of sour cream raisin pie after breakfast. Sunday morning, there were three tables of men going home from a tournament in Eau Claire. They not only planned to eat a slice with breakfast, they collectively ordered more than a dozen pies home to their families.

French toast w/a side of bacon. 5/13/25 dwm

 I had a simple order Sunday morning, french toast (sourdough bread) with an order of crisp bacon. 

 There is a quality to the food when it comes from a 'scratch' kitchen. The best thing about the bacon is that "all bacon should taste like this." The french toast had a light quality that didn't have me feeling heavy afterward.

 When it was time to go, we let the guys go home with the pies because we had two of the restaurant's 6-inch diameter chocolate chip cookies.

 Topping the experience, there were still workers we remembered from our time in the area twenty years ago. 

There's a reason Norske Nook has been luring people off Interstate 94 for years; do yourself a favor and turn right when you see the Osseo exit.