Within a gift and antiques shop called the La Pine HiWay Center Marketplace is a little coffee and ice cream counter with a couple of tables for seating. It's the place in La Pine for espresso. A few fast-food places can be found along U.S. Highway 126 in Prineville. The pickup trucks line up in front of this old-time dinner house at the east end of town. This is Prineville's place to go for birthdays, anniversaries and weddings.
Service is very courteous and competent.
The dining room is traditional and graciously furnished in deep reds with white tablecloths. The first dining area is nonsmoking, but there is an equally large smoking area in the adjacent room. Dining to the sound of a gurguling river seems to make the food taste even better. The 16-ounce porterhouse steak and prime rib are the specialties. The garlic whipped potatoes with cream gravy or brown gravy are really good as well.