J. J. Hills Menus   Appetizers & Salads Burgers & Pasta Barbecue, Steak & German Kids Menu  Beverages and Wine List Group Park & Dine Menu Catering Menus   Download PDF Catering Menu Upcoming Events: Reservations required Winemakers Salmon Bakes: June 13 - with La Toscana Winery... Wine tasting at 5pm, dinner at 6pm July 11 - with Eagle Creek Winery August 1 - with Wedge Mountain Winery September 5 -  with Berghof Keller Winery

J. J. Hills Restaurant and Wine Bar captures Leavenworth's beginnings as a railroad town. Join us for fine dining in a relaxed atmosphere, and select from BBQ ribs, Steaks, German favorites, full cocktail service and a children's menu.

All soups, sauces, dressings, desserts, and entrees are made from scratch in-house. Specialty sausages are ordered through Bavarian Meats, an award winning family run sausage factory.

Enjoy the history of the Great Northern Railroad, old Leavenworth photos, and the model train circling the dining room!

Wine Bar: Enjoy a glass of local wine or a cocktail in Leavenworth's new wine bar before dinner at J. J. Hills.

Daily hours are 4:30pm - 9:30pm for both J. J. Hills Restaurant and for Room Service at the Icicle Inn.

Please call 509-548-8000 to reserve tables for large group dining, and call sales at 800-558-2438 for banquet rooms.

Timothy Wick, our executive chef, comes from a long background of serving customers.  He has built on his reputation as executive chef at Desert Canyon and specializes in meeting guests needs in the restaurant and catering functions.

James Jerome Hill "The Empire Builder"

J. J. Hills Restaurant is named for James Jerome Hill, The "Empire Builder" who first brought the railroad through Leavenworth.  Come and see the many historic pictures and memorabilia regarding the Great Northern Railway, and enjoy the model train circling the dining room!

Arguably the most colorful of all transcontinental railroads was the Great Northern. Even today, more than 30 years after the merger with the Burlington Northern, the "Big G" is still a favorite of railroad fans the world over.
 
Many towns and cities owe their very existence to James J. Hill's driving ambition to forge through the Cascade Mountains in order to complete his dream of northern transcontinental railroad.

Leavenworth is just such a town. Built solely around the Great Northern Railroad's east side entrance to the Cascade Mountains, the town was platted in 1893 by a group of financiers headed by "Captain" Charles F. Leavenworth.

James J. Hill - 1910
(Minnesota Historical Society Collection)