Round the Bend Steakhouse isn’t your normal steakhouse. It sits atop a hill outside Ashland, Neb., surrounded by scenic views while sporting a hard-to-miss sign advertising its annual “Testicle Festival.”
Yes, this is the place many Omahans and Nebraskans know as the home of Rocky Mountain oysters, beef fries or whatever else you want to call them. Before this review, I had never tried one. As I like to say, I’ll try just about anything once. More on this later.
Round the Bend’s modern-day story starts in 1995, when Ron Olson bought the restaurant without telling his wife, Vickie. It was an impulse purchase by a serial entrepreneur. Once Vickie cooled off, the steakhouse became a family affair.
The original Round the Bend was down the hill in South Bend before Ron opened the current hilltop location in 2003, turning the steakhouse into the destination it is today…