In January of 2018 I started my Fish Fry Review series. It was a nice little series, full of fish and potatoes and repulsive slices of rye b…
Grassway Organics Pizza Review
There are lots of pizza places in this area. There are many more places that also serve pizza. The pizza places have checkered tablecloths …
Upper Crust Pizza Review
I’m still not sure there is a “Pell Lake”. I’ve heard of it. I’ve seen signs for it. I’ve read rumors of…
The Boat House Pizza Review
It’s hard not to judge a restaurant by its location. If Oakfire had been built in Elkhorn with a view of the Burger King, rather than …
Oakfire Pizza Review
One year ago, I stopped writing fish fry reviews. Over the following weeks, I was often asked why I didn’t crown a winner. Why, after …
Holi Cannoli Pizza Review
During this pizza series, one place was the most consistently and aggressively recommended to me: Holi Cannoli. You know how I feel about …
JoJo’s Pizza Review
There’s a particular scene in Django Unchained that finds a group of men in the midst of preparing for a raid. The reason for the raid…
Gino’s East Pizza Review
Monday night found me in Burlington for my son’s baseball game. Since I was in Burlington I asked a few people for their opinions as t…
Vesuvio’s Pizza Review
This is the tenth week in a row I’ve eaten pizza. One week, I ate pizza three times. If you think this is why my shirts are tighter th…
Larducci’s Pizza Review
On Sunday night I watched a documentary about the ills of an animal based diet. Dairy products are full of puss, the pork industry ruined t…
Siemer’s Cruise In Pizza Review
I was already in Hebron. Hebron, the place where they won that basketball championship so many years ago. The place that’ll be damned …
Wisconsin Kringle Company Pizza Review
I remember when this place first opened. I had a friend considering putting a donut shop into this odd building on the corner of the Lake Ge…
Nayeli’s Pizza Review
In a well known, oft admired scene in The Great Outdoors, Buck Ripley is shooting pool at a local, Northwoods bar. His introduction to Cam…
Pino’s Pizza Review
If you went to the Next Door Pub and the Next Door Pub was in Walworth, but instead of being in a restaurant space the restaurant is in the …
Rosati’s Pizza Review
More than fifty years ago, in a suburb of Chicago, a member of the Rosati family opened a pizzeria. Years later, a franchise model was born,…
Lake Geneva’s Best Pizza
On December 17th, I decided to try the Keto diet. The timing was complicated, so close to Christmas, a holiday revered in my family for its …
Ivan’s On The Square Fish Fry Review
The full title of this restaurant might be “Ivan’s On The Square Unique Dining”, but there’s a similar chance that i…
West Wind Diner Fish Fry Review
In the spirit of full disclosure, I have a thing for restaurants that offer Tater Tots as a side. When a choice of potato is offered, it…
Crandall’s Fish Fry Review
Old people get a bad rap for eating early. Younger people flaunt their late eating habits as though they’ve made it into some exclusiv…
Abbey Springs Yacht Club
This fish fry thing has become a problem for me. It’s not even a problem that I was required to consider, which makes it even worse. I…
Novak’s Fish Fry Review
On one hand, I should have probably visited France before I turned 40. Maybe it would have been more interesting if I had been 20 years old,…
Daddy Maxwell’s Fish Fry Review
I’ve purposefully avoided reviewing Daddy Maxwell’s. The reasoning for this avoidance was complicated, I suppose. Daddy Maxwell…
Fish Fry Problems
I might eat a fish dinner on a Friday. That fish dinner might be amazing. Tender, white fleshed fish, crisp, moist potato pancakes. Maybe ev…
Freddie’s West End Fish Fry Review
Lake Como used to be known as Duck Lake, which I contend is a better name. It should have kept it. I had a cousin who once changed her name,…
Trout House Fish Fry Review
Travel down any of these wide roads that lead to other towns and other states, and you’ll likely find something from here, there. Ther…
South Shore Bar Fish Fry Review
I was born in Elkhorn. Raised in Williams Bay. Then I lived in Linn Township, Geneva Township, Delavan Township, Fontana, and now Walworth T…
Mars Resort Fish Fry Review
A man and his wife sat at the corner table and argued over the bark on a tree. Half way down, he insisted. She responded with something abo…
Whiskey Ranch Fish Fry Review
There’s a certain thing about a restaurant name that sets the tone for diner expectations. If you visit a restaurant called Whiskey Ra…
Abbey Springs Yacht Club Fish Fry Review
I take some offense to the term “yacht club”. It’s a bit over the top, a bit ostentatious. A bit too much. There are boat…
Culver’s Fish Fry Review
I was a bit nervous about having to write this review. It reminded me of the time I decided to go visit Harbor Country for the first time, j…
Lake Geneva Yacht Club Fish Fry Review
Sometimes, dive bars aren’t where it’s at. They’re fun, the irony of it all, of the dated this and the out of style that. …
Harpoon Willies Fish Fry Review
Last Friday marked my twelfth consecutive Friday night fish fry, at my twelfth different restaurant. The process of deciding which establish…
Pino’s Fish Fry Review
Pino’s Last Call has been a Walworth dining option for more than 30 years. I’ve eaten their pizza many times, and count it among…
Crafted Americana Fish Fry Review
You’ll be forgiven if you have no idea what a Crafted Americana is. It might be a beer or an ice cream sundae or an antique shop or a…
Popeye’s Fish Fry Review
I called ahead. It was 5:50 pm and I figured I’d arrive at Popeye’s with my party of six sometime just after 6. I learned many …
The Village Supper Club Fish Fry Review
From Friday to Friday, one side of Delavan Lake to the other, I turned into the parking lot at the Village Supper Club at 5 pm sharp. Early,…
Lake Lawn Lodge Fish Fry Review
We pulled into the Village Supper Club parking lot at 6:20 pm. Everyone else had pulled in at least a few minutes before that. The large lot…
The Abbey Waterfront Fish Fry Review
We intended to arrive as a party of seven sometime around 6 pm. Having been rebuffed in my dinner attempt on the prior Friday, I called ahea…
Gordy’s Fish Fry Review
I am a creature of habit. This means I do certain things the same way, for better or for worse, with amazing consistency. Perhaps my most no…
Vail Fish Fry Review
The woman on the chairlift said her boyfriend was filming something in some other mountain town. He’s a skier, like her. She was happ…
The Big Foot Inn Fish Fry
There is risk in trying a new restaurant. When given the menu choice between discovering something new and retreating to the familiar, I opt…
Pier 290 Friday Fish Fry
There are many things that set Lake Geneva apart from its so-called competition. The water quality, the housing stock, the liquidity; all ar…
Friday Fish Fry
The problem with restaurant reviews is that they’re generally written by people who wish not to offend the restaurant. If we were in a…