The Best Beer Beef Stick Ever
While I’m feverishly editing my way towards the end of the documentary, I keep going through archives to find needed pictures, and every day I keep finding fun ones that had slipped my mind previously. Here’s a great place in Racine, kind of hidden if you’re not looking for it, called Brossman’s Meats and they … Continue reading
Benvenuto’s At The Holiday Inn Fon Du Lac
Todd Winkler, CEO of the Wisco Hotel Group, discusses how they got involved with opening new Benvenuto’s Restaurants (a Wisconsin based chain of Italian restaurants) at their Madison Holiday Inn location, and now at the Fon Du Lac Holiday Inn location. (Note: Music (C) Kevin MacLeod – http://www.incompetech.com – a fellow Wisconsinite and hell of … Continue reading
Wisconsin Supper Clubs: An Old-Fashioned Experience
Here’s a cool book I cam across on Amazon (via someone else sending it to me)… “Wisconsin Supper Clubs is a resource for and about supper clubs throughout Wisconsin that includes beautiful photographs of the unique supper club interiors, proprietors, and customers, as well as fascinating archival materials. Also recorded in this book are the regional … Continue reading
Random Wisconsin Cheese Things…
Rna across several photos of random Wisconsin Cheese Things that actually have on a smidgen to do with cheese and thought it would be fun to share. Seems like we’ll put the word CHEESE on nearly anything to get people’s attention, and probably because it works. After all, I took these photos didn’t I… * … Continue reading
We Love Wisconsin Cheese
There are so many wonderful cheese products to choose from in Wisconsin, so to vote on which one you love most is like picking your favorite child, but we get that it’s all in fun, so go vote and have fun with yet another great Cheesehead tradition. We love our frineds at Wisconsin Cheese and … Continue reading
Ella’s Deli & Ice Cream Parlor – Past, Present & Fantasy
I had the pleasure of dining with our dear friend Steve “The Owner” Tate at Ella’s Deli several months ago and it was quite the pleasing experience for a number of reasons, particular the great deli food and ice cream, but also the decor. So many things from the past and present on display, yet … Continue reading
Genuine Wisconsin Cheese Curds Imported For Rose Bowl
While imported may be the worst use of the word. since both Claifornia and Wisconin are part of the United States, it does imply that our Wisconsin cheese is so good that it feels as though it should be an import. Good to see out buddies at Ellsworth getting some national media attention. Here’s a … Continue reading
Wisconsin Cheese Curds In California
Seems as though my old stomping grounds in Orange County (California) is rife with good taste. I found these Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery cheese curds from Wisconsin in a Sprouts chain (sort of a Whole Foods, but nowhere near the price gouger) of gorcery and health food stores. They also had Henning’s chipotle cheddar there (Henning’s … Continue reading
Recently Discovered 40-Year-Old Wisconsin Cheddar
When Edward Zahn decided in May to close his cheese shop in Oconto, he made a discovery that is going to drive cheese lovers more bonkers than the 15-year-old cheddar released by Hook’s Cheese in Mineral Point in 2009. In the back of his walk-in cooler, Zahn, 73, found several wooden boxes of cheddar … Continue reading
John Hawks Pub in Milwaukee
Whenever I’ve got to Downtown Milwaukee to meet with my man Carlo at Marcus Theatres, we step downstairs to the John Hawks Brew Pub from some great English fair (or fish fry on the one Friday I was there). Love this place. Great food, great view of the river, espeecially if you sit out on … Continue reading
