Food Fun Waukesha

Today is the beginning of Lent and for many of us in Wisconsin, it’s the unofficial kickoff to fish fry season. I enjoy fish fries year-round, but many restaurants up the ante during Lent and offer their fish fries more often or have more offerings. I want to share with you a few of my fave places around the area that I have enjoyed a fish fry. Thunder Bay Grille Fish Fry Spring City Restaurant/The Rox Bar – They have a full menu full of Fish Fry specials. I recommend the cod and the perch. The restaurant is a traditional family place, but if you want a more lively atmosphere,…

My company’s 30th Anniversary trip to Las Vegas (Tom is in the yellow hat) Two months have flown by since my last post, though it doesn’t feel like that to me. At the end of September, I found out some devastating news about my boss Tom–he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He was given a diagnosis of one to three months and this turned my world upside down. My boss, mentor, and friend of 13+ years wasn’t going to take treatment and would instead spend his remaining days surrounded with family and friends. His faith in God is like no other that I have witnessed. Just two months…

Yikes- August 24 was my last post to you guys – I’m sooooooo sorry. This year has been flying by and wedding planning has taken a forefront to my personal writing and downtime lately. But don’t worry, I have still gone out and enjoyed many places downtown with friends and family. Let’s start with some upcoming fun, then a quick recap of what I have been up to. And then I PROMISE that I will get more thorough blogs out on each of these topics below before November is over!!! First off – can you believe we are less than two months away from Christmas! The season is upon us.…

Daylee Public House is the brainchild of Simply Irresistible Catering’s owner, Megan Day. She was provided an opportunity last summer to lease a space on the west end of Main Street and expand her catering business into a bar and (soon) restaurant. The space is next door to Waukesha Tattoo Company and Megan did an amazing job with the design and decor. Simplistic but unique. I apologize for my darker images, but I promise you, it’s not that dark inside. She has a great combination of seating space and open areas to accommodate large grounds. This expanded space now allows her to host private parties, which is one way her…

I am a Carroll University (but back in my day College) alum and one of the places that I frequented on a Thursday night, for a few libations to relax after a stressful week of classes, was Club 400. That bar and Mulligans (now Spurs Saloon) were the closest bars to campus for the Carroll community to enjoy. I never ate food there during my college days, but it was shortly after I graduated and started my “real job” that I found out about the upstairs at Club 400 and spent many Thursday nights up there. On Thursdays and select weekend nights, the upstairs of Club 400 is open to…

Summertime in Wisconsin is when my grill really gets a workout. I am almost embarrassed to say my first gas tank on my grill lasted two years before fizzling out–with burgers on the grill! Maybe I just got lucky and got a super filled one? I really do grill a lot, but when it’s just two people (or sometimes one) you don’t need a ton of gas. And I have a Kwik Trip really close for exchanges, so those burgers never went to waste–the new tank was on before they could even cool down. July 4th is a grilling day across this great nation and I partake every year. Obviously…

Bullwinkle’s (Formerly known as Panos) is a sports bar and banquet facility just barely outside of the Waukesha city limits in Brookfield. I have been here a few times for both banquets and food, but I just tried the wings for the first time on my latest visit. Friends of ours had just returned from an amazing European vacation and we met up with them to catch up and hear all about the trip. We decided to grab a table in the bar area. If you ever want to watch a sporting event with friends, this is your place. There isn’t a seat in the bar that you can’t see…

Sky Above Pewaukee Beach Memorial Day weekend was very busy for us, but an absolute blast. I’m still recovering from all the fun, thus the delay in getting this post out. Here’s the breakdown starting with Thursday. Got home from work and went to his daughter’s school for their spring concert. After we headed to Murf’s for a bite to eat.  Murf’s in Waukesha Friday we both put in our eight work hours and ran for the doors for the weekend. We grabbed dinner with our friend Kacey at Rox Bar and Grille and then headed back to our place. The guys planned a movie night and I was along…

Brookfield Square has recently added five new spaces to the southeast end of the mall. Three of these spaces became restaurants and I have had the opportunity to try all three already. Jason’s Deli is like a Panera but add a salad bar. I will write more about this one another day. Blackfinn AmeriPub is a sportsbar-style restaurant with great unique eats and I will write about this one too in another post. Today I am focusing on Mooyah. I first found out about this franchise last year when I heard it was being added to the mall. I was curious what it was going to served but figured meat…

As you may or may not know, I was training for a half marathon earlier this year. I fell off the training plan with my busy lifestyle and ended up just doing the 5k instead. However, I still want to run a half marathon before my 35th birthday, so that gives me……140ish days to get it done. Training for a half marathon is quite complex and requires dedication, proper nutrition, and a variety of workouts. It’s not advised to just run to prep for a half marathon. Your body will be going through a lot during those 13.1 miles, so you need to make sure you prepare it properly. And…