Author Caleb Westphal

216 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Grainger’s Pub & Grill

February 23, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.The setting sun blinded my eyes as I turned off of Howard Avenue onto Loomis Road and into the p...

215 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Buck Bradley’s

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February 16, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Welcome to Lent, the time in Wisconsin when many religious folk—and some who aren't—eat fish fry...

214 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Leff’s Lucky Town

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February 9, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.It's all going to end. Maybe not this week, or the next week, but eventually it will end. Even i...

213 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Mr. J’s Lounge

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February 2, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Looking back at ten months of fish fry columns, it is apparent that one of the themes that I hav...

212 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: The Tracks Tavern & Grill

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January 26, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Well, it happened. Someone took the "Seriously, ask him to be in your band" line in my "About th...

211 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: The Hideaway Pub & Eatery

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January 19, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.The Hideaway Pub & Eatery (9643 S. 76th Street, Franklin, 414-525-1950) is no hideaway, at l...

210 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Slick Willies Bar And Grill

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January 12, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.On Fridays when I end up getting fish alone, I more often than not find myself at a barlike establ...

209 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Swingin’ Door Exchange

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January 5, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.The Mackie Building on Michigan Avenue has gone by a few names since it was completed in 1880. I...

The best Milwaukee fish frys of 2017 (according to a guy who ate one every Friday this year)

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December 29, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. In April 2017, he began writing a weekly column documenting and reviewing his latest fish fry destinations. Here are his top places for 2017, with exce...

208 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Ted’s Ice Cream & Restaurant

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December 29, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here.About a year ago I was given a copy of the Directory Of Wisconsin's Best Ma & Pa Restaurants, a p...

207 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Just Art’s Saloon

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December 22, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here."Was möchten Sie gerne?" the man behind the bar asked me as I sat down."Ah, that's German, right?...

206 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Gard’s

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December 15, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here.This week I ventured to Gard's (7170 W Burleigh St., 414-442-4280). The restaurant and lounge is loca...

205 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Coach’s Pub ‘N’ Grill

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December 8, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here.As I drove south on South 13th Street from Layton Avenue, I could see cars lined up on both sides of ...

204 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Club Tavern (Menasha)

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December 1, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.The Friday after Thanksgiving became my third week in a row outside of Milwaukee for a fish fry. I ...

203 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Moose Inn (Wautoma)

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November 24, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.Each year in late November I have a tradition where I read books outside in the cold until I shiver...

202 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Blanck’s Lake Aire (Fond du Lac)

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November 17, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.A wedding once again took me out of town this past Friday. This time, Friday wasn't the day of a re...

201 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Points East Pub

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November 10, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.I had been pretty tensed up last Friday and couldn't pinpoint why that was. Earlier in the day I ha...

200 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Dobie’s

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November 3, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.For what was at least my 200th consecutive Friday fish fry, I decided to invite people who have bee...

199 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Valley Inn

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October 27, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.By the afternoon of Friday #199, my stomach was feeling a little uneasy, and I made myself some lem...

198 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Range Line Inn

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October 20, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.This past spring I had a fish fry at Chuck's Place, and during the drive home my wandering fish fry...