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People Drive Out Of Their Way For The Fresh Meat At This Wisconsin Butcher Shop

A butcher shop that calls itself the maker of a famous five-foot summer sausage deserves your full attention. Five feet. That is taller than plenty of sixth graders. The sausage is only the opening act. This old-fashioned shop also stocks thirteen kinds of bacon and twelve flavors of snack sticks.

Wisconsin · 3d
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Wendt's is closing and 5 more top Fond du Lac stories from October

FOND DU LAC – October brought fall in full swing to Fond du Lac, as well as some business and other developments. The most-read local stories from October ranged from an upcoming closure of a beloved restaurant to the best local bars for watching sports. Here's what to catch up on from last month. Read more: Share your nominations for People of the Year in Fond du Lac Wendt's on the Lake winds down business before winter Wendt's on the Lake management announced Oct. 16 the restaurant will close after Nov. 21, marking an end to the 64-year-old family business. Fritz and Cynthia Wendt opened the business in 1962, laying the groundwork for what Wendt's is known for today: a gathering spot for fish fry enthusiasts, anglers coming right off Lake Winnebago and sturgeon spearing participants and spectators. Latest property transfers: Fond du Lac County property transfers include $921,800 sale | Exclusive Applebee's prepares comeback in original location Applebee's is coming back to the Johnson Street location it left in 2020, but IHOP isn't going anywhere. Instead, the two brands will occupy the space together as a dual-branded franchise. Franchisee Sam Soleimani, president and CEO of Siyavoush Soleimani Group, anticipates

Fond Du Lac, WI · 3d

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This Wisconsin Restaurant Has A Buffet So Legendary That Locals Guard It Like A Secret Treasure

Some secrets are meant to be shared, and the buffet at Colonial House Supper Club in Kaukauna is exactly that kind of secret. Except the locals have been trying to keep this one all to themselves for years, and honestly, you can’t really blame them. There’s something almost sacred...

Kaukauna, WI · 3d
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Remember Hopp's? Waupun's famous pizza and Dutch windmill

WAUPUN – A common sentiment in Waupun's dining scene is that the city has been lucky with pizza restaurants. Martha and Jim Hopp opened Hopp's Restaurant on Fond du Lac Street in 1965, quickly finding the means in 1969 to move to its longtime West Main Street location, where Main Street Bistro & Bakery stands today. Read more: Remember when Fond du Lac's Ghosts of Galloway brought genuine frights? The Hopps ran the business as a mom-and-pop restaurant with a full menu of homemade favorites and a welcoming space to enjoy a cup of coffee, according to The Reporter archives. The atmosphere and the soup and pie specials helped many local seniors liken it to Fond du Lac's gathering spot Schreiner's on Interstate 41. Weekday breakfast service was often frequented by retirees who got together to solve the world's problems over bottomless coffee and doughnuts. By the 1990s, waitresses started referring to them as "The Board." The most popular menu item, however, was the pizza, made from scratch with a secret recipe. Read more: Ransom's Restaurant in Fond du Lac spent 20 years near the Forest Mall Second generation leaned into Dutch origins Jim Hopp died in 1988, and Martha

Waupun, WI · 2d

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Steaming Trays of Crab Legs Keep Coming Out at This All-You-Can-Eat Wisconsin Seafood Buffet

Some of the best meals in Wisconsin hide inside buildings that look completely ordinary from the parking lot. This one used to be a Greek family restaurant, and nothing about the outside hints at the parade of crab legs waiting inside. Staff carry out fresh trays again and again, and...

Greenfield, WI · 8d

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8 Wisconsin Butcher Shops That Make Quality Meat Easier On Your Budget

One Wisconsin meat counter sits right on a university campus, and the cuts come from a meat science program where students help with the work. I love that detail. Your steak might have a little homework behind it. That shop opened in 2020, and it runs on weekday hours only....

Wisconsin · 2d

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10 Wisconsin Pizza Places Where Budget Conscious Diners Can Still Eat Well

One pizzeria on this list sells a two-slice lunch special for less than a movie ticket. Another sells pies up to 28 inches across. I had to read that number twice. Cheap pizza usually means sad pizza. Not here. These shops serve huge New York slices, cracker-thin crusts, and family...

Wisconsin · 3d

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How This Small Pizza Restaurant Built a LEGENDARY Local Following in Milwaukee, WI

Open, Sun - Thu 11PM- 10 PM | Closed Wed. Milwaukee has plenty of pizza stories, but Zaffiro’s begins with two East Side brothers, a neighborhood bar, and a very thin crust. Liborio “Bobby” Zaffiro opened the Farwell Avenue restaurant in 1954, starting with just a few tables and a service bar.

Milwaukee, WI · 2d

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The Old-School Wisconsin Meat Market That Locals Prefer To Keep To Themselves

Every sausage link here gets hand-twisted seven times. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a machine doing the work either. The brats come in more than 40 varieties, including Bacon Cheeseburger and Hawaiian. Two brick smokehouses fire up with real hardwood sawdust every weekday. Those same smokers...

Appleton, WI · 1d

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Walking Into Wolf’s Den In Sheboygan Feels Like Wisconsin Before Chain Restaurants Took Over

Some Sheboygan families have been eating at the same counter for almost forty years, and the grill still runs on real charcoal. There are no glowing drive-thru menus here, no loyalty app, and no card reader at the register. This south side spot is a reminder of how Wisconsin ate...

Sheboygan, WI · 19h

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New Piggly Wiggly owner excited to energize De Pere, Kaukauna stores

De Pere and Kaukauna Piggly Wiggly shoppers can expect an experience "above and beyond your normal Piggly Wiggly," according to the stores' future owners . Fox Bros. Piggly Wiggly on Nov. 2 announced it would purchase the stores at 300 E. Ann St., Kaukauna, and 575 Swan Road, De Pere, effective Jan. 31. Mike Olwig, the company's president, said the 100% employee-owned grocery chain turns its special sales, like a one-day meat sale and bratfest, into full-blown events. "We do it above and beyond your normal Piggly Wiggly," Olwig said. "We like to have fun with them. It’s definitely an event in the store." Olwig said the company will look to infuse the same energy into the Kaukauna and De Pere stores next year. The two stores will be the 12th and 13th stores Hartland-based Fox Bros. owns and operates. They'll be the first two in northeastern Wisconsin. When the opportunity arose to buy the two stores from Stoneridge Meat and Country Market, Fox Bros. was excited for the opportunity to continue to grow. "What better way than into new markets? We were excited about that," Olwig said. He sees it as a win-win-win proposition: The company expands its operations,

De Pere, WI · 2d

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These Crab Cakes Are Giving Wisconsin Seafood Lovers A Reason To Return

Crab cakes sit on the same appetizer list as homemade sauerkraut balls and a Bavarian Scotch egg. That lineup alone tells you this kitchen enjoys a little friendly chaos. The building dates back to 1948, and one family kept the lights on starting in 1967. I love it when a place carries that much history without acting stuffy about it.

Appleton, WI · 1d

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Wisconsin Claims Two Spots In Top Fifty-five Foodie Cities In US

Madison and Milwaukee both cracked the top 55 foodie cities in America, with Milwaukee coming in ahead of Chicago by one spot.

Wisconsin · 1d

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Sheboygan Winter Farmers Market Opens Nov. 7 With FoodShare Access

Food / Sheboygan Winter Farmers Market Opens Nov. 7 With FoodShare Access. Sheboygan, WI — November 6, 2026. The Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization’s 2026–27 Winter Farmers Market opens Saturday, November 7, at First Congregational Church UCC, 310 Bluff Avenue, in Sheboygan. The market is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon, with fresh and handmade products from local farmers and vendors.

Sheboygan, WI · 1d

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Pick 'n Save, Metro Market and 1000+ volunteers pack 1 million meals ahead of the holidays

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- November is here and that means holiday meals and a lot of grocery shopping. With food prices at an all-time high, local grocery stores and organizations are stepping up to help. Metro Market and Pick 'n Save teamed up with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin on Thursday,...

Milwaukee, WI · 2d

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6 Things That Happen at a Wisconsin Cheese Plant Before Sunrise

On Nov. 4, the sun rises over Fremont at 6:37 a.m. At Union Star’s cheese plant, the milk’s been in the pasteurizer since around 4. Here’s what happens at a Wisconsin cheese plant before sunrise. 1. Cheesemakers Clocking In. A cheese plant’s workday can start hours before...

Wisconsin · 3d

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Target Remodel Expands West-Side Grocery Options

Target’s west-side Sturgeon Bay store completed a six-month interior renovation this fall that expanded its grocery offerings. The 63,444-square-foot store did not expand its footprint during the remodeling, which began in March and wrapped up in mid-September. Store director Ben Hubing said Target has been investing $5 billion nationally in its brick-and-mortar stores.

Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2d

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Send a Taste of Wisconsin with Simon’s Cheese Gift Baskets

Ben from Simon's Cheese joined Fox 11 Living with some of the beautiful gift baskets they have available to order or grab at the store right now for the holiday season! You can also create your own gift boxes with one of a kind items and have them shipped. Visit...

Little Chute, WI · 1d

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Wisco Sips rolls out Thanksgiving menu, with Christmas drinks already percolating

HOBART (WLUK) -- A local coffee shop is brewing up something sweet for the fall season. Wisco Sips has a variety of hot and cold drinks on its menus at its locations in Hobart and Ledgeview. Mother-daughter duo and owners of Wisco Sips, Jennifer and Irelyn Hintz, say they just...

Hobart, WI · 1d

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The No-Frills Bakery In Wisconsin That Serves The Most Legendary Donuts You Will Ever Taste

Nobody put up a neon sign visible from the highway, nobody hired a publicist, and nobody needed to, because Simple Simon Bakery in Appleton, Wisconsin has been earning its reputation one donut at a time. Word travels fast when something is this good. Let’s start with the outside, because the...

Appleton, WI · 6d