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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...
The Marshfield Winter Farmers Market is opening for their second season on Saturday, November 7th, 2026, and will be held at the Second Street Community Center (211 E 2nd Street, Marshfield, WI 54449) from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. The market will feature around 20 vendors selling food items like...
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.
There are bucket list items that require a passport, a plane ticket, and a very understanding bank account, and then there’s Cashton, Wisconsin. This tiny Amish town in Monroe County delivers the kind of homemade food and soul-settling scenery that belongs right alongside anything else you’ve ever put on that list.
Monkey bread split into five sections, swimming in caramel sauce, and served with butterscotch on the side. That is a real breakfast order here. I can’t decide if it’s dessert or a dare. The hash browns get stuffed, too. Pulled ham and cheddar is one option. Goat cheese...
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...
A supper club that first opened its doors in November 1937 still runs a different buffet almost every night of the week. Seafood on Friday. A meat lovers spread on Saturday. Brunch on Sunday morning. As it happens, the place shuts down only one day a year, and that day...
Somebody put mac and cheese on a pizza back in 2001, and it became the best-selling slice ever. That single bold idea still drives hungry crowds to one corner near a state capitol. The menu doesn’t stop there. You’ll find slices topped with ravioli, cheesy potatoes, nacho fixings, and BBQ...
One Wisconsin diner serves veggie meatloaf inside a renovated gas station. Another hands out free Kool-Aid with po’ boys. This list starts strange and only gets better. The food here is the stuff of rainy Tuesdays and long road trips. Booyah by the bowl. Chicken and waffles beside blues...
Step outside on a November night near the Mississippi, and you might hear tundra swans calling high overhead. Most Wisconsinites never look up, and they miss what the swans are up to on the river. Here’s what tundra swans do along the Mississippi every November that most Wisconsinites never see....
Grilled pineapple shows up on a skewer, gets carved right at your table, and somehow counts as part of a steakhouse dinner. That alone should tell you this meal plays by different rules. Carvers in gaucho style keep circling the dining room with rotisserie-grilled meats. They slice each cut onto...
A kitchen in Wisconsin hand de-bones a roast half duck, then pairs it with scratch stuffing and homemade duck gravy. That’s not a weekend project, it’s a house specialty. The plate also comes with cranberry compote, so sweet and tart both get a seat at the table. Meanwhile, hand-painted murals started in 1933 cover the dining room walls around you.
Wisconsin gets plenty of attention for cheese curds and Friday fish fry, but its roadhouse fried chicken deserves a turn in the spotlight. Out on state highways and county roads, small independent spots are turning out broasted chicken, crispy tenders, and spicy sandwiches that keep regulars coming back every week.
Looking for the most nostalgic burger joints in Wisconsin that feel straight out of Happy Days?. These 7 burger joints dish out incredible flavors and feel-good vibes that’ll have you grinning from ear to ear!. 1. Wedl’s Hamburger Stand & Ice Cream Parlor (Jefferson) There are certain places...
An annual tradition continues this coming week at Festival Foods. Once again, the grocery chain will be honoring veterans on Veterans Day by offering them up to 17 free grocery items – a $60 value – across all 42 Wisconsin stores. Travis Tiedt, Center Store Merchandise Buyer for...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Growing up in Wisconsin in the 1990s, Chaz Ingraham said he remembers being “obsessed” with the 1993 film “Mrs. Doubtfire.”. But it wasn’t just the story — he loved the comedic timing, plus the movie featured one of his theatrical heroes.
If there’s an Osterizer blender in your grandma’s kitchen, its story starts in Racine. A lot of what’s in those drawers and cupboards came from hometown makers. Here’s what you’ll find in many old-fashioned grandma’s kitchens in Wisconsin. 1. Community Cookbook. Milwaukee’s Settlement Cook...
So there’s a bakery with a pie list that grew from about 12 flavors to 74. Each crust gets rolled by hand, and the shelves keep changing with the seasons. This spot sits in a small western Wisconsin town just off Interstate 94. A farmwife with Norwegian roots opened...
A block of cheddar can age for 20 years before anyone takes a bite. Some of the cheese waiting on Wisconsin shelves has been around longer than the people buying it. And the places selling it are just as memorable. One is a roadside castle beside a busy interstate. Another is a tiny shop that closes at 2 PM on weekdays and takes the entire weekend off.
