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Author Caleb Westphal

Caleb Westphal

Caleb Westphal

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Originally hailing from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin—home of Walleye Weekend, the self-professed "World's Largest Walleye Fish Fry"—Caleb Westphal has not missed a Friday Night fish fry since sometime in 2013. He's a fanatic of music, film, and American history. He's played saxophone in Offend Your Friends and the Rockin' Bones in the Fox Valley, and currently plays with Devils Teeth.

309 Friday fish frys and counting: Brookwood Inn (Mukwonago)

Caleb Westphal
December 6, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.There is a yearly Friday tradition in America where people stand outside of stores in the dark a...

308 Friday fish frys and counting: JC’s Pub And Grub (West Allis)

Caleb Westphal
November 29, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.As I pulled into the Johnny Carson spot at JC's Pub and Grub (8028 W. National Ave.; West Allis;...

MKE Music Rewind: The Shag, “Stop And Listen”

Caleb Westphal
November 26, 2019
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.When I think of garage rock songs from the 1960s that have a conspic...

307 Friday fish frys and counting: Rainbow Restaurant (New Berlin)

Caleb Westphal
November 22, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here."We work for in our songs, a sort of a better world, a rainbow world," songwriter E.Y. "Yip" Har...

306 Friday fish frys and counting: Mint Mark (Madison)

Caleb Westphal
November 15, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.It was 5:55 p.m. when I received a call and heard the words that everyone dreads having to hear ...

305 Friday fish frys and counting: Romey’s Place Bar & Grill (Franklin)

Caleb Westphal
November 8, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.In Mike Nichols' 1966 film adaptation of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, George a...

304 Friday fish frys and counting: O’Lydia’s Bar and Grill (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
November 1, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.On the evening of Tuesday May 2, 1967, a tanker truck carrying 6,5000 gallons of gas toppled ove...

303 Friday fish frys and counting: Cue Club of Wisconsin (Waukesha)

Caleb Westphal
October 25, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. "And I would eat them in a boat. And I would eat them with a goat. And I will eat them in the ra...

302 Friday fish frys and counting: Club Paragon (Greenfield)

Caleb Westphal
October 18, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Club Paragon's Texas-sized parking lot is matched by its equally imposing building, which, with ...

301 Friday fish frys and counting: Spanky’s Hideaway (Mequon)

Caleb Westphal
October 11, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here."I'll take a Miller," beamed a voice from a few stools away from me, at the end of the long, com...

300 Friday fish frys and counting: Summer catch-up

Caleb Westphal
October 4, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Did you think I would let you down? On Friday, September 27, I ate Friday fish fry #300. It seem...

281 Friday fish frys and counting: Villanas Night Club

Caleb Westphal
May 24, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.After a recent trip to Mamie's, a charming neighborhood bar located at National Avenue and 33rd ...

280 Friday fish frys and counting: Erv’s Mug (Oak Creek)

Caleb Westphal
May 17, 2019
broadstreet.zone(66112); Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.From the moment you open the door to Erv's Mug (130 W. Ryan Rd.; 414-7...

279 Friday fish frys and counting: Mibb’s & Viv’s (Lannon)

Caleb Westphal
May 10, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Memories, tradition, and togetherness—I've reflected on these themes often in this column. Maybe...

278 Friday fish frys and counting: Allgauer’s Bistro & Pub In The Park

Caleb Westphal
May 3, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.I'm not one to visit Hilton Garden Inns or to seek out fish frys at restaurants inside of them, ...

277 Friday fish frys and counting: The Depot Tavern (Caledonia)

Caleb Westphal
April 26, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Last summer, I attempted to go to The Depot Tavern in Caledonia (11402 County Road G; 262-835-2272...

276 Friday fish frys and counting: Dexter’s Pub (Madison)

Caleb Westphal
April 19, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.As much as I love the open road, I detest a lot of things related to roads, such as people who d...

275 Friday fish frys and counting: Saint Sebastian Parish

Caleb Westphal
April 12, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here."It's crazy in there," a fish-filled pedestrian announced, as they stood in the parking lot of S...

274 Friday fish frys and counting: Klemmer’s Banquet Center

Caleb Westphal
April 5, 2019
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here."IMMEDIATE SEATING" beamed from the neon sign in front of Klemmer's Banquet Center (10401 W. Okl...

After 45 years, Mott The Hoople return to Milwaukee for stunning Miller High Life Theatre show

Caleb Westphal
April 2, 2019
When Mott The Hoople last played in Milwaukee, the Domes were less than a decade old, Summerfest was approaching its seventh season, and Richard Nixon was in the last throes of his presidency. The date was May ...
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