Author Caleb Westphal

315 Friday fish frys and counting: Hacienda Beer Co. (Milwaukee)

January 17, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Sweat saturated my fingers as I ran them through the hair under my knit cap, the heat on my head...

314 Friday fish frys and counting: TJ’s Roundabout (Muskego)

Caleb Westphal

January 10, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Mt. Horeb and Oshkosh are two Wisconsin cities I've driven through where I've had to traverse a ...

313 Friday fish frys and counting: Pat’s Niche Pub and Grub (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal

January 3, 2020

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.It was sometime during the summer when the sign caught my eye. Striking, with tones of fuchsia a...

312 Friday fish frys and counting: Final Approach (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal

December 27, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.By the time this gets published, it will be the last Friday of the year, which means we will all...

The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2019

Caleb Westphal

December 20, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. In April 2017, he began writing a weekly column documenting and reviewing his never-ending fish fry adventures. Here are his top places he visited in 2...

310 Friday fish frys and counting: Guzzlers Sports Lounge (West Allis)

Caleb Westphal

December 13, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.The plan was to get a fish fry at a place called Korbellys. The problem? Well, Korbellys hasn't ...

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...