Author Caleb Westphal

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. It's easy to forget that there is more to Milwaukee than downtown and its immediate surrounding ...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. For those who prefer the taste of fried fish over magic mushrooms, but would still like to enjoy...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Last year Cinco de Mayo fell on a Friday, and I made a trip to Café el Sol (1028 S. 9th St., 414...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I'm hoping that Wisconsin's winter season is finally over. A blizzard hit us the second weekend ...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. When I was choosing a fish fry location this past week, I had two boxes I wanted to check off on...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Amelia Earhart, the first woman to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. After musing last week about how I never get to Cudahy for fish, I started thinking about my rel...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. It was just after midnight last Friday, but I was not thinking about going to bed. Instead, I wa...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. In one's lifetime, many things are not permanent: marriages crumble, jobs leave, snowmen melt (h...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I cruised down Oklahoma Avenue past a few Milwaukee fish fry staples—Fritz's Pub and Serb Hall—w...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. With so many places serving Friday night fish frys, having a close call and almost not getting o...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. It's been almost a year since I started writing this column, but more importantly, it's been alm...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...