Author Caleb Westphal

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...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The Mackie Building on Michigan Avenue has gone by a few names since it was completed in 1880. I...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here. About a year ago I was given a copy of the Directory Of Wisconsin's Best Ma & Pa Restaurants, a p...

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here. "Was möchten Sie gerne?" the man behind the bar asked me as I sat down. "Ah, that's German, right?...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here. This week I ventured to Gard's (7170 W Burleigh St., 414-442-4280). The restaurant and lounge is loca...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here. As I drove south on South 13th Street from Layton Avenue, I could see cars lined up on both sides of ...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. The Friday after Thanksgiving became my third week in a row outside of Milwaukee for a fish fry. I ...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. Each year in late November I have a tradition where I read books outside in the cold until I shiver...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. A wedding once again took me out of town this past Friday. This time, Friday wasn't the day of a re...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. I had been pretty tensed up last Friday and couldn't pinpoint why that was. Earlier in the day I ha...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. For what was at least my 200th consecutive Friday fish fry, I decided to invite people who have bee...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. By the afternoon of Friday #199, my stomach was feeling a little uneasy, and I made myself some lem...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. This past spring I had a fish fry at Chuck's Place, and during the drive home my wandering fish fry...

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. It was a dreary night and I was in a reflective mood as I rode the bus downtown towards the Old Ger...