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Author Caleb Westphal

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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 plays saxophone with the surf-punk-garage outfit Devils Teeth. He also spins classic 45s and would love to do so at your roller skating party, car show, or 50th high school reunion.

331 Friday fish frys and counting: Don’s Diner & Cocktails / Grocery & Liquor curbside pickup (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
May 8, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. There's been a lot of adapting over the past few months. People have adapted to new work environ...

330 Friday fish frys and counting: Club Charlies curbside pickup (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
May 1, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The days blur together a bit more now than they used to, but there are still some daily markers ...

329 Friday fish frys and counting: The Packing House drive-thru (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
April 24, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The Packing House (900 E. Layton Ave., 414-483-5054) is a Milwaukee institution. Like Leon's Fro...

328 Friday fish frys and counting: Honeypie curbside pickup (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
April 17, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. For the past five years, my roommate and I have hosted a Christmas party each December. As the y...

327 Friday fish frys and counting: Crazy Water curbside pickup (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
April 10, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. You know what's more remarkable than being able to get a Friday fish fry during a pandemic? Bein...

326 Friday fish frys and counting: Steny’s Tavern & Grill curbside pickup (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
April 3, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. For the past three years, I've gone on a morning hike at Lapham Peak on March 27. Last year I fo...

325 Friday fish frys and counting: Crafty Cow’s “Fish And Chip” virtual pop-up (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
March 27, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I thought that maybe after a few hundred episodes of My First Band podcast, Tyler Maas might ask...

324 Friday fish frys and counting: Flannery’s Bar & Restaurant (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
March 20, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Well, here we are. At this point, things are moving so quickly that what may be true on one Frid...

323 Friday fish frys and counting: Waukesha Eagles Club Aerie 453 (Waukesha)

Caleb Westphal
March 13, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Despite disparate goals and missions, one thing that fraternal organizations in Wisconsin share ...

322 Friday fish frys and counting: St. Florian Parish (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
March 6, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. After accidentally turning into the parking lot of the Target on Miller Park Way, the bell tower...

321 Friday fish frys and counting: Villa Tap (Madison)

Caleb Westphal
February 28, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion ma...

320 Friday fish frys and counting: Lone Star Tavern (Germantown)

Caleb Westphal
February 21, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. What happens in Wisconsin when Valentine's Day falls on a Friday? In my mind, all the high-end r...

319 Friday fish frys and counting: Limanski’s Pub (West Allis)

Caleb Westphal
February 14, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I glanced around as I walked up to the bar at Tom's Foolery, a pub located in the basement of Ta...

318 Friday fish frys and counting: Husher’s Pub & Grill (Caledonia)

Caleb Westphal
February 7, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Wrong turns can be consequential. For example, you may have heard that the assassination of Arch...

MKE Music Rewind: 5 O’Clock Charlie, ‘Not Enough Time’

Caleb Westphal
February 6, 2020
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. The third wave of ska crested in the mid-'90s, when bands like The M...

317 Friday fish frys and counting: The Wicked Hop (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal
January 31, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. A framed still shot of Orson Welles in The Third Man hangs in the second floor dining area at Th...

316 Friday fish frys and counting: Johnson’s Green 7 (Glendale)

Caleb Westphal
January 24, 2020
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Not long after the U.S. Constitution went into effect, Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter where he...

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

Caleb Westphal
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...
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