Friday fish fry, every week from 4:00
Beer-battered cod you can keep ordering, lake perch, walleye and bluegill when we can get it. Coleslaw, rye bread and potato pancakes come with it. Eat in the dining room, or call ahead and take it home.
The Friday card
Served 4:00 to 9:30. Prices are in dollars.
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Beer-battered cod, all you can eat17.95
Icelandic cod in our beer batter. We keep bringing it until you say stop. fish or seafood
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Lake perch23
Lightly breaded and fried golden. Eight to ten fillets, depending on the catch. fish or seafood
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Walleye, battered or pan-fried25
A full fillet, beer-battered or dredged in seasoned flour and pan-fried in butter. fish or seafood
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Broiled walleye25
Lemon butter, paprika and parsley. Not breaded, nothing in the fryer. fish or seafood, gluten-friendly
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Bluegill, when we can get it22
Panfish from Wisconsin waters, lightly breaded. Your server will know if it came in. fish or seafood
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Potato and cheese pierogi16
Pan-fried with onions and butter, sour cream on the side. vegetarian
What comes with it
Every Friday supper, fish or not, comes with the same spread. You will not leave hungry.
- The relish trayat every table
- Clam chowder or tossed saladyour pick
- Creamy coleslaw and rye breadwith the fish
- Potato pancakes and applesauceor fries, baked, hash browns
- Tartar sauce and lemonas much as you like
Eating gluten-free?
Order the broiled walleye with a baked potato. Everything battered shares the fryer with the flour-dredged fish.
How a Friday night goes
Friday is the busiest night on the bluff. Here is the evening hour by hour, so you can pick the part that suits you.
Booking a Friday table
- Early tables4:00 to 5:00
- Walk-ins only5:30 to 7:00
- Late tables7:00 to 8:30
- Parties of 9 or moreby phone
- 3:30
The bar opens and the carry-out phone starts ringing.
- 4:00
First fish out of the fryer. Early reservations sit down; it is the quietest hour of the night.
- 5:30
Walk-in hour. Give your name at the bar, order an old fashioned, and we come and find you. The wait is usually 30 to 45 minutes.
- 7:00
Late reservations start. The sun goes down over the river in summer; ask for a west window.
- 9:30
Last fish orders. The bar keeps pouring until the last table is done.
Carry-out fish fry
Same fish, same sides, packed hot with the tartar sauce and coleslaw on the side. Call from 3:30, tell us when you will be here, and pick up at the lounge door on the north side of the building.
There is no online ordering for carry-out. A person answers the phone on Fridays.
