Wisconsin

Some of the best meals in Wisconsin are not found in big cities. They show up in small…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 24

Some breakfast spots get built in a month and forgotten in a year. This one has been standing…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 24

Middleton, Wisconsin already has a museum devoted entirely to mustard, which tells you this town takes its condiments…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 24

Some of the best sandwiches in America come out of buildings you could drive past without a second…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 23

Some diners pour soup out of a can, and some still start it in a big pot in…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 23

Some road trips end with souvenirs like magnets and T-shirts. Others end with a cooler in the back…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 23

Some lunch orders travel by car, and some travel by bike. In one Lake Michigan harbor town, a…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 22

Some dinners in Milwaukee are planned for weeks, and that is exactly how locals like it. One old-school…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 22

Some mornings start late, and some cravings for pancakes show up at lunch. Across Wisconsin, a group of…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 22

Some restaurants in Wausau try to be trendy, and some are content just to be themselves. This one…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 21

Some breakfast spots are just a place to eat. Others come with a lawn that runs down to…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 21

Fish tacos make a fine headline, but every good fish story starts at the water, and in Sheboygan…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 21

Some people plan a road trip around a lake, a stadium, or a family visit. Others plan one…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 20

In Wisconsin, a holiday table without good sausage can look a little empty. Brats, summer sausage, smoked links,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 20

Some of the best steak stories in Wisconsin start somewhere you might not expect, like a casino hallway…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 19

Nashville hot chicken has a famous home in Tennessee, and for years Milwaukee fans of the fiery dish…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 19

Some meals take twenty minutes to cook. Others take most of a day, and the people who wait…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 18

Some sandwiches are lunch, and some are a full afternoon commitment. On a busy stretch of North Avenue…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 18

Some people plan to save half a sandwich for later. Then they take one bite, and the plan…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 17

Somewhere off the interstate in Johnson Creek, a dinner roll shows up at the table so large that…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 17

Some families plan their Saturdays around soccer games. Others plan them around a six-pack of cinnamon rolls. In…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 17

Some Madison mornings start with a line on the sidewalk long before the first plate hits a table.…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 16

Some Wisconsin traditions refuse to budge, and the Saturday night supper club is near the top of that…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 16

Holiday shopping in Wisconsin tastes better than it does almost anywhere else. Instead of another gift card, you…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 16

Some dinners start the moment you sit down. This one starts with a long, winding drive through the…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 15

Some Milwaukee dining rooms have been around for a few years. One has been serving hungry crowds since…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 15

Game day in Green Bay starts long before the opening kickoff, and for a lot of locals it…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 15

Two blocks of State Street separate the University of Wisconsin crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol, and one…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 14

Some road trip stops are about gas and a quick stretch, but one corner outside Oconomowoc has been…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 14

Every Friday on Milwaukee’s south side, a parking lot starts filling up well before dinnertime. Families arrive early,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 14

Some neighborhoods wear their past on their sleeves, and one corner of Milwaukee wears it on a giant…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 13

Wisconsin has a brewery in almost every corner of the map, but only a few feel like true…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 13

Some trail stops hand you a snack, and some hand you a slice of Wisconsin history along with…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 12

Some diners chase trends, and some just keep doing the same good thing for decades. In downtown Baraboo,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 12

Somewhere in Wisconsin Dells, a breakfast crowd lines up before the doors even open, and nobody seems to…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 11

Some of the best frozen treats in Wisconsin are served at the end of a county road, past…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 11

A good cup of coffee is nice, but a croissant baked a few feet away from your table…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 10

Some restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the coffee coming for sixty years. In Beaver Dam, Wisconsin,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 10

Some Madison dinners get planned on a whim. Others get circled on the calendar days in advance, because…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 10