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  • The East Side Club reminds me of a cross between a VFW hall and the bars my parents took us to* as kids in northern Wisconsin in the 80s and 90s. I've only hung out in the basement bar and the beautiful outdoor lakeside lawn. I'm not sure if the banquet hall has been updated, but these areas look the same as when they were built decades ago. I've been to the bar for a cancer fundraiser and a chili cook-off. The chili cook-off was disorganized if you were a newcomer - most people seemed to be regulars and knew the drill, but as newbies we had a heck of time getting any info. The people cooking chili were serving some people, so we tried to buy samples. The only info we got was "you have to buy tickets and they'll send you through." So we went to the ticket table and just got stared at while we tried to buy a dollar's worth of tickets (samples were 25 cents). We were then wordlessly handed them after asking again. We went back to try to get a sample. "Not ready." Oooookay. We finally talked to a friend who explained samples didn't start until 1 and everyone had to line up and the people being served were probably just friends of the entrants. Not sure why the three people involved in the cook-off that we spoke to couldn't have shared this info, but alas. The bar itself has Bud and Bud Light on tap, and a rotating mix of cans (Spotted Cow was $3). There's also a small selection of liquor (vodka and raspberry Pucker seemed to be popular) and a couple of wines. I've had better luck on the lawn in the summer with their Sunset Music Series (if that's still happening, it's been a couple of years since I've gone). The setting on Lake Monona is gorgeous, their "tiki bar" offered some super cheap bottles (I think cider was $2 my last visit), and the inclusion of food carts made for a tasty and inexpensive dinner. BYO chair and enjoy the sunset. The ESC does have a bocce league that intrigues me every year (but that I often don't remember until it's too late to sign up). There's a mix of member-only events and ones open to the public. It's also available for event rentals. While the building might lack the wow factor, the view more than makes up for it. *Didn't grow up in Wisconsin? It's totally legal and totally normal to take your kids to bars during the day or for dinner, especially in small towns where the bar might be the only place serving food at night.
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