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| - OK, here's the deal: don't go to the Stable Grill. Go to the Stone House. I have actually never eaten in the Stable, and I always feel like a total genius when I have a drink there after dinner and see tons of people waiting on a table for fish fry at 9:00. I've always gone with a reservation, but I've even made the reservation 20 minutes before showing up. Super easy.
Eating in the Stone House feels very old school, and it's definitely an older crowd than the Stable. It feels like you're eating in someone's cool great-aunt's house, with old pictures of Wisconsin and famous people on the walls, fresh flowers on the tables. The menu focuses on Wisconsin traditional foods, and each dish has a short story that goes with it, which is kind of cool. My boyfriend had the duck, which came with a cherry sauce that was dynamite, though the duck was slightly overdone. I got the fish fry with their cheesy potatoes, which are awesome. Dinner always comes with some kind of freshly baked, still-warm muffin or roll, which are always different, and so adds something special to each experience. The last time I was there it was some kind of cranberry-orange muffin, which was awesome. They make a perfect Old Fashioned as well.
To me, this is a quintessential Wisconsin experience. If you have family in from out of state, this is a great spot to take them to. Just make a reservation at the Stone House, and then you have an excuse to walk through the underground tunnel/wine cellar to get to the Stable for a nightcap.
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