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| - The previous incarnation at this location didn't quite hit the mark, so we'd been looking forward to the opening of The Breakwater for most of the summer. We boated in on an early Friday evening and headed straight up to the the outdoor patio/ bar. My initial reaction was meh, as nothing had changed since new ownership took over. The tables and walk-up bar were still the old, tired design from the old place. It wasn't clear if there was table service and, after sitting for 5 or so minutes, we decided to order our drinks at the bar. Things didn't go so well as we clearly interrupted a conversation between the bartender and another employee. There was no beer list available and I had to crane my neck to see the taps, additionally, the cooler with bottled/canned beer was in such disarray that I couldn't even figure out those selections. After ordering a refreshing pint of Bells Oberon, we settled in at a table overlooking the boat traffic on the channel.Should have been a beautiful summer evening, right? Wrong! We had intended on having dinner, as well, but the odor from the sewer pump out was so offensive we took our beer back to the boat and headed out to Lake Waubesa for dinner elsewhere. I really wanted to like The Breakwater, the Madison chain of lakes has a dearth of restaurants for boaters and I was hoping this was going to fill that gap! The lackluster upper patio and awful sewer odor were incredibly disappointing.
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