In down town Janesville in the lobby of One Parker Place, you will find the Pit Stop BBQ Deli. The building is the one tallish modern building in Janesville. Be that as it may, people working and delivering to the area can get a variety of food at the Pit Stop. Operator Jim Eisberry will chat with you about just about any topic while you wait for your breakfast or lunch and he buzzes around the kitchen. Jim makes a great Reuben Sandwich on dark rye bread. With French fries and a soda you can get out of there for around six Bucks. Jim has an assortment of breakfast and sandwich options.
Jim also does a special Fish fry every Friday. Each Friday he tries to offer a different type of fish. Today he featured Perch. Working down the street from Jim, I ran over to his place and picked up two fish plate lunches to go. One for me and one for my colleague Fred. Fred is a big husky guy and he knows his eats. You can't fake the food with Fred. In each order we got two pieces of crispy battered Perch and a big pile of French fries. The tarter sauce is some of the best I have ever tasted, it had a hint of dill but not too much. Jim's cole slaw is creamy, yet just crispy enough. Each plate was only five Bucks apiece.
The Pit Stop BBQ Deli is cool with Cool Dadio.
If you are in down town Janesville be sure to stop for a reasonable bite to eat at the Pit Stop BBQ Deli. One Parker Place is on the hill between the Court House and the Janesville Gazette building. Jim also does catering. You do need to keep in mind the Pit Stop BBQ Deli is open from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Call (608) 359-8596 for more information. You should not be disappointed. Jim will see to it.
This week's Wisconsin soldier to remember is Lance Corporal Shane K. O'Donnell, 24, of De Forest. Lance Cpl. O'Donnell died during combat operations in Babil province, south of Baghdad and Fallujah on November 8, 2004. He was a member of the Marine Reserves battalion in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. The battalion is headquartered in Illinois. Some 900 Marines were activated June 1, 2004; they arrived in Iraq in September. There is about 175 Marines in Madison based Golf Company and 160 in Milwaukee based Fox Company. They are rifle companies. Lance Cpl. Daniel Wyatt, 22, of Caledonia, of Fox Company, was killed a month earlier. O'Donnell is the 24th Wisconsin soldier to die in the Iraq war. De Forest is a town of about 8,000, north of Madison. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Shane played football at De Forest High School. He had also attended Madison Area Technical College. Shane was single and had worked construction. The Journal Sentinel went on to say O'Donnell joined the Madison Marine unit in October of 2002. Lance Cpl. O'Donnell is survived by his mom Peg, and Eric a younger brother.
3,792 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring 2003.
27,936 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring 2003.
79 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring 2003.
112 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring 2003.
Soldier of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; and, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
