Norm's Hideaway Bar and Grill - Fort Atkinson - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 4/2/2010 2:05 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
Up on the north side of Lake Koshkonong, not too far off Highway 106 you will find
Norm's Hideaway Bar and Grill. Before you go, either call or check your lake map well. Those old lake roads can get you way backwards. Get there early it crowds up fast. We arrived at a quarter-to-four and got right in, but by the time we finished we had to weave our way through all the people.
Their biography on the menu boasts the place has been some kind of tavern or another for 90 years. There is a nice view from at least two sides of the place of the lake. There is a patio for warmer weather. There will be a collection of old boats motors on the patio rail. Inside, there are taxidermed beasts asunder. There is a main bar and an eating area bar. They use both.
There is definitely North-woods theme. The walls and ceilings brag up the pine theme. The tables are lodge style heavy wood.
The menu is thorough and you will have several fish choices. You need to order before you seat yourself. Make sure you get your act together before you sit down. Once your food is on the way, they rock and roll with it and don't play patty-cake with indecision. You might find Ol' Norm himself bringing your plates out.
I tried the 3-piece beer-battered Cod. My fish had a good flaky texture. Heide opted for the Parmesan-crusted Cod. Heide's Mom Chris went for the Blue Gills. We had potato pancakes with apple sauce all around. There is good creamy tarter in a bottle on your table.
They do not take credit cards but there is an ATM machine. With adult beverages and tip, the three of us got out of there for about 40 Bucks.
Norm's Hideaway Bar and Grill is cool with Cool Dadio. Take Loga Road off Highway 106 toward the lake. Turn right on Carcajou and then left on Kuehn. Call (608) 884 - 4832 for more information.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Sergeant First Class Trevor J. Diesing 30, was killed by a bomb in Husaybah, Iraq, on Thursday, August 25, 2005. The Pilot Newspaper out of North Carolina said Diesing was born in Minnesota. He grew up and worked on his familys' dairy farm in Maiden Rock, a western Wisconsin community. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Diesing played basketball and baseball for Plum City High School, Plum City, Wisconsin. He joined the Army Reserves before graduating in 1992. Sergeant Diesing spent several years in the Army Reserves and joined the Army full time in 1997. Diesing was assigned to Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was on his third tour of duty in Iraq. At the time of his death Trevor Diesing was survived by: Wife Lori; children Mariah Vogel, 7, Cole, 3, and Maddox, 3 months; parents, Debbie and Lonnie Diesing, and brother Toby Diesing. Sergeant First Class Trevor J. Diesing was the 45th Wisconsin military service person to die in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
95,755 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,415 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,390 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1024 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
663 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,762 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
5,393 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
140 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
