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Paddy Coughlin's Irish Pub - Fort Atkinson - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 3/18/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
It is definitely Saint Patrick's Day time as we hit yet another Irish themed pub. Paddy Coughlin's Irish Pub in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin has been operating in its current Emerald Isle construct for a couple of years. It is on a side street on the north side of the downtown strip. Our waitress thought the old building was a community club of some sort at one time - perhaps an Eagle's Club.
There is a dandy old bar structure to belly up to, and complementing that wood bar is of course an old wood back-bar shelving unit with the consummate mirror. You will find a space to the east of the bar with assorted antique wood tables - but utilitarian. The tables are complimented by an assortment of old wood chairs. They sit on a textured concrete floor. Irish proverbs adorn the wood beams near the ceiling. There are plenty of windows to the street.
I ordered the deep fried breaded Walleye. It came in a basket with pub chips. I devored the whole shebang. Heide opted for the Pecan Crusted Cod, which was the special fish of the day. The batter was thin and light. Her side dish was small white potatoes with a side medley of mixed vegetables. Her whole presentation came on an expensive looking white plate. Heide had no complaints.
Both meals came with a cup of course and not-so creamy cole slaw. I ate both cups. Heide tried a bumper appetizers cup of Irish Parliament Bean Soup for .25$. The story goes that back in the Potato Famine days in the 1800s, the Irish Parliament demanded eateries offer cheap soup. It actually was not too bad.
Paddy Coughlin's Irish Pub is cool with Cool Dadio. Find them at 14 East Sherman Avenue, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The are just off City Highway 12. Call (920) 397 - 7776 for more information. Or, visit their Website at http://paddycoughlinspub.com .
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Air Force Staff Sergeant Christopher Scott Frost, 24, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, died Monday, March 3rd, 2008, near Bayji, Iraq in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter. SSgt Frost was assigned to the Public Affairs Office, 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted Frost was the editor of the military publication The Advisor, a semimonthly publication of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq. Frost is remembered as an aspiring photojournalist. He is also remembered as a guy who relentlessly pursued stories and was willing to tackle any assignment or any mission as a journalist. Frost's father is quoted as saying, "[Christopher] loved the challenge and the relentlessness of his job," He was said to be ecstatic when one of his stories got picked up by a Spokane, Washington, newspaper. Christopher Frost was a graduate of Mukwonago High School in the Town of Vernon, Wisconsin. Frost had enlisted in the Air Force right after high school. He was deployed to Iraq in fall of 2007. Christopher Frost's grandmother, Mary Jean Frost of Waukesha, took care of him from the age of 4 months until he started first grade so that both his parents could work. She is quoted as saying he was a good kid.
The Website findagrave.com notes Christopher Frost was born on May 4th, 1983 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The site noted Frost's death as occurring on March 4th, 2008, in Salah ad Din, Iraq. He had been in the Air Force for six years. He was deployed to Iraq in September 2007. The aircraft he was killed in was a Russian made M-17 helicopter. It crashed during a dust storm south of Beyji, Iraq. He was on-board the helicopter in pursuit of one of his story assignments.
The Website legacy.com via obituary information also notes Frost's death as March 4th, 2008. At the time of his death Christopher Frost was survived by his wife Ashley; parents Garry and Bridget Frost; daughter Mackenzie; son Mitchel; brother John (Elizabeth) Frost; and, grandparents Marjorie Strabel, Mary Jean Frost, and Galen Kurth. Staff Sergeant Frost was laid to rest in his hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Staff Sergeant Christopher Frost was the 88th Wisconsin military service person killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
99,980 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,830 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,442 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1498 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
863 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
32,050 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
10,543 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
103 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
28 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
146 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; www.defense.gov/news/casualty.pdf; and, icasualties.org.
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