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Vintage Spirits & Grill - Madison - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 6/24/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
In the spirit of consummate Madison politics, The Vintage Spirits & Grill dropped Miller Lite from their menu - due to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's manipulation of micro-brewery rules to favor large beer corporations. You see, Vintage brews a bit of beer at their other location across town on the west side of Madison.
Politics taken in stride, I really like this place. I hear they have been at their downtown location for a while - I had bypassed the joint for all that time. One day I was scouting out potential fish fry possibilities and once inside, the place immediately caught my eye.
The interior is eclectic; that, being nothing unusual in Madison. But they mix old pics of Elvis, some old concert posters, red soda fountain booths, and a couple black and white televisions, to make guite a presentation. They have an ample horseshoe bar. You should find the place being staffed by some stunningly pretty chicks.
There is a dandy patio seating area right off University Avenue to watch all the comings and goings of the consummate big-college culture. Much of that culture by the way often includes pretty women sometimes scantily clad in their summer threads.
Vintage offers some dandy homemade nacho chips they fry up right behind the bar. We got two orders with beer cheese and salsa dip. The cole slaw had an Italian dressing twang to it. And it was more crunchy than standard fish fry cole slaw. The tarter sauce was very smooth.
We booth tried the four-piece deep fried Cod basket. It came in strips best held with your fingers. Heide elected to get the crisp tossed salad with French and Ranch dressings as her side. I went for the crisp fried onion rings.
In lieu of (the banned) Miller Lite, I pulled from my high school days and chose a glass of PBR for my beer. Heide got a bottle of Specher's Root Beer.
For an eclectic contrived college joint, they serve up an excellent fish fry - the food, the decor, the patio....the beautiful women on a sunny late afternoon. You might want to get to this eatery sometime before you check into the nursing home for good.
The Vintage Spirits & Grill is cool with Cool Dadio. Find them at 529 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin - at the five-points of Frances Street, Gilman Street, and University Avenue. Call (608) 250 - 0700; or visit their Website at www.vintagemadison.com .
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Private Enlisted Grade 2, Adam Jacob Novak, 20, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, died Friday, August 27, 2010 in the Zardan district of Paktiya, Afghanistan. Insurgents with a command-wired roadside bomb (improvised explosive device) attacked his vehicle during convoy operations. He was assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Private Novak was one of two soldiers killed in the incident. Also killed in the blast was Private First Class Chad D. Coleman, 20, of Moreland, Georgia, who was also originally from Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted Novak was a 2008 graduate of Sauk Prairie High School. He joined the military a year after graduation. Adam had recently been married. He was expecting to be back home in November of 2010. Novak's older brother Logan also served in Afghanistan. The Journal Sentinel went on to mention Adam had also lived in Fergus Falls, Minnesota for 11 years where as a boy he participated in Boy Scouts, Sunday School, and soccer. Adam's father died when Adam was around 12 years old.
A Wisconsin State Journal article found on lexisnexis.com notes that Adam Novak was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He spent the aforementioned years in Minnesota, and returned to Wisconsin during the last couple years of his high school time. Novak was recently married in March of 2010. Private Novak's unit was part of the deployment of President Barack Obama's 30,000 soldier surge into Afghanistan.
The Websites wiscnews.com and channel3000.com for WISC-TV mentioned Adam had only been married for two weeks before heading to Afghanistan. Adam is remembered as having a magnetic personality and his love for life. They emphasized Novak's unit worked in reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition. The WDAY-TV-6 and WDAY-AM-970 Website wday.com noted that during his time in the military Novak worked on military trucks.
At the time of his death Adam Novak was survived by his wife Celeste Stuessy Novak; mother Sue Block; stepfather Rick Block; sisters Brooke (Doug) Warren and Jessica Novak; brothers Nick Novak and Logan Novak; and, grandparents Bonnie Christ, Milton and Doris Novak, and Elanie Wons. Adam was preceded in death by his father Greg Novak. Private Adam Novak was the 20th Wisconsin military service person killed in Afghanistan since October of 2001.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
101,366 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
10,028 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,466 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1623 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
911 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011
32,120 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
12,002 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
107 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
33 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
3 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in the U.S. related to "The War on Terror" since October, 2001.
148 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
5 journalists (regional and independents) have been killed in Libya since March, 2011.
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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