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Lookout Bar & Eatery (Lake Lawn Resort) - Delavan - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 10/14/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
In the fray of the Walworth County, Lake Geneva, and Southeast Wisconsin lake country resorts, has sat one corner stone - one such place called Lake Lawn. Back at the time my mom and dad spent a day or so there preparing for their honeymoon out East, the place was called Lake Lawn Lodge.
Recent economic events drew into question the old resort's future. A growing cadre of people feared it would go the way of Hillmore Country Club in Lake Geneva, or perhaps lose its namesake to a new group of condo developers. But after an absence for a year or so, the place reopened recently as Lake Lawn Resort.
After letting them get re-settled in, it was only right to hunt down their fish fry offering. There will be two eateries at the big rambling complex. The one we speak of on the Friday night in question is the Look Out Bar & Eatery. This is not to be mistaken with the more dinner oriented Frontier Restaurant and Lounge.
Just east of Delavan and on the north end of Delavan Lake, you will find the large resort, airport, and golf course. Although progress ever encroaches, the place still has a serene timbre once on the campus. The facility is set up with several blocks of buildings interwoven in the old wooded area. Once you find the main entrance you will have a pleasant walk to the bar - in the summer outside, in the winter there is an indoor route option.
The Lookout has a great view of Delavan Lake. On a nice day you can sit on the terrace overlooking the lake, and have some eats and an adult beverage. For our purposes, we ate inside. Most of the tables have a grand picture window view. This night the staff had set up a huge bond fire on the edge of the lake. It made quite a backdrop for our meal as we looked out the big window.
They offer only a Perch presentation, but they put all their heart and soul into it. Eight generous pieces of Perch cap off the plate. They are prepared with a very crispy breading. Nicely prepared French fries accompany the meal. I also like the vinegary cole slaw recipe. Also brought to the table were fresh roles. Each of us were delivered a gourmet cut wedge of real butter on a special plate.
Heide topped off her evening with a white Zinfandel, father-in-law ordered his consummate Miller Genuine Draft, and I my Miller Lite. Both beers came in frosted beer glasses.
Lookout Bar & Eatery at Lake Lawn Resort is cool with Cool Dadio. Call 800 338-5253 for more information or check out the Web page at www.lakelawnresort.com .
Note: You can find a chronological list at the Cool Dadio Media Fish Fry Page of these fish frys as we have visited them. The list presents the most recently visited fish fry at the top, in lieu of alphabetical order.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Reserve Private First Class Gregory Ronald Goodrich, 37, Bartonville, Illinois (family ties to Hillsboro, Wisconsin), died on Friday, April 9, 2004, near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq. He was killed when his fuel convoy came under attack by Iraqi insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. Private First Class Goodrich was assigned to the 724th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, based out of Bartonville, Illinois.
The Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs notes that Goodrich is the son of Barbara Havlic Goodrich Jones and R. Dale Jones of Hillsboro, Wisconsin. The Web site iraq.pigstye.net using information from the Peoria Journal Star notes that at the time of the attack, two other Reservists were missing and later identified as killed; several other Reservists were wounded, and several private contract drives were also missing and or killed; and, one contractor was known to have been abducted and then escaped 24 days later.
The Web site legacy.com posted an obituary regarding Gregory Goodrich which said he was born in Phoenix, Arizona on November 8, 1966. Gregory grew up in Warner Robins, Georgia, where he graduated from high school in 1985. He received a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree from the University of Georgia. He had been in the Army Reserve about two years and had been in Iraq less than two months when he was killed.
An article in the Chicago Tribune mentioned Goodrich was single and childless; he was remembered as a free spirit with a love of the outdoors, hiking, camping, and an instinct to help others. He played guitar, kept a journal, and visited the Peoria Library weekly. He had spent some time in the former Czechoslovakia as an English instructor. In Peoria, Illinois, he had worked at an auto parts shop for six years.
At the time of his death Private First Class Gregory Goodrich was survived by his father and stepmother, Major Ronald N. Goodrich, USAF, Retired and Teresa Goodrich; his mother and stepfather, Barbara Havlic Goodrich Jones and R. Dale Jones; his sister and her husband, Robin R. and Patrick Kilgannon and their two sons, Ryan and Sean; and, his stepsister and her husband, Michelle and Rick Idone. Goodrich was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. He was laid to rest at Greenwood Lutheran Cemetery, Hillsboro, Wisconsin.
Army Reserve Private First Class Gregory Goodrich is the 94th military service person that has been identified by Cool Dadio Media as having Wisconsin connections, and that has died in Iraq since the Spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
102,868 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003 (actually documented).
10,125 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,481 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1801 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
954 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011.
32,200 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
592 Wisconsin military service persons have been wounded in Iraq since Spring 2003.
14,342 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
192 Wisconsin military service persons have been wounded in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
107 Wisconsin military service persons have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
36 Wisconsin military service persons have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
3 Wisconsin military service persons have been killed in the U.S. related to "The War on Terror" since September, 2001.
150 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
22 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since September, 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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