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Tully's II Food & Spirits - Monona - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 11/4/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
Mother-in-law and I hoped the Van Galder bus to Madison to meet up with Heide for fish fry. It was a beautiful fall night. Heide picked us up at the Dutch Mill park-and-ride-bus-stop place off the Belt-line. And off the Immaculate Heart School we went to partake in their version of fish fry.
Well what's that old saying? "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." I checked the church in Monona's fish fry schedule four times and I still missed the nuance that their first one of the season would be on a Saturday. Long story short, the parking lot was empty on Friday night.
Heide said, "Hey, hey what about Tully's down by the Belt-line?" So..., Tully's got the nod. We'll try the church next time.
Tully's II Food & Spirits used to be the old Leske's Supper Club. The change came about 10 years ago. We ate there once, it must have been, oh say back in the mid-1990s. That was a chunk of time ago. Nowadays, the place has had a face lift. It has the timbre of the neo consummate sports bar construct. But, still with a bit of supper club left over. But it is what it is; supper clubs are being retooled ad nauseam to accommodate the sports bar hot-wings generation. The smoke filled steak house is a relic from the past, at least in the southern part of Wisconsin.
All that history being as it may, Tully's is not too bad a joint to eat at. The parking lot was packed - always a good sign.
Tully's has lots of nooks and crannies to find a seat. The bar is centralized in the fray and it was quite busy. We found a table were there is a good view of the busy intersection at the corner of Badger and Monona Roads. A tube of tarter sauce sat patiently amongst the other condiments.
I and Chris ordered the all-you-can-eat lightly breaded Cod. Heide went for the Perch. Both styles came in smartly cut pieces. The outside breading was just crisp enough and the inside was tender and hot - a must for the quintsesential fish presentation. I tried the lyonnaised read potatoes as a side the the ladies ordered the garlic mashed potatoes. Everything was just right.
One thing Tully's still does that other joints have abandoned is the offering of a generous salad bar with the meal. I zeroed in on the potato salad, hot baked beans, and a seafood casserole-esque dish.
Tully's Food & Spirits is cool with Cool Dadio. Find them at 6401 Monona Drive, in Monona, Wisconsin. They are just off the Belt-line. Call (608) 222-4995 for more information.
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)
Marine Lance Corporal Branden Paul Ramey, 22, Belvidere, Illinois (attached to Marine Corps Reserve, Madison, Wisconsin), died on Monday, November 8, 2004, in Lutifiya, Babil Province (south of Fallujah and Baghdad), Iraq. He was one of two Marines killed while fighting enemy forces. Lance Corporal Ramey was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Madison, Wisconsin.
The Web site legacy.com mentioned Belvidere, Illinois, was Branden Ramey's home town. He was born on October 6, 1982 in Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from Belvidere High School in 2001.
The Web site iraq.pigstye.net using information from the Rockford Register Star notes that while in high school, Branden Ramey had been homecoming king, and participated in football, baseball, and wrestling. After high school he joined the semiprofessional Belvidere Rush football team. Ramey also was close to earning his associate's degree from Rock Valley College in Rockford when his unit was deployed. He had been in Iraq only six weeks when he was killed.
The Web site wisn.com notes Lance Corporal Ramey was one of two members of Company Golf, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, killed in the battle. Lance Corporal Shane O'Donnell of DeForest, Wisconsin was also killed. Their unit consisted of 175 Marines.
At the time of his death Lance Corporal Branden Ramey was survived by his parents Randy and Sandy Ramey, and Pamela and Eddie Trevino; his fiance Stacey Lee; brothers Nicholas Ramey, Bryce Trevino, and Brent Trevino; sister, Melissa Ramey; grandparents Gordon and Betty Ramey, Paul and Joyce Lightner, Richard and Janice Gritzmacher, Concepcion Trevino, Arnold and Diane Vance, and Kathleen and Cecil Herzing; and, great-grandparents Lela Unglesbee, and Dorothy Fordsmand. Lance Corporal Ramey was laid to rest at Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Illinois.
Marine Lance Corporal Branden Ramey is the 97th 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:
103,253 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.
4,485 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1824 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
955 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011.
32,219 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.
14,611 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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