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Villa Pizza & Family Restaurant - Orfordville - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 11/18/2011 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
It was one of those days that I got a late start. My crappy "new norm" work life causes me to often have no reliable daily routine. And with wife out of town on business, I had no one to set a fire under my butt. For just such days, Fridays in this case, I have a short-list of nearby fish frys. I finally got myself out the door way after 7:00 p.m. In fact, it must have been pushing eight o'clock. For fish fry connoisseurs, you know you are pushing your luck that late. Unless it is a rare establishment indeed, staff is usually checking their watches as the clock inches toward 9:00 p.m.
I headed west out of Janesville on Highway 11 to Orfordville. I lost a little time by stopping for fuel. Then I hit a closer joint on my list, but they were already drinking and listening to Karaoke. So, back in the car and off to Orfordville.
As the old clock on the dash inched toward nine o'clock I pulled into the parking lot of Villa Pizza & Family Restaurant. Two cars in the parking lot. Yikes. But the lights and signage was still lit up like a Christmas tree. Too late to backtrack now.
The Villa is a large place on first impression; and a rather newish construct. You can see it from the highway. I was indeed, the only customer. I could hear the vacuum cleaner in the dinning room. The lady at the maitre d' desk smiled and said they would be glad to fix me up something. Being an old pro, I headed for the bar. The bar, although very newish (I am usually an old bar guy), was comfortable. They have a nice little off-set fire place nook with a sofa. I bellied up to the bar and took up residence. The Wizard of Oz was on the bar tube.
I started out with a Miller Lite tapper. In this presentation's case, my meal came with a big bowl of fresh cottage cheese. I tried the three-piece Walleye. It came on a bed of lettuce. The fish was crispy on the breading side, tender on the inside, and had that good curled Walleye look. A nice hot baked potato came with the deal. Had I been just a few minutes earlier, I still could have opted for Au Gratin or mashed potatoes.
On this one, I was bringing up the rear of fish fry night. The Villa took it in stride. There was enough fish left for me to bring a little hunk home to Growl Tiger the barn kitty. One of these days I have to get over there and try one of their pizzas.
Villa Pizza & Family Restaurant is cool with Cool Dadio. They fixed up the last man standing without as much as batting an eye. Find them at 214 Viking Drive in Orfordville, Wisconsin. They are right off Highway 11. Call (608) 879-3336 for more information; or, visit their Web site at www.villaorfordville.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 Specialist Jakob James Roelli, 24, Darlington, Wisconsin, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 in Jawkari, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Specialist Roelli was one of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, out of Fort Riley, Kansas. Specialist Roelli was a member of Special Forces which is often referred to a the Green Berets.
The Wisconsin State Journal noted Jakob Roelli was born on July 30, 1987, in Darlington, Wisconsin. He grew up on a farm near Darlington and graduated from Darlington High School in 2006. While in school, Jakob played football, ran cross country, wrestled, participated on the forensics team, and acted in school plays and musicals. The State Journal went on to say Roelli was a four-year member of the school's Odyssey of the Mind team, in which students compete in creative problem-solving exercises. The Darlington team won the state competition in its division in 2006. The paper also went on to mention Roelli spent a year at UW-Oshkosh.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted Roelli is remembered as a good singer, good actor, and "just a fun-loving kid." He had studied business and pre-law at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; after a year of college he joined the Army.
Erickson Funeral Home in Darlington lists Roelli at the rank of Sergeant as does the Monroe Times from nearby Monroe, Wisconsin. At the time of his death Sergeant Jakob Roelli was survived by: his father Richard Roelli; his mother Dawn (Gill) Lacy; his brother Matthew (Eryn) Roelli; one niece Olivia; his fiancée Caitlin Pixler; uncle Greg Roelli; aunt Kathy Roelli; aunt Julie Gill; and, his maternal grandfather Robert Gill. Sergeant Jakob Roelli was laid to rest at Union Grove Cemetery in Darlington, Wisconsin.
Army Sergeant Jakob Roelli was the 36th Wisconsin military service person killed in the war in Afghanistan since October of 2001.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
103,472 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.
1833 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
966 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011.
32,224 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.
14,793 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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