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Bazinga Classic Pub & Grille - Janesville - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 2/3/2012 1:30 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
Down off the main artery of Center Avenue heading to the airport and points further to Beloit you will find several blue-collar bars and taverns. I call them the cinderblocks. No frills, plenty of beer, usually some music on the weekends. One such watering hole sits next to the El-Ra-Bowl. Bazinga Classic Pub & Grille is a chip shot from the Janesville Union Labor Temple. The working faithful will remember that the Bazinga location used to be Jumbo's, a place known to have a few pool tables.
Bazinga still has some pool tables, but I think the theme nowadays is more of a sports bar and eatery presentation. There is ample room as I counted at least 75 chairs in the raised table seating area. The bar is L-shaped with enough room for at least 25 people to sit comfortably. There is plenty of good Wisconsin wood paneling. I noticed a large area set aside for a band or DJ.
The sports bar trend not-with-standing, today we talk fish.
They serve up a dandy two-piece Cod loin fish dinner in a basket. Of course it was beer-battered and deep-fried. Not a crumb did I leave. The potatoes came sliced and fried. The best way to describe the cut was sliced spuds. In lieu of cole slaw I went for the hot mac and cheese side. A fresh dinner roll and butter, the usual tartar sauce, and lemon wedge on the side topped off the deal.
Bazinga Classic Pub & Grille is cool with Cool Dadio. Find them off Center Avenue next to the El-Ra-Bowl. Their official address is 1110 Kellogg Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin. Call (608) 752-9566 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)
Army Staff Sergeant Joseph James Altmann, 27, Marshfield, Wisconsin, died on Sunday, December 25, 2011, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. He was killed by small arms fire when his unit engaged enemy insurgents. Staff Sergeant Altmann was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
The Janesville Gazette noted Staff Sergeant Altmann was an Army combat medic. He had served two tours in Iraq and had recently re-enlisted for another four years in the Army.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Staff Sergeant Altmann had been married to wife Nikki in February of 2011. He was a Marshfield, Wisconsin native and a 2003 graduate of Columbus Catholic High School in that central Wisconsin city. In school he had been active in multiple sports. Family said that after trying college for a year, Joseph decided to enlist in the Army.
The Web site militarytimes.com posting information from the Marshfield News-Herald notes that Altmann was known by family and friends as Joe, and as Doc by his Army comrades. Altmann had deployed to Afghanistan in April of 2011 and his tour of duty was due to end in the early spring of 2012. He had played football and baseball in high school. He later attended the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County.
An obituary posted on legacy.com says that Joseph Altmann was born on December 15, 1984, in Marshfield. Besides attending the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County he also attended University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. He went on active duty active duty in the Army in April of 2005. He had been awarded the Expert Field Medic Badge which is difficult to attain. The Web site went on to say Altmann was initially assigned to duty in Giessen Germany and then served his first tour of duty in Iraq from January 2006 to March of 2007. In mid 2007 he began assignment at Walter Reed Army Hospital. In June 2008 he was assigned to duty in Hawaii. He served a second tour in Iraq in 2009 and then returned to duty in Hawaii.
Some of Staff Sergeant Altmann's awards and medals include: the Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star; Iraq Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star; the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon; the Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon; Combat Action Badge; Combat Medical Badge; Expert Field Medical Badge Combat; and, the Special Skill Badge Basic Marksmanship Qual Badge. Several of the aforementioned honors were awarded more than once. He received the NATO Medal; Bronze Star Medal; and, Purple Heart posthumously.
At the time of his death, Staff Sergeant Joseph Altmann was survived by his wife Nikki; his parents John and Jan Altmann; sister Kristen (fiancé Pat Niehaus) Altmann; brothers Robert and Michael Altmann; maternal grandmother Caroline Neuman; and, his paternal grandparents James and Geraldine Altmann. He was further survived by his mother-in-law and father-in-law Kelly and Nick Nichols; brothers-in-law Seth and Scott Nichols; and, numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins. Staff Sergeant Joseph Altmann was laid to rest with full Military Honors at at Gate of Heaven Cemetery near Marshfield, Wisconsin.
Army Staff Sergeant Joseph J. Altmann was the 37th Wisconsin military service person killed in the war in Afghanistan since October of 2001.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
105,052 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.
4,487 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1889 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
991 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
1 American/Coalition casualty in Libyan "Operation Odyssey Dawn" since March, 2011.
32,226 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.
15,282 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.
37 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.
151 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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