Description: Yep . . . Friday in Milwaukee and dining out means just one thing . . . another Friday Fish Fry!
Now that we're northsiders, we've had to find new places for fish fry dinners. Menomonee Falls is just about 10 minutes from the house so it seemed like a convenient and logical choice. Having just heard about Trysting Place Pub on the radio earlier in the day, their advertising bucks worked to bring us in.
We arrived shortly after 5:30pm and it was still rather quiet inside. It is what I consider to be a typical Milwaukee area pub/bar with pool tables, pull tab vending machines, Golden Tee Golf and other assorted games. The bar is in the center of the room and is quite large; probably 20-25 bar stools around it. They have a mix of high and low top tables and a few booths around the perimeter of the place. We opted for a booth.
Currently, until around the first of July, we still have smoking food & beverage establishments. I'm not quite sure what the current laws are as some places have gone all non-smoking, some counties and cities have required restaurants to be smoke-free while it's ok in bars still. This place was a full smoking establishment, but coming early, it wasn't bad . . . yet. Personally, I look forward to the new Wisconsin law that will prohibit smoking although I know the Tavern League (an association for bars and pubs in the state) has fought it for years.
The Trysting Place Pub has a very nice and rather extensive menu of bar food items including sandwiches, burgers, finger foods (like chicken wings and tenders), pizza and of course the obligatory fish fry. Pizza appears to be a popular item for them, as we saw more of them going out the door for carry-out orders than their fish.
They have a number of nightly advertised specials as well. Wednesdays are "all you can eat" spaghetti for $6.99 and Thursday are pizza night with $12 and $14 pricing on their 14 and 16 inch respectively, loaded with two toppings of your choice.
As for our dinner, the fish fry was $9.99 and was pretty basic . . . but very good. Beer battered with Leinenkugel's Red as the base, the cod was tender, flakey and delicious. The three planks were plump and moist; the batter not overpowering the delicate fish flavor. Served with choice of fries, potato salad (American or German version) or potato pancakes (for an extra buck), cole slaw, and a slice of marble rye bread; there was plenty of food and need for extra (as in "all you can eat" servings).
We saved room to share a dessert, their apple dumpling. It was a curious preparation with the apple wedged and rolled in what seemed to be phyllo dough, deep fried and then served with vanilla ice cream and warm caramel syrup. It was very good and at $3.29 a good value.
I'm certain we will return to the Trysting Place Pub some evening once the no smoking ordinance goes into effect. It looked to be a fun place to watch a sporting event with TV's throughout the bar area. We did note their fliers promoting Packers' trips from the bar to Green Bay by motor coach, plenty of food and beverages (including bloody mary's and screwdrivers) for the ride, a tailgate at Lambeau Field and a game ticket. Not bad at $500 for their three game package (includes a preseason game) or $225 for the single regular season games. Unfortunately, the games in this year's packages are not very desirable . . . Detroit Lions (who suck!) and a Sunday night game against Dallas. Good game, but who wants to be rolling into their home after 1:00am??
All in all, thumbs up for the Trysting Place Pub in Menomonee Falls.
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