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I ate at Casey's a couple of years ago. It was kind of late and it was th only place open. I ordered a pulled pork sandwich and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.

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Steve Z.
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"The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook." - Julia Child

Looking for any new info--headed up for the long weekend. No kids. Nothing too precious Any thoughts on the best supper club in the area? We're staying in Ephraim so we'll be very centrally located.

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“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” Elizabeth Taylor

Year after year, we return to the Greenwood Supper Club, at Hwys A and F. Giant cocktails, friendly servers and handsome portions of better-than-average Wisconsin fare keep us coming back. For something a little, just a little, more upscale, we drive down toward Sturgeon Bay to Donny's Glidden Lodge. Similar menu, beautiful view of the lake just feet from the windows.

Although it's been several years since we've been in Door County, I have fond memories of Greenwood (I think I had a very good prime rib there) and am happy to hear they're hanging in there. When we were there, I was astonished and delighted that they had an old-fashioned cigarette machine in the bar. I don't smoke, but I've never cared if other people do, plus cigarette machines are cool.

Thanks for the updates--anyone else?

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“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.” Elizabeth Taylor

I hope this isn't too late.

My favorite place in Door County is Sister Bay Bowl, which is a combination supper club, bar, and bowling alley. It doesn't have the log cabin feel of the Greenwood Supper Club, but has it's own unique feel. They make excellent Wisconsin-style brandy old fashioneds. We always get the fish fry, which is very good.

I went to Greenwood once and, though I liked it in a kitchy sort-of-way, I couldn't help thinking it was a bit overpriced.

Wild Tomato Pizza is very, very good.

There is a bar/restaurant in Baileys Harbor that I really like (also for fried fish, among other things). I believe it is Weisgerber's Cornerstone Pub.

The Door County Bakery has very good bread and other baked goods. They also have a nice wine, beer, spirits, and gourmet shop. It's on 57, east of Ephraim. In general, I found most of the other canned goods/gourmet shops to be avoided.

If you like pottery, there are a lot of great potters in DC. Especially check out the Potters Wheel Gallery in Fish Creek.

Have fun!

Thanks for pointing us, so many years ago, to Marchant's, dicksond. On our way home from Door County earlier this week, we stopped at the original Marchant's in Brussels. We bought some trippe--pronounced trip and one of the self-proclaimed "famous" Belgian pies. The trippe is excellent if, as the very helpful young woman at the meat counter told us, you like cabbage--the sausage is made from pork and cabbage. No problem, my son and I said. We love cabbage. We grilled the trippe the other day, along with the championship brats from Miesfeld's, bought later that afternoon. Trippe is tasty: mildly spiced, flecked with green, and slightly reminiscent of pierogi stuffing according to my son. We also bought some terrific bacon, cut to order and very reasonably priced at $3.69/lb. Lightly cured and with just the right balance of fat to meat, this is great stuff, so I'm glad we bought some "bacon ends" from the deli case in addition to what we had cut at the meat counter. We also bought a package of their wieners. Their fresh meats looked excellent, but I knew we only had so much room in the cooler and were hours from home yet. Our friendly young woman told us that their "side pork" was very popular for grilling; this is (for those, like me, unfamiliar with this usage) pork belly sliced like thick bacon, and it looked terrific. I later saw Miesfeld's side pork (pricier) as well.

While Cabbagehead had a pleasant conversation with an older woman at Marchant's, perhaps the owner, about the different grocery chains they have been over the years (Wisconsin chain Red Owl for many years, now Supervalu, changing soon perhaps), our son and I checked out the famous Belgian pies. Our meat counter helper told us they are made fresh every Thursday and those that are left are then frozen. Her favorite is rice pudding. Since it was Tuesday, we headed for the freezer case. The pies are really more like a German kuchen, I think. They have a thin yeast dough topped with fruit in thick syrup (or rice pudding) and then with a layer of lightly sweetened cheese (farmer's cheese). They are baked in aluminum pie tins. We would have liked cherry, but there were none, so we got an apple pie. There were rice pudding ones, but those just didn't appeal that day. The apple was more like diced apples in sweet and heavy syrup than apple slices of the sort you would find in a traditional American pie. Interesting, but not something I have to hurry back north for.

It seems as if our trips home from Wisconsin take longer and longer as we have to shop at more and more favorite places for our Wisconsin food fix. Several farm stands, Marchant's, Miesfeld's for brats and summer sausage, and finally Woodman's in Kenosha for New Glarus beer were all stops. We didn't stop at Salmon's meats in Luxembourg but did pick up some of their double-smoked bacon and wieners at the grocery in Egg Harbor. Their bacon was quite good, but I like the mild Marchant's better. We've tried the Miesfeld's bacon before, and it's pricier and not as good, in my opinion, as Marchant's. We need to have a wiener fest soon and compare Salmon's (isn't that a great name for a butcher?), Marchant's, and current champion, Miesfeld's.

Marchant's Foods
1367 County Trunk DK
P.O. Box 7
Brussels, WI 54204
(920) 825-1244
http://www.marchantsfoods.com/

Miesfeld's Meat Market
4811 Venture Drive
Sheboygan, WI 53083
(920) 565-6328
http://www.miesfelds.com/