Sometimes it is good to get out town and just get a change in prospective.  Get in the car and drive to someplace new. If nothing else it will add verity and give a “hey remember that time we…” story to tell.  This weekend was a short trip to Lake Geneva.  It is just an hour from the big lake to this picturesque smaller one.  The weather tried to cooperate – it didn’t rain.  There was plenty of walking, shopping, and hanging out with friends.

The main strip about a block from the lake offers lots of choices.  There are your standard fish shops of course.  There is the BBQ place overlooking the water.  The corner store has a deli to get made to order sandwiches.  Breakfast only places.  Bistro’s, sport bars, and dinners line the streets between the high end shopping and the souvenir shops.

As in all places out of town it helps to do your research. While great eats exist, they are not always as easy to find as one would think.  In previous trips with large groups we hit up the bigger known places.  They overlook the water and have plenty of seating.  The food was food.  Nothing really to write about and nothing that could not be had anywhere else.  This time we tried smaller places. The one that looked the most promising was closed when we were hungry so we tried the sports bar, score.  Yep, it was a sports bar and it lived up to all that it was supposed to be.  Lots of choices on tap, burgers, fries, and corn dogs.  Sports ranging from golf, soccer, baseball, and yesterday’s top 10 pepper the screens.

Do your research and look around.  You could end up in the ‘we used to be good’ place.  First clue that we should have walked out, the place was empty on a Friday night.  2^nd, folding tables and chairs too low for comfortable eating   3rd, menu said please allow ample time for you food to be cooked.  I don’t mind waiting for food when it is good but this was prepackaged, frozen that the kitchen just reheated the plates.  The menu was trying to be Greek with something to satisfy the Americans.   It failed on all fronts.  I got the BLT because it is hard to mess that up or get sick while eating it.

There are several great places to eat.  There is even a Chicago deep dish pizza place. You live in Milwaukee or close by.  If you have never had Chicago deep dish pizza, get your butt down there people.  You have no excuse. GO!! There is an UNOs in Brookfield and one in Menomonee Falls.  The one in Lake Geneva will do.  I say that the original (Wabash Ave, Chicago) is the best.  But since there is not much to writing about in the ways of Milwaukee pizza, try it.

Get out of town and try something new.  I will see you again next week; Promise.