The Trip to Wisconsin Dells - September 2021 - Part 2

 Food!

I forgot earlier today to write about food. 

 

We noticed, or rather Gary did, that there aren't as many chain restaurants here as there are at home or in other places we have traveled.  We have yet to see a Texas Roadhouse, an O'Charleys, a Cheddars, a Red Lobster, or an Olive Garden.  There are fast food restaurants, but the main  place to eat, that is a chain, is Culver's.  That makes sense because Culver's originated in Wisconsin and nearly every town has at least one. 

Tofflers Pub and Grille in New Glarus - we were one of two couples in the main floor dining room that day.  I ordered a chicken salad sandwich (with nuts on toasted bread) and potato salad.  Gary had a pulled pork sandwich.  Both were good meals.

I was still full from lunch in NG so we went to Culver's that evening.  Gary had a tenderloin basket and I ordered my favorite turtle sundae but with just one scoop of ice cream. It was SO SO SO good!  I used to order those all the time when Mike lived in NG.  So good!  But full of calories, and I think I stopped myself from eating them because I discovered that I would need to use an entire day, if not more, of WW points just to cover that one sundae.  Yikes!

 Applebee's in The Dells - sign on the door that there might be a wait due to lack of servers.  A family of 5-6 was waiting on the seated area.  The hostess told us it would be at least 35 minutes before we could be seated.  Lots of empty tables.  We left as did the young couple behind us.  They went to IHOP next door.  We went into town further.

B-Lux Bar and Grille - The Dells  Nice place.  Not very crowded but it was a Thursday evening.  I ordered a tuna melt sandwich and shoestring french fries.  Gary ordered a hamburger with cheese (extra, Jim and E. Anne) and waffle fries.  The tuna was extremely salty and Gary switched half of his sandwich for mine.  What a guy! He didn't like it any better than I did!

Famous Dave's BBQ -  spur of the moment - we spotted it and went around the block and parked.  BEST Chicken BBQ sandwich and potato salad for me.  BBQ Brisket for Gary.  Very good but one of our more expensive meals.

Paul Bunyon  - The Dells - This place was recommended by the concierge at the resort as one of the best for breakfast.  The usual buffet was switched to family style because of COVID.  We paid at the door for the meal which was scrambled eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, ham and sausage, pancakes and a choice of juice, white milk, or coffee plus a pitcher of water.  Additional cost for tea or iced tea, lemonade, soft drinks.  Additional cost for a bowl of fruit.  We went basic!  It was good food and it was all you could eat so we didn't leave hungry.  Nice for a meal but one time was enough for us.

 High Rocks Cafe - downtown Wisconsin Dells - Friday night  Small crowd.  Our waitress was great and funny.  She smiled a lot.  I had a pasta dish with chicken and broccoli and covered with shredded parmesan. Very good but it was a 'Heather Davis' type of dish---the more I ate of it, the more there seemed to be.  Gary had a Monte Cristo sandwich and some kind of special fries that he said were really good.  It was a good meal---kind of a Friday night out type of thing. Gary ate half of what I brought home for dinner on Saturday evening since we stayed in all day.

Which brings me to ---- our food for today, Saturday, was cheap!  We found a large coffee cake/Danish at the Viking Foods (recommended by our update guy) for $3.99 and it has last us for every morning so far.  We have one piece left.  We had egg rolls for a late lunch plus chips and dip for a snack, then I fixed a bowl of oatmeal for my dinner since I wasn't really hungry.

We brought along drinks, some granola bars, cookies, and a few other things.  We spent less than $100 at the grocery store for just breakfast items and a few snacks. Not bad.  

Sunday - mid-day meal at IHOP.  I ordered strawberry and cream crepes which were good.  Gary had chicken strips and fries.  He really liked the BBQ sauce.

Dinner at Mexicali Rose.  I ordered a strawberry margarita which was HUGE and very good too.  My dinner was  flauta with chicken and cream cheese and it was really good too.  Gary had some kind of enchilada that he liked.   It was a good meal overall.