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I was just going to mention the Blue Cat when I read your reply. We love the salad with the duck cracklins. What about Ross's under I-74 and State St. (Hwy. 67) in Bettendorf? It's a step back in time and where else can you order a "mountain"?
We too dig Jim's Rib Haven. We also like the two Vietnamese places, Le Mekong and the more upscale Pasteur.
Milwaukee -- Report (way, way longer than necessary)
nsxtasy, that's so true. Milwaukee doesn't hold a monopoly on rude people and the one's we have don't all reside in the inner city. I've been going to both Speed Queen (even back when it was called "The Speed Queen" and located in what became an urban renewal area) and Jake's and while I've never had anything like that happen to me there, I understand it could. I also have run across rude people in our tonier areas but imho Milwaukee has a well deserved reputation as a very friendly city. Another recent poster mentioned the Soup Brothers in another thread as a must stop. I'd just like to point out The Philly Way is right around the corner on 2nd St. while Soup Bros. is on Florida. Heading west on Florida, it peters out at 6th St. where Conejito's stands at the roundabout on Virginia. By no means great Mexican food, it does serve one of the tastiest, quickly served, and cheapest taco's in town; the chop meat is the one to order and no, it's not hamburger, but a tender stew-like beef served in a grilled, slightly charred flour tortilla. The late Al McGuire put it on the map declaring it one of his favorite local dumps. It's remodeled and no longer a dump but it still gets its share of poor hungry Marquette students and alumni. The margarita's are more tart than sticky sweet as some are and are one of my favorites in all of town.
Food souvenirs from Beloit area?
There's an Amish bulk food store just west of town that may have some items not found back home.
Kaufman's Country Store
9550 West State Road 81 Beloit
608-362-1750
I second the stops in Brodhead and Monroe and I'd add Dodgeville and New Glarus to your little tour. Landjaeger is a Swiss dried sausage (in these parts) that I think is quite a treat and probably not found back home. http://www.ruefsmeatmarket.com/ and next door is my favorite bakery in the state. http://www.newglarusbakery.com/ Dodgeville is home to an artisan cheesemaker whose name escapes me but one of the cheeses was declared best in the U.S. in its category. It also has a Land's End outlet that might be worth a stop.
Milwaukee: Does this place ring a bell??
I agree. I'd also say it was Saz's. http://www.sazs.com/restaurant/
