The Clubhouse

About six weeks ago I was in Appleton, WI for a wedding of a good friend of mine from high school. His name is Chuck and he's a pretty cool guy. I found during my stay in Appleton that it is quite the place for drinking and mingling. I had a great time staying in town for a few nights. The wedding was awesome BTW.

I stopped into The Clubhouse for a burger and a beer while I was waiting for others to make their way downtown to some random bars for drinks and revelry. This was the only mistake of my trip.

I do not understand why people make hamburgers to bready. I ordered a basic burger with bleu cheese and bacon, along with a side of fries and whatever was on tap / special. The burger was 80% bun. I was looking forward to getting a good pub burger, all I got was a bun. I have gotten used to having crappy burgers, as everywhere in Las Vegas is a chain crap hole in the wall unless you're down on the strip. Nobody wants to go down on the strip just to grab a pub burger and some onion rings if you live in Las Vegas. This means my life is void of this epic mid-west staple.

The ladies behind the bar were nice enough until they found out I wasn't going to pound 50 beers, thus, my bill wasn't going to be more than 10 bucks or so.

There were four guys sitting to my left talking about topical sports subjects like baseball, the NFL lockout, and whether their wives were going to give them any special handy attention when they got home that night. I guess this is what passes for decent pub conversation now a days. Either way, their burgers looked super bread mode as well.

I finished my meh burger, left half my beer and made my way down the street to another random pub that had a better vibe. I should have had dinner at Lombardi's, which was right next door. Such is life.

This is a nice Sports bar/Restaurant inside the Paper Valley.  I stopped in here after a wedding reception on Saturday night.  Drinks are cheap compared to Milwaukee and there are lots of TV's to show lots of games.  The only real negative was that I waited quite a long time for a server to notice me.