Darboy Club

This place cracks me up and I love it.  It is so unapolgetically Old School Wisconsin, it almost dares us City Slickers to come in and try to criticize it.  The hall is packed to the gills every time I go there, no pun intended.  Like Van Abel's in nearby Hollandtown, this place doesn't give a crap about atmosphere.  It's a huge hall of 3 foot by six foot particle board tables lined up cafeteria style with paper placemats that have changed little if at all since it opened, whenever that was.

The restaurant's total and complete lack of atmosphere is all the atmosphere it needs.  You are in a dark windowless hall with a whole lot of blue hairs and you are happy to be there.  I suppose you could compare it to a ratskeller like hall which makes sense given the heavy German heritage in this neck of the woods.

I used to attend Craft Fairs here on Sunday mornings with my Mom and my two aunts.  We bought crocheted Barbie doll clothes that I hated because they weren't real Barbie doll clothes but I always enjoyed my day with the Ladies.  Now that was back in the 70's and I don't know if they still do those craft fairs but they probably do.  The place is in a time warp.  I've attended a few weddings here as well.  I mean the place is an institution.  And what's always on the menu?

It's all about the Award Winning Broasted Chicken Stupid!  That's how they pack them in.  And I've heard the fish is good too but it's really about the chicken and God Bless Them!  I hope they keep it going for a long time to come.