The Klassik Tavern

Great place to watch the Packer game. Nice and clean. Great staff. Prices are very reasonable!

The Klassik is a great bar and supper club down in Verona. Walking inside, the bar is down to the right hand side. It's a long room with an interesting layout.

The bar itself is the length or the room. It juts out a little 1/4 of the way down before tucking back in another 1/4 of the way down, then takes a shallow angle inboard to the end of the room, where it doglegs back in on itself at almost 180 degrees. This forms a commanding table out at the very end of the bar. It's pretty cool, but it mans you'll need a minute to figure out where to sit! There are a few hi-top tables on the perimeter and a big picture window with a good view outside. The bar stools themselves have low back with wings that wrap around into armrests -- super-comfortable and great to sit in for a long while.

The food is excellent and I have yet to have a bad anything. Dinner plates come with fresh baked rolls, choice of potato, a wedge salad and main dish.The grouper sandwich was delicious. Their ribs were shockingly good with a pleasantly sweet yet spicy sauce; they're easily the best ribs I've had in Wisconsin -- drop in on Wednesdays where you can get a full-rack for the half-rack price. The wedge salad on offer is a 1/5 wedge of super-crisp iceberg with carrot, cucumber and fresh baby spinach served with dressing -- the ranch dressing and blue cheese dressing are both homemade and good options.

I've also sampled the cod fish fry a friend had as well as the fried shrimp special. Both are available on Fridays. I noted very high quality fish and shrimp here. The cod had a delicate sweetness I don't find at other places and the battering was light and crisp. The shrimp are jumbo size and obviously from the Gulf of Mexico; they had that tender richness I've only had before in New Orleans. Cocktail sauce is homemade and how I would make it if I were to do it myself -- just the right amount of horseradish to be spicy but shrimp and crispy batter flavors still come through.This is a great treat and I plan to return just for these alone. The loaded baked potato was ok and could have been baked a bit more, but despite being wall-to-wall packed nothing else was under- or over- cooked.

Johanna and Jimmy down at the bar are the nicest bartenders in the area and treat you like a regular from your first visit on. The waitstaff is just as nice.

I can't recommend this place strongly enough. I've never been in the dining room, but I imagine its at least as good as the bar area. Enjoy it!

Love the Klassik.  Recently enjoyed a fish fry (sat outdoors on a gorgeous fall evening). The bartender/server, Jimmy, is awesome!! He makes great drinks and is a great conversationalist. Can't wait to return.

Cheryl C.