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Milwaukee's best fish fry, 2007: Lakefront Palm Garden
Lakefront Palm Garden is perched on the bank of the Milwaukee River.  
By Molly Snyder Edler RSS Feed
OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer

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Published Oct. 8, 2007 at 5:22 a.m.
Tags: onmilwaukee.com best of milwaukee, fish fry, lakefront palm garden, lakefront brewery, brewhaus polka kings, polka, lakefront beer

The votes are in and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best: Eat & Drink, 2007. The results of this readers' poll, including an editors' pick, are available in this series of articles that run all October long during Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com.

Milwaukee is famous for Friday night fish fries, and with so many to choose from, it's amazing that most people still have a top favorite. By a large margin, OnMilwaukee.com readers chose Lakefront Palm Garden as the best place in the city to chow a fish dinner.

The Lakefront fish menu features beer battered cod ($9.95), perch ($12.95), bluegill ($12.95), baked tilapia ($10.95) or a combo platter ($12.95). All of the dinners are served with a choice of fries or potato pancakes, cole slaw and bread and butter.

The food, however, is only a portion of the experience. Diners are seated "family style" at large tables, and entertained by the Brewhaus Polka Kings who gig in lederhosen and strapped with accordions from 6 to 9 p.m.

The Palm Garden fish fry is very popular with families because there's a dance floor where children and adults can dance to live polka ditties mixed with other classic kids' songs like the "Hokey Pokey." It's best to arrive after 6:30 p.m. if you wish to avoid the kid scene.

OnMilwaukee.com editor's choice: Kegel's Inn

Runners-up:


2. Serb Hall
3. Turner Hall
4. Kegel's Inn
5. Wegner's St. Martins Inn
6. Slim McGinn's
7. River Lane Inn
8. Hi-Hat
9. The Packing House
10. Karl Ratzsch's
11. Fritz's Pub
12. Ardor
13. Café El Sol
14. Bavarian Inn
15. Dino's



More Information ...
Lakefront Palm Garden
1872 N. Commerce St.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 273-8300

October is Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com. All month, we're stuffed with restaurant reviews, special features, chef profiles and unique articles on everything food. Bon appetit!

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ChrisLorenzEvents The editors are very wise.
TosaJimBob Don't go...the fish is terrible (lie)...the Polka Band is too loud (lie) the ...