Sprecher’s Bar, Leland, WI
This was the best bar by a country mile. Screen door on the front, old bar wood smell, taxidermy, an elderly clientele. The last owner Junior passed away a couple years ago, and was still tending bar at age 88. Now his daughter runs the place, i’m guessing she’s around 70. There were guns everywhere, even a snowman behind the bar was holding a toy rifle. The character and stories about this place seemed legendary. We got a tour of the former general store and former dancehall next door, where the owners father was born and kept warm on a stove for 3 hours before a doctor arrived. Frosty mugs of Sprecher root beer really hit the spot. They also had an Amber on tap and the locals were drinking Busch Latte of course.
We also made it to
On The Rox in Roxbury, a passable new incarnation of the Roxbury Tavern. Very good pizza and live goats out back. We were told that Tom the former owner is doing well and stops in on weekends.
Jackson Clinic outside of Mauston was kinda creepy, seemed like a rowdy biker bar by night, and kind of haggard by the light of day. It’s a former schoolhouse and barn slapped together, and somewhat dilapidated. Ride it till the wheels fall off I guess. They are having a free pig roast on Aug. 28th with free beer too.
