February 18, 2026 • 15 mins
In this State Trunk Tour episode, we cover the latest on the Ice Caves on Lake Superior and go over a few of the events this weekend before taking a deeper dive into Kenosha Restaurant Week, which kicks off Saturday, February 21st and runs through March 1st this year. Joining us will be Meridith Jumisko from Visit Kenosha to discuss the 80+ restaurants, bars, diners, drive-ins, and more across Kenosha County that will have special deals, meals, and more. This is a great opportunity to hit the SE corner of Wisconsin and deliciously explore Kenosha County! Listen in for more...
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to another episode of the State Trunk Tour podcast.
It's Eric Paul Singer, head tour guide around the state.
Here we are in mid February, kind of getting a
mid to late February. Remember February is a short month,
and you know, one of the crazy things. For the
first time in eleven years, the ice caves formed off
the coast of the Apostle Islands near Bayfield and Lake Superior.
(00:20):
They were open on Monday of this week and then
after the winter storm on Tuesday, they had to close again.
And it also looks like the storm was strong enough
and move the ice around enough where it may not
open again for the rest of the season. We will
keep you up today. We just did a whole article
on the ice Caves on State Trunk Tour dot com
and it might be moot for the rest of the season.
(00:42):
We'll keep you on top of that. Also coming up
this weekend, the Burkey is happening in Hayward. Huge event
and yes, there's still plenty of snow up there, plenty
of cold for all of those cross country skiers. The
amazing racing up there in Hayward. Still time to get
up there and check that out. Also, Cedarberg has their
Winter Festival all weekend and they're charming. Little downtown which
Highway and fifty seven used to run through. It's now
(01:04):
just Washington Avenue, but yeah, go through a historic Highway
fifty seven. You can enjoy that. In Cedarburg, man Oa
I think we pronounced that correct is their Snowdio. It's
like a snowmobile rodeo. It's pretty cool. Milwaukee Comic Con
is at State Fair Park on Friday night. But our
big event, which really starts this weekend and runs all
the way through March first, is in Kenosha. Visit Kenosha
(01:25):
one of our proud State Trunk Tour sponsors, and their
Restaurant Week which was among the best of the restaurant
weeks across the state. We're talking over eighty restaurants and
dining establishments involved. We'll be talking with Meredith Jamisco from
Visit Kenosha about Kenosha Restaurant Week, which again kicks off Saturday.
In just a moment right here on the State Trunk
(01:46):
Tour podcast. Yeah, welcome back. It's time now to talk
to Meredith Jamisco a Visit Kenosha, because we're talking Kenosha
Restaurant Week with over eighty restaurants participating in what's quite
the eating extravaganza. It's definitely worth road trip to Wisconsin's
southeast corner. Hit on ninety four and forty one, hit
Highways thirty two or fifty or one to fifty eight
(02:06):
or US forty five one forty two. They're all over
the county with these great options that are coming for
a restaurant week. And Meredith, Hello, welcome to the podcast.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Hello, thank you for having me, and.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
We are looking forward now to talking with you about
some of the specifics of Kenosha Restaurant Week, which kicks
off coming up here on Saturday, which is February twenty first,
And it's really kind of a week and a half
for a little over a week, I guess nine days,
right inclusive Sunday March first, is what it runs through.
It's got a little time to check all these places.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Out, that is right. And this is our annual nine
day celebration of our community's delicious dining scene. So it's
for foodies looking to show some love to locally owned restaurants,
or if you're a regular in Kenosha, you may want
to support your favorite restaurants or try something new with them,
or we have so many not only first time participants
(02:56):
to Restaurant Week, but ones that are totally new, like
just open within the last twelve months. So there really
is a wide spectrum of different places you can enjoy.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, And speaking of the wide spectrum, it spans all
the meals from breakfast through dinner and dessert and specialty
treats and everything from suffer clubs, cafes, diners, the newer
upscale b stros, the classic pubs, and even some specialty shops.
And it's all over the.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
County, that is right, And it's a record eighty plus
participants and in from downtown Kenosha all the way to
west of Interstate ninety four, and it's breakfast, brunch, weekend, brunch, lunch, dinner.
We have the sweet Treats and drinks category. We also
point out which ones have budgetarian vegan offers, So we
really try to think of everyone and incorporate what questions
(03:43):
people might have before going. And it's important to know
you don't need any tickets or coupons or anything. You
just go to one of these participating places and you
ask for the special Restaurant Week menu because they will
also have the regular menu. You're welcome to take from
either one, but the special Restaurant Week menu be available
from February twenty first to March.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
First, So you're corraling eighty different restaurants. And again, like
you said, the regular menu is going on and everything
can be nice and normal, or these are opportunities where
some of these restaurants are doing, you know, dishes, maybe
they're considering or certain things that they want to feature
at oftentimes a special.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Price right that is right, like hold my Beer, they
have new specialty pizzas that you want that they want
you to check out and you can save like twelve
or fifteen dollars. Even they have two specialty pizzas for
din in or carryout, and then they have a thirty
dollars din in only deal and that includes a beer,
a dice of wristband as well at hold my Beer.
(04:38):
So there is lots of different options out there and
lots of different price points as well. And the specials
are some of the more traditional ones, like you get
two or three or four course meals for a set price,
and then there's also like percentages off dollar bills off
dinner for two. Some have a different special every day,
so there's great variety.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
And by the way, if you guys didn't do Valentine's
Day last weekend for whatever reason, you can do it
this weekend and get a specialty with a great Kenosa
area restaurant. Remember that too, Well, all these eighty restaurants
that must have been a heck of a thing to
corral and put together.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yes, it is. It takes a couple months. We start
in December asking our partners that we work with if
they're interested, and then we take their information for their menu.
We formatted our own way, we make a master menu guide.
So it is a lot of work, but it is
well worth it. This is the flower time of year
for restaurants, so we want to support them, kind of
shine the spotlight on them. And we have had such
(05:36):
a growing cuisine scene here, we really have. We have
so many different offerings Chinese, Indian, Italian, Mexican, sushi, pizza, burgers, barbecue,
we have our sweet shops with ice cream, with popcorn,
with donuts, and we include all of them as part
of Restaurant Week. All they have to do is say
(05:56):
they're interested and we get them on board.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah, it is amazing. The cash has been long known
for Italian food and especially fantastic pizza, and Greek restaurants
were huge for a long time too. They still are,
but man, it's it's diversified into just about.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Everything that is right. And you know, we have so
many longtime family owned restaurants and then we have the
newer ones that continue to open up and start new
family legacies. So it's really incredible to find the wide variety,
and there's so much to do with some of them
as well, and you're bound to find like music some
of these venues when you go in the evening, or
(06:32):
trivia or bingo even and we have a couple like
Hold my Beer has a act growing, so does a
place called Dee's Barn. Of course, Brought Stop has a
lot to do there, including their cheese shop and of
coursing a shop as well at Cooper's uptown mars Cheese Castle.
So there's great entertainment you get that go along with
your meal.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Especially Yeah, Broad Stop in mars Cheese Castle are two
absolute classics. And then you know downtown, just the proximity
of different places. I mean right on fifty sixth Street,
which is a beautiful little boulevard part of downtown, just
east of Sheridan Road, which is Highway thirty two. You
have onto Kenosha Sushi Restaurant and bar, which is a
fantastic Asian fusion place. Right next to it as Swedes,
(07:12):
which is a super old school bar, and then right
next to that a slip fifty six barred restaurant which
is a whole unique, different kind. And those three are
wedgs right next to each other, so you get good
just within walking distances. You park once you can really
do a lot of experiences.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Yeah, I mean you can walk all through downtown. It's
great to get out and enjoy. We have so many
other places sprinkled in between. We have layng shops, we
have the art galleries, we have the museums, we have
outdoor art. So much to enjoy. And some of the
newer places are like Station on six. That's a bar
that's firefighters themed, like literally the tables are like set
(07:46):
on what looks like fire hydrants, so totally cool place.
We have Southport Wellness Cafe and Smoothie Bar that opened
last year. We have Southport Tea that hasn't even officially
opened their store front yet. But they're going to be
at Kenosha Public Market one of the Saturdays of restaurant weeks,
So they're opening up in the coming weeks actually in downtown.
So lots of new places to enjoy and check out.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
So Station on six you said the tables look.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Like fire hydrants, Yes, underneath holding up the tables, and
they have a whole gear wall. It's like a whole
group of people friends that own the place and many
have firefighter connections. So yeah, it's totally cool place.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Yeah, watch it if you bring your dog, though they
might get the wrong idea.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
And actually at Station on six, they actually have a
three course Saturday Prime rib dinner specials during restaurant week.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Wow, you get a waddle away from there. That sounds delicious, man. Yes, so,
and again we've talked a little bit about downtown Kenosha
with this, but it is it spreads all across the county.
It goes well west of I forty one and ninety four,
and you could check out some places in some of
these unique small towns in the west side of the county.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Yeah, we have Bristol forty five diners participating with Red
School Cafe. Both are on Highway forty five west of
the Eye. We have Louisa's Pizza that's very well known
further west, so yeah, a lot of places. Of course.
We also consider broad Stop and March Cheesecastle's west of
the Inner State right west, and Dee's Barn that I
(09:19):
mentioned that has billiards and X throwing. It's not far
from brought Stops. So yeah, a great variety of places
to visit.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
There's a dizzying array of activities too with all of this.
You go to restaurant, we can go to one of
eighty places, and a couple of more.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Breweries right yes, yeah, we have Public Brewing Company, we
have Rustic Road Brewing Company.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
And while you're there, I mean you make a good
excuse to go to Kenosha for the restaurant deals and specials,
and then you can partake in all the other things.
You kind of touched on that. But you know, this
time of year, all the museums and everything they're still open.
You can still take the trolley around and you can
you can really enjoy everything.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yes, there is so much to do, especially downtown this
time of year. The electric street cars run on Saturdays
and Sundays and February, and we have the Dinosaur Discovery
Museum with the large dinosaurs. You can check out the
Civil War Museum. We have the Kenosha Public Museum with
the mammoths, and then the Kenosha History Center has an
(10:15):
AMC Station Wagon exhibit on this year.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Oh, very cool because last year you had the AMC Homecoming,
which is really cool.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, so this year it is Wagons Away exhibit and
they have about four of them on display and they
looks at the bygone era and cars the station wagons,
so it's really cool. They have the iconic seventies Hornet
sport about. They have two Sleeper muscle wagons, the Rubble
and the Matador, and then they have a nineteen fifties
(10:46):
Rambler Classics seven seventy wagon on display. So it's totally
free to visit the History Center and they ask you
to contribute donations. But it's very nice on Simmons Island,
so right next to the harbor.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Very cool. So yeah, with that and all the museums
and then again the restaurants, I do want to give
one shout to the eighteen forty four. That's a pretty
nice place.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yes, right inside one of our hotels. Estella Hotel and ballroom.
They have actually two places participating. They also have a
cafe for breakfast there and of course this time of year,
their rooftop bar isn't open, but you should come back
in the summertime when it is. You get a great
view of downtown Kenosha from the rooftop.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Yeah, it's nice when you can, when you can get
up high like that and get that view because you
can see all the way to the lake. I love
their potato croquettes. So oh, I'm trying to do keto
right now, so that's difficult, but maybe by the time
summer rolls around that won't be the case anymore. So
visit Kenosha dot com slash rw gives you the details
on restaurant Week well, of course, have a page on
it on State Trunk Tour dot com too. So what
(11:46):
else should people know as they prepare for this. I
mean there's eighty options. You have nine days, so you
know you've got to make your plans correctly.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Yes, we said, just to check out the menus on
our website. Visit Kenosha dot com slash OURW. We list
them by categories. We have the menu details. We suggest
if a place s accepts the reservations that you make them,
and also we stress for you to be patient and
remember to tip your servers. That is really thanks to
our restaurants and their staff for participating for letting us
(12:18):
shine the spotlight on them. And we also have to
dine and give components. So we ask if you're enjoy
all of these great meals, that you consider making a
donation to local hunger relief organizations. There are the official
nonprofit partners of a restaurant have the details on the
rest page, and that include shal Loan Center, the Sharing Center,
(12:40):
the Kenosha County Food Bank, and the Salvation Army of
Kenosha County. I know they would appreciate.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
The support dining give. There's also a dine and Win
you can win some gift cards and some other things.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
That's right. Go to the Kenosha Restaurant Week Facebook page
and Instagram page and they both are going to have
lots of opportunities to win gets cars, maybe even some
Restaurant Week merchandise that's also available to purchase. So that
will be leading up to and during Kenosha Restaurant We Yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Should note, yeah, they do have a Facebook and an
Instagram page too that's called Kenosha Restaurant Week, but you
can link to that too from their page. Visit Kenosha
dot com slash Restaurant Week, or just to make it easier,
visit Kenosha dot com slash our w This is a
highlight for the restaurants, but of course Kenosha's culinary delights
last all year. They even have Taste of Wisconsin at
the end of July every year. Let's do a quick
(13:29):
little plug for that.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Meredith, what do you say that is right? Yes, that's
one of your favorite events. It's the last weekend of July.
Let me pull up the official dates for you. I
have it on our website already. It is Oh, it's
on mine too, July and actually it's July twenty four
(13:50):
through the twenty sixth this year, so.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Perfect, last full weekend of July. That is phenomenal because
you're outside in the in the long the beautiful water,
and now all the culinary opportunities are there too. So
to Mari what the season is, Kenosha is a great
place to head to and get some great dining in
and check out some great museums. So I highly recommend
checking out Kenosha Restaurant Week again visit Kenosha dot com
(14:13):
slash r W. I will keep you on top of
what's going on there all year long. Meredith, thanks so
much for joining me today.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Thank you, Enjoynosha.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Thanks again to Marath Jamesco from visit Kenosha for talking
about visit Kenosha Restaurant Week. You can find out more
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(14:43):
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next episode.
Welcome to another episode of the State Trunk Tour podcast.
It's Eric Paul Singer, head tour guide around the state.
Here we are in mid February, kind of getting a
mid to late February. Remember February is a short month,
and you know, one of the crazy things. For the
first time in eleven years, the ice caves formed off
the coast of the Apostle Islands near Bayfield and Lake Superior.
(00:20):
They were open on Monday of this week and then
after the winter storm on Tuesday, they had to close again.
And it also looks like the storm was strong enough
and move the ice around enough where it may not
open again for the rest of the season. We will
keep you up today. We just did a whole article
on the ice Caves on State Trunk Tour dot com
and it might be moot for the rest of the season.
(00:42):
We'll keep you on top of that. Also coming up
this weekend, the Burkey is happening in Hayward. Huge event
and yes, there's still plenty of snow up there, plenty
of cold for all of those cross country skiers. The
amazing racing up there in Hayward. Still time to get
up there and check that out. Also, Cedarberg has their
Winter Festival all weekend and they're charming. Little downtown which
Highway and fifty seven used to run through. It's now
(01:04):
just Washington Avenue, but yeah, go through a historic Highway
fifty seven. You can enjoy that. In Cedarburg, man Oa
I think we pronounced that correct is their Snowdio. It's
like a snowmobile rodeo. It's pretty cool. Milwaukee Comic Con
is at State Fair Park on Friday night. But our
big event, which really starts this weekend and runs all
the way through March first, is in Kenosha. Visit Kenosha
(01:25):
one of our proud State Trunk Tour sponsors, and their
Restaurant Week which was among the best of the restaurant
weeks across the state. We're talking over eighty restaurants and
dining establishments involved. We'll be talking with Meredith Jamisco from
Visit Kenosha about Kenosha Restaurant Week, which again kicks off Saturday.
In just a moment right here on the State Trunk
(01:46):
Tour podcast. Yeah, welcome back. It's time now to talk
to Meredith Jamisco a Visit Kenosha, because we're talking Kenosha
Restaurant Week with over eighty restaurants participating in what's quite
the eating extravaganza. It's definitely worth road trip to Wisconsin's
southeast corner. Hit on ninety four and forty one, hit
Highways thirty two or fifty or one to fifty eight
(02:06):
or US forty five one forty two. They're all over
the county with these great options that are coming for
a restaurant week. And Meredith, Hello, welcome to the podcast.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Hello, thank you for having me, and.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
We are looking forward now to talking with you about
some of the specifics of Kenosha Restaurant Week, which kicks
off coming up here on Saturday, which is February twenty first,
And it's really kind of a week and a half
for a little over a week, I guess nine days,
right inclusive Sunday March first, is what it runs through.
It's got a little time to check all these places.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Out, that is right. And this is our annual nine
day celebration of our community's delicious dining scene. So it's
for foodies looking to show some love to locally owned restaurants,
or if you're a regular in Kenosha, you may want
to support your favorite restaurants or try something new with them,
or we have so many not only first time participants
(02:56):
to Restaurant Week, but ones that are totally new, like
just open within the last twelve months. So there really
is a wide spectrum of different places you can enjoy.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, And speaking of the wide spectrum, it spans all
the meals from breakfast through dinner and dessert and specialty
treats and everything from suffer clubs, cafes, diners, the newer
upscale b stros, the classic pubs, and even some specialty shops.
And it's all over the.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
County, that is right, And it's a record eighty plus
participants and in from downtown Kenosha all the way to
west of Interstate ninety four, and it's breakfast, brunch, weekend, brunch, lunch, dinner.
We have the sweet Treats and drinks category. We also
point out which ones have budgetarian vegan offers, So we
really try to think of everyone and incorporate what questions
(03:43):
people might have before going. And it's important to know
you don't need any tickets or coupons or anything. You
just go to one of these participating places and you
ask for the special Restaurant Week menu because they will
also have the regular menu. You're welcome to take from
either one, but the special Restaurant Week menu be available
from February twenty first to March.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
First, So you're corraling eighty different restaurants. And again, like
you said, the regular menu is going on and everything
can be nice and normal, or these are opportunities where
some of these restaurants are doing, you know, dishes, maybe
they're considering or certain things that they want to feature
at oftentimes a special.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Price right that is right, like hold my Beer, they
have new specialty pizzas that you want that they want
you to check out and you can save like twelve
or fifteen dollars. Even they have two specialty pizzas for
din in or carryout, and then they have a thirty
dollars din in only deal and that includes a beer,
a dice of wristband as well at hold my Beer.
(04:38):
So there is lots of different options out there and
lots of different price points as well. And the specials
are some of the more traditional ones, like you get
two or three or four course meals for a set price,
and then there's also like percentages off dollar bills off
dinner for two. Some have a different special every day,
so there's great variety.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
And by the way, if you guys didn't do Valentine's
Day last weekend for whatever reason, you can do it
this weekend and get a specialty with a great Kenosa
area restaurant. Remember that too, Well, all these eighty restaurants
that must have been a heck of a thing to
corral and put together.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yes, it is. It takes a couple months. We start
in December asking our partners that we work with if
they're interested, and then we take their information for their menu.
We formatted our own way, we make a master menu guide.
So it is a lot of work, but it is
well worth it. This is the flower time of year
for restaurants, so we want to support them, kind of
shine the spotlight on them. And we have had such
(05:36):
a growing cuisine scene here, we really have. We have
so many different offerings Chinese, Indian, Italian, Mexican, sushi, pizza, burgers, barbecue,
we have our sweet shops with ice cream, with popcorn,
with donuts, and we include all of them as part
of Restaurant Week. All they have to do is say
(05:56):
they're interested and we get them on board.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Yeah, it is amazing. The cash has been long known
for Italian food and especially fantastic pizza, and Greek restaurants
were huge for a long time too. They still are,
but man, it's it's diversified into just about.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Everything that is right. And you know, we have so
many longtime family owned restaurants and then we have the
newer ones that continue to open up and start new
family legacies. So it's really incredible to find the wide variety,
and there's so much to do with some of them
as well, and you're bound to find like music some
of these venues when you go in the evening, or
(06:32):
trivia or bingo even and we have a couple like
Hold my Beer has a act growing, so does a
place called Dee's Barn. Of course, Brought Stop has a
lot to do there, including their cheese shop and of
coursing a shop as well at Cooper's uptown mars Cheese Castle.
So there's great entertainment you get that go along with
your meal.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Especially Yeah, Broad Stop in mars Cheese Castle are two
absolute classics. And then you know downtown, just the proximity
of different places. I mean right on fifty sixth Street,
which is a beautiful little boulevard part of downtown, just
east of Sheridan Road, which is Highway thirty two. You
have onto Kenosha Sushi Restaurant and bar, which is a
fantastic Asian fusion place. Right next to it as Swedes,
(07:12):
which is a super old school bar, and then right
next to that a slip fifty six barred restaurant which
is a whole unique, different kind. And those three are
wedgs right next to each other, so you get good
just within walking distances. You park once you can really
do a lot of experiences.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Yeah, I mean you can walk all through downtown. It's
great to get out and enjoy. We have so many
other places sprinkled in between. We have layng shops, we
have the art galleries, we have the museums, we have
outdoor art. So much to enjoy. And some of the
newer places are like Station on six. That's a bar
that's firefighters themed, like literally the tables are like set
(07:46):
on what looks like fire hydrants, so totally cool place.
We have Southport Wellness Cafe and Smoothie Bar that opened
last year. We have Southport Tea that hasn't even officially
opened their store front yet. But they're going to be
at Kenosha Public Market one of the Saturdays of restaurant weeks,
So they're opening up in the coming weeks actually in downtown.
So lots of new places to enjoy and check out.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
So Station on six you said the tables look.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Like fire hydrants, Yes, underneath holding up the tables, and
they have a whole gear wall. It's like a whole
group of people friends that own the place and many
have firefighter connections. So yeah, it's totally cool place.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Yeah, watch it if you bring your dog, though they
might get the wrong idea.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
And actually at Station on six, they actually have a
three course Saturday Prime rib dinner specials during restaurant week.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Wow, you get a waddle away from there. That sounds delicious, man. Yes, so,
and again we've talked a little bit about downtown Kenosha
with this, but it is it spreads all across the county.
It goes well west of I forty one and ninety four,
and you could check out some places in some of
these unique small towns in the west side of the county.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Yeah, we have Bristol forty five diners participating with Red
School Cafe. Both are on Highway forty five west of
the Eye. We have Louisa's Pizza that's very well known
further west, so yeah, a lot of places. Of course.
We also consider broad Stop and March Cheesecastle's west of
the Inner State right west, and Dee's Barn that I
(09:19):
mentioned that has billiards and X throwing. It's not far
from brought Stops. So yeah, a great variety of places
to visit.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
There's a dizzying array of activities too with all of this.
You go to restaurant, we can go to one of
eighty places, and a couple of more.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Breweries right yes, yeah, we have Public Brewing Company, we
have Rustic Road Brewing Company.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
And while you're there, I mean you make a good
excuse to go to Kenosha for the restaurant deals and specials,
and then you can partake in all the other things.
You kind of touched on that. But you know, this
time of year, all the museums and everything they're still open.
You can still take the trolley around and you can
you can really enjoy everything.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Yes, there is so much to do, especially downtown this
time of year. The electric street cars run on Saturdays
and Sundays and February, and we have the Dinosaur Discovery
Museum with the large dinosaurs. You can check out the
Civil War Museum. We have the Kenosha Public Museum with
the mammoths, and then the Kenosha History Center has an
(10:15):
AMC Station Wagon exhibit on this year.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Oh, very cool because last year you had the AMC Homecoming,
which is really cool.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, so this year it is Wagons Away exhibit and
they have about four of them on display and they
looks at the bygone era and cars the station wagons,
so it's really cool. They have the iconic seventies Hornet
sport about. They have two Sleeper muscle wagons, the Rubble
and the Matador, and then they have a nineteen fifties
(10:46):
Rambler Classics seven seventy wagon on display. So it's totally
free to visit the History Center and they ask you
to contribute donations. But it's very nice on Simmons Island,
so right next to the harbor.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Very cool. So yeah, with that and all the museums
and then again the restaurants, I do want to give
one shout to the eighteen forty four. That's a pretty
nice place.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yes, right inside one of our hotels. Estella Hotel and ballroom.
They have actually two places participating. They also have a
cafe for breakfast there and of course this time of year,
their rooftop bar isn't open, but you should come back
in the summertime when it is. You get a great
view of downtown Kenosha from the rooftop.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Yeah, it's nice when you can, when you can get
up high like that and get that view because you
can see all the way to the lake. I love
their potato croquettes. So oh, I'm trying to do keto
right now, so that's difficult, but maybe by the time
summer rolls around that won't be the case anymore. So
visit Kenosha dot com slash rw gives you the details
on restaurant Week well, of course, have a page on
it on State Trunk Tour dot com too. So what
(11:46):
else should people know as they prepare for this. I
mean there's eighty options. You have nine days, so you
know you've got to make your plans correctly.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Yes, we said, just to check out the menus on
our website. Visit Kenosha dot com slash OURW. We list
them by categories. We have the menu details. We suggest
if a place s accepts the reservations that you make them,
and also we stress for you to be patient and
remember to tip your servers. That is really thanks to
our restaurants and their staff for participating for letting us
(12:18):
shine the spotlight on them. And we also have to
dine and give components. So we ask if you're enjoy
all of these great meals, that you consider making a
donation to local hunger relief organizations. There are the official
nonprofit partners of a restaurant have the details on the
rest page, and that include shal Loan Center, the Sharing Center,
(12:40):
the Kenosha County Food Bank, and the Salvation Army of
Kenosha County. I know they would appreciate.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
The support dining give. There's also a dine and Win
you can win some gift cards and some other things.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
That's right. Go to the Kenosha Restaurant Week Facebook page
and Instagram page and they both are going to have
lots of opportunities to win gets cars, maybe even some
Restaurant Week merchandise that's also available to purchase. So that
will be leading up to and during Kenosha Restaurant We Yeah, I.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Should note, yeah, they do have a Facebook and an
Instagram page too that's called Kenosha Restaurant Week, but you
can link to that too from their page. Visit Kenosha
dot com slash Restaurant Week, or just to make it easier,
visit Kenosha dot com slash our w This is a
highlight for the restaurants, but of course Kenosha's culinary delights
last all year. They even have Taste of Wisconsin at
the end of July every year. Let's do a quick
(13:29):
little plug for that.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Meredith, what do you say that is right? Yes, that's
one of your favorite events. It's the last weekend of July.
Let me pull up the official dates for you. I
have it on our website already. It is Oh, it's
on mine too, July and actually it's July twenty four
(13:50):
through the twenty sixth this year, so.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Perfect, last full weekend of July. That is phenomenal because
you're outside in the in the long the beautiful water,
and now all the culinary opportunities are there too. So
to Mari what the season is, Kenosha is a great
place to head to and get some great dining in
and check out some great museums. So I highly recommend
checking out Kenosha Restaurant Week again visit Kenosha dot com
(14:13):
slash r W. I will keep you on top of
what's going on there all year long. Meredith, thanks so
much for joining me today.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Thank you, Enjoynosha.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Thanks again to Marath Jamesco from visit Kenosha for talking
about visit Kenosha Restaurant Week. You can find out more
at State Trunk Tour dot com and again visit Kenosha
dot com slash r w. They know how to make
it nice and easy. Make sure you travel Wisconsin's roads
enjoy go from end to end on the numbers. In fact,
from Kenosha, you can follow Highway fifty out of Kenosha,
go all the way to Lake Geneva and all the
(14:43):
way over to Delavan. You can follow thirty two all
the way up the coast of Lake Michigan from Kenosha
up towards close to Sheboygan, then all the way up
to the north Woods. There's so many great road trips
no matter where you go. State Trunk Tour dot com.
Make sure you save and follow the State Trunk Tour
podcast too, whether it's on IA Radio or Apple podcast.
Spreaker wherever you get your podcasts, and we'll catch you
(15:04):
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