Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But perhaps even more surprising, there's also a Wednesday fish fry on the Northwest Side.
We often pass by El Greco Family Restaurant, 9143 W. Appleton Ave., across from Timmerman Airport, and say, "hey, we oughta check this place out."
So, last week, we did just that.
When we arrived, you can see from the image above that I was greeted with the news that Wednesday, like Friday, is fish fry night, at El Greco. Don't mind if I do, thank you very much.
While everyone around me dined on evening breakfast, I had the fish.
For just under $10, I got four pieces of battered cod, two potato pancakes with applesauce, cole slaw and a dinner salad.
The fish was tasty, though the batter could have been crisper, and the potato pancakes, while not life-changing, were pretty good – flavorful but a little dense.
There was a lot of food and I doubt anyone leaves El Greco hungry.
As fish fries go, El Greco's on this night wasn't amazing, but it was pretty good and quite filling. And I remind you that this night was a Wednesday.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
