{
  "name": "Walleye Friday source-checked fish-fry research ledger",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://walleyefriday.com/data/fish-fries.json",
  "checkedAt": "2026-11-14",
  "coverage": [
    "Minnesota",
    "Wisconsin"
  ],
  "ratingPolicy": {
    "walleyeFridayScores": "Field visit pending",
    "publicRatings": "Attributed third-party context only; never represented as a Walleye Friday score.",
    "changeWarning": "Menus, prices, hours and review counts change. Verify with the restaurant before driving."
  },
  "restaurants": [
    {
      "id": "bulls-horn",
      "name": "Bull's Horn Food & Drink",
      "city": "Minneapolis",
      "state": "MN",
      "address": "4563 S 34th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406",
      "service": "Friday ritual",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 4–11 PM; kitchen closes at 10",
      "fish": "Beer-battered walleye basket with fries",
      "tartar": "Served with tartar sauce; recipe details not published",
      "publishedPrice": "$17.50",
      "history": "The location has been a neighborhood bar since 1935; Bull's Horn opened here in 2017.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.bullshornfoodanddrink.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.bullshornfoodanddrink.com/",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.6,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 1017,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/Bulls-Horn-Food-And-Drink-Minneapolis"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 44.920359,
        "longitude": -93.22286
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "glueks",
      "name": "Gluek's Restaurant & Bar",
      "city": "Minneapolis",
      "state": "MN",
      "address": "16 N 6th St, Minneapolis, MN 55403",
      "service": "Any-day walleye",
      "fridayHours": "Regular menu; confirm current kitchen hours",
      "fish": "Hand-cut, seasoned and fried walleye fingers",
      "tartar": "Dill-caper tartar sauce",
      "history": "Its story begins with brewer Gottlieb Gluek's 1855 arrival in Minneapolis.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.glueks.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.glueks.com/story",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.5,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 1670,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/Glueks-Restaurant-and-Bar-Minneapolis"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 44.978981,
        "longitude": -93.273855
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "day-block",
      "name": "Day Block Brewing Company",
      "city": "Minneapolis",
      "state": "MN",
      "address": "1105 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415",
      "service": "Any-day walleye",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 4–11 PM",
      "fish": "Battered walleye fingers with fries",
      "tartar": "Classic tartar, spicy tartar and bánh mì dipping sauce",
      "publishedPrice": "$17.95",
      "history": "A downtown brewpub focused on scratch cooking and regional sourcing.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.dayblockbrewing.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.dayblockbrewing.com/food/lunch-and-dinner/",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.3,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 782,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://wanderlog.com/place/details/25266"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 44.975281,
        "longitude": -93.253066
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "fireside",
      "name": "The Fireside",
      "city": "Detroit Lakes",
      "state": "MN",
      "address": "1462 East Shore Dr, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501",
      "service": "Friday ritual",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 4:30–10 PM",
      "fish": "Battered walleye with house fries",
      "tartar": "Tartar with creamy, tangy slaw and lemon",
      "publishedPrice": "$31.50",
      "history": "Established in 1948 and still leaning into northern-lake nostalgia.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.firesidedl.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.firesidedl.com/menus/menu?location=the-fireside",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.7,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 743,
        "platform": "OpenTable",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.opentable.com/r/the-fireside-detroit-lakes"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 46.79437,
        "longitude": -95.809293
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cedar-creek",
      "name": "Cedar Creek Tavern",
      "city": "Grand Rapids",
      "state": "MN",
      "address": "34579 MN-38, Grand Rapids, MN 55744",
      "service": "Friday pollock plus regular-menu walleye",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 12–9 PM",
      "fish": "Friday special is pollock; beer-battered walleye is on the regular menu",
      "tartar": "No tartar recipe details published",
      "publishedPrice": "$15 Friday pollock fry",
      "history": "A family-owned Northwoods tavern running its Friday fry year-round.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.cedarcreektavernmn.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.cedarcreektavernmn.com/",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.4,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 369,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/Cedar-Creek-Grill-United-States"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 47.383,
        "longitude": -93.585535
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "roman-castle",
      "name": "Roman Castle Italian Grill & Bar",
      "city": "Mauston",
      "state": "WI",
      "address": "532 Gateway Ave, Mauston, WI 53948",
      "service": "Friday ritual",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 7 AM–10 PM",
      "fish": "Beer-battered or grilled walleye",
      "tartar": "Homemade tartar sauce",
      "history": "Serving its Wisconsin Friday fish fry since 1995, with bread baked in-house.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.romancastlerestaurant.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.romancastlerestaurant.com/fish-fry/",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.3,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 1025,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/Roman-Castle-Mauston"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 43.797504,
        "longitude": -90.066333
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "seminole-tap",
      "name": "Seminole Tap",
      "city": "Fitchburg",
      "state": "WI",
      "address": "5956 Executive Dr, Fitchburg, WI 53719",
      "service": "Friday ritual",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 11 AM–midnight",
      "fish": "10-ounce walleye fillet fried in beef tallow; baked option listed",
      "tartar": "No tartar recipe details published",
      "publishedPrice": "$24",
      "history": "A newer Fitchburg neighborhood tavern with a deeply traditional Friday menu.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://seminoletap.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://seminoletapllc.toast.site/menu",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.4,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 387,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/Seminole-Tap-Fitchburg-Wisconsin"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 43.011476,
        "longitude": -89.459603
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "ashley-tavern",
      "name": "Ashley Tavern & Ballroom",
      "city": "Mosinee",
      "state": "WI",
      "address": "201100 County Rd X, Mosinee, WI 54455",
      "service": "Friday ritual",
      "fridayHours": "Friday fish fry 5–8 PM",
      "fish": "Baked or deep-fried walleye, plus haddock, perch and shrimp",
      "tartar": "No tartar recipe details published",
      "history": "Established in 1925, with the ballroom still part of the operation.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://ashleytavern.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://ashleytavern.com/",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.6,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 62,
        "platform": "Restaurantji",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.restaurantji.com/wi/mosinee/ashley-tavern-/"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 44.69279,
        "longitude": -89.60844
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "slinger-house",
      "name": "The Slinger House",
      "city": "Slinger",
      "state": "WI",
      "address": "100 W Washington St, Slinger, WI 53086",
      "service": "Friday ritual",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 11 AM–10 PM; kitchen closes at 8",
      "fish": "Hand-breaded walleye, cod or perch",
      "tartar": "No tartar recipe details published",
      "history": "The Slinger House calls itself the town's cornerstone restaurant since 1857.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.slingerhouse.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.slingerhouse.com/fish-fry",
      "publicRating": null,
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 43.334499,
        "longitude": -88.285098
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "emmis",
      "name": "Emmi's Lake Geneva",
      "city": "Lake Geneva",
      "state": "WI",
      "address": "300 Wrigley Dr, Lake Geneva, WI 53147",
      "service": "Friday fry, any open day",
      "fridayHours": "Friday 8 AM–8 PM; available whenever open",
      "fish": "Hand-battered walleye with fries and lemon",
      "tartar": "Homemade tartar sauce",
      "publishedPrice": "$24.95",
      "history": "A modern lakefront diner and supper club built around remembered Wisconsin hospitality.",
      "walleyeFridayScores": {
        "walleye": null,
        "tartar": null,
        "status": "Field visit pending"
      },
      "officialUrl": "https://www.emmislakegeneva.com/",
      "factSourceUrl": "https://www.emmislakegeneva.com/fish-fry/",
      "publicRating": {
        "score": 4.5,
        "scale": 5,
        "reviewCount": 30,
        "platform": "Google",
        "sourceUrl": "https://restaurantguru.com/Emmis-Lake-Geneva-Lake-Geneva"
      },
      "coordinates": {
        "latitude": 42.591255,
        "longitude": -88.437106
      }
    }
  ],
  "locationPolicy": "Restaurant map coordinates are approximate, based on Census address geocoding or restaurant-published coordinates. ZIP distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances."
}