Little Nikki’s

Little Nikki’s — across from the historic Ehlers Store — Cornucopia, WI — (formerly Fish Lipps), which had been a classic tourist stop for years in Cornucopia. Fish Lipps closed in 2013 and has now made way for a new tradition in «Corny» — Little Nikki’s. We waundered in to Little Nikki’s for a cocktail after touring the Apostle Island National Lakeshore Sea Caves with Good Earth Outfitters and Captain Mike. To be fair, I can’t be too critical of the slow service as it was a «Holiday Weekend» and I think Nikki got caught short of staff on this rainy, cloudy, Labor Day, Saturday. With that said, our Bloody Mary’s were excellent and so were our appetizers. Not too often will you find «Bloody Marys» listed on the appetizer menu but Little Nikkis’ deserve to be listed on the menu. We tried «The Little Nikki» — served with pepper vodka, olives, celery, pickle, pepperoncini beef stick from Jim’s Meats in Iron River (delicious), and string cheese; also; «The Big Lake» — all I can say, is it’s topped with a pretzel bun cheeseburger! — oh yeah, this is the mother of all Bloody Marys — served up like Lake Superior — BIG. We also sampled the «half naked cheese curds» and the onion ring — portions were large and given how busy they were, the appetizers were served hot and not overly greasy. «Hats off» to Nikki and her staff for working hard and being as efficient as possible, given their stressful situation — I believe the «business» kinks will work themselves out with time and experience. It was great to see this restaurant and bar back open and thriving with tourist traffic. Stop by and visit Little Nikki’s — enjoy some cold beverages and great food — and help this locally owned, family owned business succeed. Enjoy — we did.

Previously Fish Lipps. Attentive waitstaff, great beer selection, gluten free options. Fish fry was awesome – whitefish or trout that was swimming in Lake Superior hours before, hand cut potato wedges, homemade slaw. The batter fried cheese curds was pleasantly light and let the cheese shine through. Great cozy, local «up north» feel without making out of towners feel out of place.