Big House Bar & Grill

This bar has done a COMPLETE 180 since the new ownership has taken over as of March of this year ! You can see the new owners (Wendi and Rich) really care. The atmosphere has changed ! You can feel comfortable going in on a Friday and Saturday night and know that you aren’t going to be walking into a scene from Roadhouse !! A much more chill atmosphere where you can enjoy amazing drinks at a good price, and enjoy a fresh basket of popcorn. The bands have been top notch (especially Tombeau Road, who will be there this weekend) and you WILL NOT find a better Bloody Mary ANYWHERE in south east Wisconsin than Wendi’s Bloody Mary’s on her Sunday Funday’s…a great crowd to chill with, kick back and enjoy a Brewer game on the big screen and cut loose ! I’ve heard the kitchen /​grill will be opening very soon so it sounds like you will be able to enjoy some great bar food to go along with the ice cold beer and cocktails. The pool tables are pristine and well maintained… can’t ask for more. The Big House is FINALLY a place you can go hang out at and enjoy yourself !!

uhh. noooooooo
Ok.first off they have a chime to let the server/​staff know you have arrived. we weren’t ever greeted. And there were staff in the kitchen staring at us but no
hubby had to go find someone to help us. then it was the bartender who came out to help even though there was only one other occupied table in the whole place, the bartender (friendly) said the waitress was busy in back. Huh… with what?
Secondly, we asked for coffee. cold and windy wisconsin day and we were in the lake area. so yum. sounds good right?
NO​.it wasnt. The coffee was luke warm. the metal creamer pitcher was covered in this thick dusty sticky substance (man i wish I had taken a picture!) that when i ran my finger along the top came off in a disgusting film on my very unhappy pinkie! GROSS. Jim looked at me and grinned. he knew this was going back. the bartender returned and he said.Uhh.can we have a clean one please?.. she obliged. rinsed off the top without emptying it first and brought it back. SIGH
Ok.the menu board teased us with a cream of potato soup option. oh hell yeah. on a cold day. GIMME GIMMIE GIMME.:) we were informed (20 minutes later by a dishevled miserable waitress) that there was no soup today and none had been made that week. Did I mention soup was 4.50 a cup. i guess they dont make it cause no one in the right mind pays that much for soup. which usually comes in an abundance of heavenly goodness in wisconsin diners!
Did I mention a layer of dust/​grime on the other tables was so thick we could see it from our booth in a dimly lit room. it was apparent that no one cleans. or does side work in here.
All being said. yeah we left. I would like to add i was excited to go in here because it was a neat looking building on the lake. and al the neat mob pictures/​news clippings ect looked interesting once inside. what a dissapointment. Maybe its a good night life place in their seperate bar?
Fuh-​gedda-​boud it…

You can smoke inside and the captain and cokes were 3.50. Worth the unsavory characters and the nudity I witnessed on the dance floor.