B. J. Wentker's: Burlington, WI

B. J. Wentker's has been around sine 1908. It is now run by Chef Eric Peterson and his wife Tanya. The main bar is made of mahogany and it takes up one side of the main dining room. Two smaller rooms offer more private dining.

This restaurant is not your typical Wisconsin type supper club, but some of your favorites are there with a twist, such as the Drunken Ribeye, which is marinated in beer and brown sugar, grilled, with caramelized onions, on a beer mustard sauce served with Rofumo mashed potatoes and vegetables. The veal piccata is excellent and their duck Napoleon and Mushroom Encroute appetizers are fabulous.

This time we split the Crabby Cakes appetizer, we both had the home made beef barley soup. My wife had the Haxelnut Chicken as her main course, which is Hazelnut encrusted chicken breast on a Frangelico cream sauce with Rofumo mashed potatoes and a vegetable. For my main course I had the special, which was a Pretzel dusted pork rouladen with crimini and portobello mushroom ravioli with a horseradish bechamel sauce. It was too much to eat, but I did my best.

As an added treat you get a small bowl of roasted garlic and butter to spread on your warm bread. As we always say, it is the little things that make the differance.

We have been here more than once and the service and quality of food has always been good. The only time we felt a little slighted was an evening when they were having a big Christmas party going on. They servers seemed a little overwhelmed.

If you are looking for somewhere a little different and don't want to spend a lot of money, jump in your car and drive to Burlington and enjoy your evening. Also, if you like to have wine with your dinner, take advantage of Mondays when bottles are half price!