State Street Mall looking toward the State Capitol
Along the RiverWalk
than 6,000 bottles from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. There’s “Moosetard” from Alaska, Maui Onion Mustard from Hawaii, Louisiana Gourmet Cajun Mustard, and Vermont Maple Mustard, to name a few. Wisconsin’s summer getaway—reminding me of New England’s Cape Cod towns or the New Jersey Shore minus the boardwalks—is Door County, a peninsula jutting out 70 miles into Lake Michigan, and just over two hours up the coast from Milwaukee on Interstate 43. Along its western Green Bay shoreline, the enchanting towns of Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, Ephraim, and Sister Bay feature boutiques, restaurants, theater performances, and soda shop-like eateries off Highway 42.
Park benches offer splendid views over the sailboat-filled marina of Egg Harbor, a town named shortly after—as one tale tells it—dueling boat crews hurled their cargoes of eggs to settle a dispute in 1825. And I would go out of my way to see the goats grazing on the sod roof of Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay, a tradition started with a prank. The cherry- topped pancakes with Swedish meatballs are worth the stop as well. Door County’s moderating lake-effect climate has made it an ideal place to grow cherries, apples, and other fruit, and thus the abundance of cherry pies, cherry-cheddar cheeses, and sweet cherry wines. But no visitor should miss a traditional Door County fish boil established
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