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BUY BONE ONE, LESS SCORE ™ ONE. Now on Tuesdays, buy one, get one Boneless Wings. Valid on snack, small, TWOSmedium, or large* 121 N Pioneer Road Fond Du Lac 920.907.1960 Sunday-Thursday // 11am-11pm Friday-Saturday // 11am-12am *Prices and participation vary. Purchase one snack, small, medium, or large Boneless Wings at full price and get one of the same size free. Includes side of Celery or Carrots and Ranch or Blue Cheese. Valid for a limited time, only on Tuesdays, at participating locations, while supplies last. Not valid with any other DAYSdiscount, offer or coupon. No substitutions.Taxes and gratuity extra. Offer not valid through third-party delivery services. ©2017 Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. BUY BONE ONE, LESS SCORE ™ ONE. Now on Tuesdays, buy one, get one Boneless Wings. Valid on snack, small, TWOSmedium, or large* 121 N Pioneer Road Fond Du Lac 920.907.1960 Sunday-Thursday // 11am-11pm Friday-Saturday // 11am-12am *Prices and participation vary. Purchase one snack, small, medium, or large Boneless Wings at full price and get one of the same size free. Includes side of Celery or Carrots and Ranch or Blue Cheese. Valid for a limited time, only on Tuesdays, at participating locations, while supplies last. Not valid with any other DAYSdiscount, offer or coupon. No substitutions.Taxes and gratuity extra. Offer not valid through third-party delivery services. ©2017 Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. Welcome C'mon in! 2018 AREA GUIDE Fond du Lac Visitors Bureau 23 S. Main Street Fond du Lac, WI 54935 800-937-9123 | 920-923-3010 f 920-929-6846 [email protected] fdl.com PUBLISHED BY Towns & Associates, Inc 126 Water Street Baraboo, WI 53913-2445 608-356-8757 | f 608-356-8875 [email protected] townsandassociates.com CLOCKWISE, FROM UPPER LEFT: Enjoying drinks downtown. Photo courtesy of Patrick Flood. Ice skating fun at Lakeside Park. Photo courtesy of Patrick Flood. Good friends enjoying lunch. Photo courtesy of John Sibilski. Picking up some fresh produce at the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Downtown Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of Patrick Flood. Amy S. Johnson PUBLICATION DESIGNER Barbara Wilson LISTINGS FEATURES SENIOR COPY EDITOR Kyle Jacobson 10 ATTRACTIONS 70 AG Tourism EXPERIENCE LIFE ON THE FARM – COPY EDITOR ROOTED IN NATURE Krystle Naab 20 IN GOOD TASTE 52 Explore the Districts SALES COORDINATOR Jacklyn Ewerdt 34 LODGING 56 Hotel Retlaw WHERE YESTERDAY MEETS TOMORROW Fond du Lac Visitors Bureau Guide is published by Towns & Associates, Inc. No part of this 40 RETAIL THERAPY Naturally Fond du Lac 86 publication may be reproduced, stored in a LAKE WINNEBAGO REGION retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or 58 RECREATION 31 Must-Do Events by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, WITH SO MUCH TO ENJOY, recording, or otherwise without prior consent of 78 EVENTS MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW Towns & Associates, Inc. 18 Supper Clubs JOIN US 80 DOWNTOWN ONE-OF-A-KIND DINING Discover more about Fond du Lac: 88 BUSINESSES & SERVICES CHARTS & MAPS facebook.com/visitFondduLac 48 City Map 94 CHURCHES instagram.com/FondduLacCVB 69 County Map 75 Loop Map COVER: Photo courtesy of John Sibilski. pinterest.com/FondduLacCVB PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to 84 Downtown Map ensure the accuracy of information in this guide 65 Park Chart at the date of publication, errors and changes FondduLacAreaWI occur. Please call ahead to verify. 72 Recreation Chart 4 | fdl.com 6 | fdl.com 7 | fdl.com SECTION TITLE Section description 8 | fdl.com Spectacular fireworks show and bonfire on Lake Winnebago during Sturgeon Spectacular. Photo courtesy of Patrick Flood. TEN & COUNTING A sampler of must-dos—and this is just the beginning of your Fond du Lac area fun! 7. SOMETHIN’ SWEET 1. GREAT EATS We’re sweet on the Fond du Lac area for good reason, What ya hankerin’ for? The tastes of Fond du Lac and you will be, too. Start with some vital, exhaustive will delight! Start with breakfast at the iconic research on the region’s best homemade candy. Is Schreiner’s Restaurant, Bakery & Bernie’s Pub. Take it Confections For Any Occasion by Joel in Theresa? a delightful lunch at Sunset on the Water Grill & Bar Guth’s End of the Trail Candy Shoppe in Waupun? on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Then dine at Or any of the many more candy shoppes and stops the renowned Schwarz Supper Club in the nearby awaiting you. Mmm, research is delicious. Holyland, recognized as one of Wisconsin’s top ten Supper Clubs. 8. ART ALL AROUND There’s so much to the arts around Fond du Lac, 2. ROCKIN’ & CHILLIN’ you’ll need FOUR days to experience it all!—May 31 Yes, we all scream for ice cream—and the best in the through June 3. Fond du Lac and the Lake Winnebago U.S. is here! So climb up on a big old-timey rocking region are excited to present Art All Around, a fun- chair in the bucolic countryside of Eden and enjoy a filled and interactive weekend for all! Arts of all kind “Let’s Go Cow Tipping” flavored ice cream cone from from throughout the Midwest, as well as music, fun on Kelley Country Creamery, recently recognized by Good the farm, food, and interactive experiences, abound. Morning America as “The Best Ice Cream in America.” Walk through downtown, where you’ll find art around every corner, and join us at one of our Downtown Art 3. HANGIN’ AND HAVIN’ FUN Parties, where we bring art, music, and spirits together for an experience to remember. Take a scenic walk Love art? Love music? Love good times? You’ll be through Horicon Marsh or paint your own plein air glad you’re here. Take in the internationally acclaimed piece at any of our hundreds of beautiful landscapes. visual art at the stunning Thelma Sadoff Center for the And don’t forget the 50th Annual Art on the Island, Arts (THELMA)—then stop by Thelma’s outdoor live showcasing top fine-art vendors from across the music venue in the heart of the Downtown District country right here in beautiful Lakeside Park. and sip on a hand-muddled Old Fashioned while listening to Copper Box! 9. BACK IN TIME 4. JUST ADD WATER The history of our region was written hundreds of years ago, and history is fun. Start your day by opting One of the country’s largest inland lakes, the mighty to shunpike and travel the scenic roads between the Lake Winnebago is your Fond du Lac area playground, Niagara Escarpment overlooking the mighty Lake so come ready to rock it. In warmer temps, take to the Winnebago over to the “Everglades of the North,” water in any kind of craft, from powerboat to kayak to Horicon Marsh. Then get your history on by exploring stand-up paddleboard and all means in between. the Carriage Museum at the Wade House before Come winter, rocket across the ice propelled by a walking the shaded sidewalks of the Galloway massive kite. Fond du Lac translates into “foot of the Historic Village among the lovingly restored buildings lake”—so put your toes in anytime! of yesteryear. 5. SAY CHEESE 10. A CELEBRATION OF WINTER Few things are more appropriately Wisconsin than cheese, and Fond du Lac and the Lake Winnebago AND REALLY BIG FISH Region are cheese country central! Commune with There’s something about the prehistoric, predator- an adorable baby goat at LaClare Family Creamery, looking sturgeon that brings out the best of followed by a sampling of LaClare’s delectable Evalon, Fond du Lac—as well as thousands of visitors. So a hard goat’s milk cheese recently awarded the plan to redefine family fun with a very heavy dose of United States Championship Cheese! quirkiness thrown in for good measure at the annual mid-February festival, Sturgeon Spectacular—A 6. GET LOST Celebration of Winter and Really Big Fish. Comedy, lake hockey, snow sculpting, chili crawl, on-ice With Fond du Lac at the center of it all, you’ve got fun facing you north, south, east, and west. One fireworks, and a massive bonfire on the frozen surface suggestion: tour the quaint streets of neighboring of Lake Winnebago! All this fun in celebration of a fish so ugly—you just gotta love ‘em! Waupun, the City of Sculpture, and take in the larger- than-life End of the Trail haunting bronze statue on Hangin’ out with the good people of Fond du Lac, the shores of the Rock River. You’ll be truly moved. you'll be hard pressed to find a nicer group of folks. 9 | fdl.com ATTRACTIONS ATTRACTIONS Fondy Aqua Park. ANSWER NATURE’S CALL Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum National Scenic Trail. Wander through 400 University Drive the center’s exhibits and take in the Adjacent to the UW-Fond du Lac Campus spectacular view of the local glacial Columbia Park Tower landforms from the observation deck. A Highway 151, 10 miles N of Fond du Lac 920-940-8869 gottfriedprairiearboretum.org great place to start your visit to the Kettle Climb 80 feet to the top and enjoy a Moraine State Forest (Northern Unit) as panoramic view of Lake Winnebago, Forty acres include wildlife pond, it will help educate you about the forest the Niagara Escarpment (the Ledge), interactive trails, walking paths, monthly and give you information about more and the Fond du Lac area. Located in education programs, and volunteer opportunities in the forest. Columbia Park. opportunities. Located at UW-Fond du Lac, the Arboretum is composed of 37.5 acres Kettle Moraine State Forest- of native prairie.