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Milwaukee’s Serb Hall fish fry dine-in back after hiatus
Milwaukee’s Serb Corridor barbeque dine-in again
At Serb Corridor on Milwaukee’s south facet, the Friday barbeque custom returned for dine-in service for the primary time in two years on Feb. 17.
MILWAUKEE – From one of many Milwaukee space’s largest, hottest fish fries to a questionable future – to, now, a triumphant return.
At Serb Corridor on the town’s south facet Friday, Feb. 17, the road went across the car parking zone. Secure to say, folks had been excited that the custom is again.
“Once we heard they had been opening, we rushed over right here to have our favourite fish dinner,” mentioned Mary Dutkiewicz of Franklin. “Friday fish, there’s no different alternative.”
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On the banquet corridor close to 51st and Oklahoma, the “fried” and true custom is formally again on the desk; for the primary time in two years, it opened its doorways for a dine-in barbeque.
“I’m right here and anxious to attempt it once more,” mentioned Michael Dutkiewicz.
Serb Corridor brings again dine-in Friday barbeque after a two-year hiatus
For folks just like the Dutkiewiczs, who first got here to Serb Corridor within the Nineteen Seventies and seemed ahead to their weekly custom, it didn’t take a lot to get them to take the bait.
“It was like wow, let’s recover from there quick,” mentioned Mary.
“Everybody’s blissful to be right here now, take a look at that, every thing’s full already,” mentioned Sladana Bjelanovic, a longtime fan and member of St. Sava Church. “I’ve a fried cod. That’s my favourite.”
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Serb Corridor wasn’t simply full of shoppers already hooked on the meals, from Serbian to traditional – but additionally first-timers maybe beginning a brand new custom.
“I’ll positively come once more,” Therese Walters, a first-timer from Greendale, mentioned.
“Individuals love custom, and I believe folks love the truth that while you’re an underdog, and we’ve been closed for some time, folks like to see you do nicely,” mentioned Walt Ninkovich, the Serb Corridor Board of Administrators president.
Ninkovich mentioned what began as a Friday night time barbeque custom within the Sixties took the identical hit different institutions did throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Its future was in query when St. Sava Church put it up on the market two years in the past, however Ninkovich mentioned that choice is now off the desk – and the board has spent the previous year-and-a-half making ready to carry fish fries again yr spherical.
“I’m feeling actually, actually good. The response coming in right here, seeing the drive-thru, looks like the great previous days,” he mentioned.
Serb Corridor brings again dine-in Friday barbeque after a two-year hiatus
The barbeque is connecting the great previous days with the times to return, like all good traditions do.
“I really feel proper at house,” mentioned Mary.
You is perhaps considering that is good timing with Lent coming, and that is a part of the explanation Serb Corridor opened Friday – preparing for what they think about will probably be a really busy time.
Throughout Lent, Serb Corridor additionally provides fish fries via dine-in or drive-thru on Wednesdays. Each Wednesday, they are going to donate $1 from every meal bought to the Fallen Heroes Fund for Milwaukee Police Officer Peter Jerving.