July 20, 2018
The Rhubarb Pie with ice cream is back at Fisher’s Club, a seasonal restaurant next to a city owned swimming beach on the north shore of Middle Spunk Lake in Avon.
George “Showboat” Fisher was a major league baseball player from 1922 until 1932. He played for the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Cardinals. He was 33 years old when he opened Fisher’s Club. The dance floor was added in 1937 and they started serving their legendary Fisher’s Famous Walleye. The secret recipe is still used today. The main dining room was added in 1953 and the porch in 1954. When George Junior came home from a construction job in Greenland to work with his dad at the Club, ‘Showboat’ told his son, “Stick around to help me here at The Club or I’m going to sell it.” Junior and his wife Sally took over in 1959. It used to be a bottle club. The lockers that the regulars used to store their bottles are still on the wall with their names on them. The new owners, Cory and Jacob Voss, have a full service bar. Jacob graduated from Upsala High School in 2011. The new schedule is to be open from Wednesday until Sunday starting at 4pm. They also serve Sunday Brunch until noon. Be sure to call for reservations, 320-356-7372.
This week, “Live From Here” is a February rebroadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul with music from Dr. Dog and Ibeyi, plus comedian Dan Naturman. Madison Cunningham joins Chris Thile for the Song of the Week, “The Olympic Athletes from Russia,” and sings her own “Location.” The gang will also field an Instant Song Request for The Beatles’ “Come Together”; take a mid-winter trip to Chicago with Out. In. America. correspondent Tom Papa; and get a word on the “Breathy Acoustic Covers of Hair Metal Songs” collection from the radio acting company. Tune in Saturday at 5 pm central on your radio or smart device.
“What every child wants to know is: `Do your eyes light up when I enter the room? Did you hear me and did what I say mean anything to you?’ That is what they are looking for.” Toni Morrison
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