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WHERE TO EAT The best Fish Fry in the world (according to food experts)

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Recommended by Eater and 4 other food critics.
"While the bluegill is my personal favorite (lightly breaded and never fishy tasting), the lake perch and walleye are also extremely enticing."
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Recommended by Eater and 4 other food critics.
"When fresh fish is paired with Crawfish's specially seasoned breading, a taste combination is achieved that is really tough to beat."
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Recommended by Eater and 4 other food critics.
"The fish of choice at the Dorf is haddock, and it's some of the best haddock around. The fish boasts flawless meat with a fantastically flaky texture and delicate flavor."
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Recommended by Eater and 3 other food critics.
"Fitz's uses a beer batter that is among the best out there. The secret to a good beer batter is to keep it light, which is something a lot of places can't seem to figure out."
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Recommended by Titus Ruscitti and 3 other food critics.
"Choose from lake perch, bluegill, shrimp, and cod and enjoy the house-made slaw, a well buttered piece of locally baked rye bread, and some kicked up tartar sauce to go with it."
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Recommended by Eater and 3 other food critics.
"The cod has an incredibly flaky batter that is dark and smoky with a rich flavor."
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Recommended by Lacey Muszynski and 2 other food critics.
"The Best Fish Fries in Milwaukee: Old German Beer Hall - The cod at Old German Beer Hall is beer battered, naturally. You get a half pound of it with fries, slaw, and rye, which makes a wonderful base in your stomach for that liter of beer."
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Recommended by Lacey Muszynski and 2 other food critics.
"The Best Fish Fries in Milwaukee: Packing House - Cod is breaded in a crunchy bread crumb crust and is served with the usual fixins, fries or potato pancakes and clam chowder."
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Recommended by Kevin Revolinski and 3 other food critics.
"Since 1962 this legend has been serving some amazing perch. Doesn’t matter if it’s Friday or not."
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Recommended by Kevin Revolinski
"A supper club is its own classic Wisconsin experience; fish fry merely doubles the value. The baby pike, catfish, cod and lake perch all get high marks."