Winning Fish Fry: Silver Spur Followed by Historic Red Mill
Two veteran local establishments carried the day in Brookfield Patch's inaugural Readers' Choice poll.
It was a neck-and-neck battle with more lead changes than a March Madness college hoops game. But the contest for Best Fish Fry had to end sometime, and when the clock struck 9 this morning, Silver Spur Texas Smokehouse BBQ in Elm Grove beat out The Red Mill Restaurant in Brookfield. There was a dizzying last-minute race by supporters of the two veteran establishments (who obvious are also very computer savvy), with more than 2,000 votes lodged just between about 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. The final tally: 4,886 votes for Silver Spur and 3,973 votes for The Red Mill. Other local establishments who were distant poll challengers but popular fish fry servers were Slim McGinn's Irish Pub, Mitchell's Fish Market, Culver's, Maxim's Restaurant and Venice…
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Lisa Sink
9:30 am on Friday, March 2, 2012
As of 9 a.m. Friday, we had 8,966 votes in our Best Fish Fry poll. Voting is now closed. Thanks for participating everyone! Story on winner will be posted at noon. more ›