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Sushi Lover-- I Was Not

4/19/2022

The sushi scene in Downtown Green Bay has always been something of an enigma to me. My husband and I have to be in a particular mood for sushi most of the time, and our favorite in the region left Downtown last year. We didn’t explore the other options on Broadway after Koko Sushi Bar moved. We simply accepted the nearest option when the mood struck us, which is now Umi Sushi.

One Sunday afternoon, we made our way to the Broadway District to try out the all you can eat Sushi Lover across the street from Titletown Brewing. We arrived shortly before opening time, and a small crowd was already gathered to wait their turn at a table. I thought this to be a good sign at the time. If that many people were waiting for the doors to open, then surely what waited for us inside was worth it.

A selection of Sashimi and a rainbow Roll

Once the doors opened and the waiting diners flowed inside, we were seated quickly. A steady flow of diners came behind us until eventually every single table in my line of sight was full. I sat with a bottle of Kirin Ichiban looking at a full restaurant for the first time since the pandemic began and felt a little nervous. Dining restrictions are over, but still. I’m still not over the need for a little space between me and other diners. I may never be.

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1919 Kitchen and Tap

4/7/2022

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The roads thawed after an icy day of winter weather, and my husband and I craved an evening outside of our apartment for once. After more than two years in Green Bay, we finally went to 1919 Kitchen and Tap within Lambeau Field. We’ve walked past it on multiple visits with friends that have come up to the area, usually out of concern about price. For two people with a relatively limited appetite, willing to share a few plates, those concerns were much more easily bypassed.

To get to the restaurant, one has to go through the atrium of Lambeau and pass the fan shop to get up to the second floor. When we arrived, the shop was still open. It’s worth keeping in mind for friends in the future if we want to kill two birds with one stone– eat and shop in one stop. We came for food only, however, so we bypassed that opportunity to get to 1919 upstairs.

There was no wait when we arrived, likely because it was a Wednesday evening. The tables toward the center of the main dining area are surrounded by four very comfortable chairs, and being sat there wound up being a good thing for us over the course of the evening. We had a long wait and a mishap with our appetizers, but we had our drinks, an open kitchen to turn around and look into, and college basketball in every corner of the room to keep us busy.

There are two things I order whenever I go somewhere that the menu centers around bar food: the Brandy Old Fashioned and some french fries. I maintain that it’s the easiest way for me to determine the actual quality of the bar program and the kitchen. 1919 shows extra effort from their bar program in creating their own bitters to showcase in their Definitive Brown County Old Fashioned, forgoing the angostura bitters often seen to focus on a cherry wood and vanilla bitters formula instead. It’s obvious that they muddle the bitters in brown sugar behind the bar– my first sip had just a tiny grain of that sugar cube in the straw.

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Sushi Lover-- I Was Not

1919 Kitchen and Tap

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