Here we are at
the Cobblestone.
Downtown Chippewa Falls.
I am looking forward
to what's in there.
Wow.
So I'm here
in Chippewa Falls,
all checked in here
at the cobblestone.
First stop, of course,
has to be
the Leinenkugel Brewery.
I'll meet up with two locals
who grew up here, Leinie’s
President
Dick Leinenkugel and
President of Cobblestone
Hotels, Brian Wogernese.
Well welcome to Chippewa
Falls Eric.
Great to be back.
Brian, thanks for joining
us.
Always tastes
better at the brewery, too.
Good beer is an experience.
The brewery tour
is an experience.
The Leinie Lodge
is an experience.
Not entirely unlike
what you do
with hospitality.
So what are some
of your favorite
aspects about
being hospitable,
here in Chippewa Falls?
How do you welcome
people to your home?
You welcome them
with a smile...
You welcome them
with a cold beverage.
You ask them to sit down
and enjoy themselves.
You know, you treat people
like you're
treating them, like
they're invited to
your home.
That's a great way
to think about it.
Let's talk hotels.
It's a beautiful place.
You walk in the lobby
and it's like,
OK, luxury hotel. I like it.
And you're within a block
or two of everything
downtown Chippewa
Falls has to offer.
It's what, may be a
three minute drive,
the Leinenkugel's here?
Well, it depends if he
hit the one light.
If you hit the light
then you're
two minutes away.
Otherwise, maybe three.
15 minute walk.
So, you know, between here,
all the restaurants
downtown, the park
across the street,
I mean, there's just
a lot of lot of neat
things to do here.
And you don't have
to eat with us
when you're there.
There's definitely a lot of
other dining options.
We like it because
you can park your car
and you know,
you don't have to go
drive anywhere for dinner,
so.
Well, what do you think
should we hop into
the brewery for a tour?
I think we should.
So, Eric, it's great
to have you back in Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin,
you've seen some
really cool changes
that we've implemented here
at the Jacob Leinenkugel
Brewing Company.
But, you know,
the constant study
is that we're continuing
to produce fabulous beers
and wait till this winter
when you
try our Toasted Bock
and Chocolate Dunkle.
Wow.
Yeah,
you've heard it here first.
I don't think
I've wanted winter
to arrive faster.
Yes, exactly right.
And it's all being made
right here
in Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin,
at the same site
that this guy,
Jacob Leinenkugel
and his family came here
in eighteen sixty seven
and put their brewery
right here in Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin.
And now, of course,
you can come and stay
in the beautiful
Cobblestone Inn and Suites,
have a fabulous meal
at the Wissota Chophouse
or at the Lake Wissota
High Shores.
That's a great place to.
You really know how
to make a guy happy.
Yes. Enjoy. Yeah.
Great to see you again.
You, too. All right.
Discover Wisconsin,
piece out.
Hey, Brian.
Good to see you again.
Good to seee you.
You work up an appetite?
Absolutely.
It's
been a long and fun day.
And I'm ready for a feast.
I know of a great staff
that can take care
of that for you.
I'll start with the octopus.
How are you doing?
I've never had octopus.
No, OK.
I've eaten a lot
of cheese
curds on this show.
This is a
whole new experience.
Asian spice?
Yes.
That's good.
The A5 is the top.
It's from Japan.
But when we cut it,
there's there's actually
more white than red.
So when you look at your,
you know, your steak,
you're eating a filet,
there's almost no marbling.
This is like 50
percent marbling.
And it is it is the
flavor is awesome.
The Buffalo blue
cheese combo is awesome
with the alligator.
Bone
in ribeye, medium rare plus
and some Mushroom
Risotto for you.
That has a fantastic flavor.
And the beautiful part is
I don't have to go outside.
Nope.
Just drive the elevator home
and lay down, so.
So when you come to Chippewa
Falls,
a must visit is Irvine Park.
It's a beautiful
300 plus acre park.
It's about a half
a square mile.
Surrounded
by natural beauty.
And a lot of great things
to do,
along with
regular park stuff
and play equipment.
You have a full zoo here.
You have a big open area
where buffalo
literally roam.
You have historic bridges,
historic structures.
You have lakes
and rivers, and creeks.
And it's just an
incredibly wonderful part,
especially for a city
that only has about
50,000 people.
Most cities four times
the size, wouldn't
have something like this.
All right, baby,
you're looking great.
After a great morning
at the park,
I'm off
to another iconic spot
in Chippewa Falls.
Olson's ice cream.
So this is fresh
out of the machine
ice cream,
and it is unbelievable.
It's got the consistency
of like mousse
or cool whip or something.
And you got that
fresh flavor.
This is chocolate and God
it's just it like
velvets your mouth
or something.
I've never
said that before, but.
How many different flavors
do you make here?
We have recipes for over
200, 200 flavors.
We don't always make them.
It just depends on what
the ingredients are.
Some of them are seasonal.
For example,
I you guys hit up
Leinenkugel's the other day.
So we do a summer Shandy
one with them.
There's some Summer
Shandy beer in there.
We do an Octoberfest one.
Beer in the ice cream?
Yep.
Do some some beer
inside of it.
That I've not heard of.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
So it's kind of teaming up
with the two locals.
Speaking of teaming up,
I met up with Brian again
to ride on his boat
around Lake Wissota.
Know what I'd really love?
To hit High Shores now.
I could go for a great meal
at a supper club.
We can find that.
All right.
Onto Wissota high shores.
Here we go.
What would you like?
I think I'm going to
go with an old fashioned
- that's a supper
club thing.
Oh, man,
great salad bar.
Lots of choices.
Took me a while
to figure out
what I wanted to do.
So the supper club
argument is,
is it a supper club
if it's a relish tray
or has a salad bar?
Now,
I could still go either way.
But considering High Shores
had a salad bar before
that, we just expanded it.
And that's that
that's where we went.
You're known for
it, weren't you?
Far and wide.
Oh, that's a lot of fish.
We have two meals for me.
Well, this is good.
So it's broiled and I
get the full walleye flavor.
A little Amaretto
and butter - wow.
Oh, nice.
There we go.
You want it like that.
This was a great idea
to put on the menu.
Oh, man, this is great.
The dessert, all the food
running around the town
and checking everything out.
Just a really great place
to be.
Checking out Main Street,
checking out the
brewery and everything.
And of course, to top
it off,
a great place to stay at.
Cobblestone.
It's running really nice.
Love it.
Well, thanks for coming
to my favorite little town.
Yes, mine too.
And a lot of other
cobblestone hotels
across Wisconsin.
I'll be checking
several others out,
and I look forward to
you joining it with me.