If you are taking a road trip this summer and find yourself in northwestern Wisconsin, plan to stop at the Delta Diner for breakfast or lunch. We drove 23 miles from our cabin, through the beautiful North Woods of Wisconsin to arrive at this 1940's era diner—and it was worth the drive.
I ordered the Oven Baked Omelet of the Day for $7.95 with Asiago cheese and asparagus. It came to our table in a pretty white ceramic baking dish. The generous amount of the rich, sharp cheese with the crisp-tender asparagus was a perfect and delicious duo. On the side, were a couple of slices of the Diner Toast—a unique sourdough whole-wheat bread from Ashland Baking Company. We found out the bread recipe was developed especially for the diner.
My friend Annie ordered Pete's Dutch Baby—a German oven baked pancake served with powdered sugar, fresh lemon juice and strawberry sauce. It turns out that Pete is the guy that rebuilt the diner on the East coast and then had it shipped to Wisconsin.
Other breakfast items included Traditional Biscuits and Gravy, Redeye Gravy (with bacon , sausage and "prime") over English Biscuits, Three Norwegian Pancakes with Diner Bacon. The bacon is the diner's own Applewood Smoked Bacon made especially for the diner by a butcher in Ashland, Wisconsin.
Finding a place for breakfast as good as this in a big city can sometimes be difficult but finding this little gem of a restaurant in the middle of seemingly nowhere seemed like a miracle to me. Did I mention that they also roast their own coffee beans?