Breakfast, New Mexican and German Food on Broadway in Dells

Courtyard Cafe, Hofbrewzhaus and Asador Mexican Grill and Bar are now open on Broadway in the tourist town.

Courtyard Cafe offers breakfast and lunch options with an emphasis on limiting gluten content. It is located in Bavarian Village, a German-themed courtyard on the corner of Broadway and Cedar Street.

Hofbrewzhaus offers German and American dishes as well as a wide variety of mainly German draft beers. The restaurant also has a large patio with pretzel, beer, sausage and lemonade stands, as well as a small performance stage.

Asador Mexican Grill and Bar is a franchise of a Chicago-based chain, with the Wisconsin Dells location being its third. The restaurant offers a wide variety of Mexican seafood dishes, as well as common favorites such as tacos and burritos.

The Courtyard Café opened its doors on April 28 in an establishment that formerly served as a small performance stage. Nikki Lohr, a Wisconsin Dells resident who owns the cafe with her husband, Andy, said the restaurant specifically offers food options for people who want to reduce their gluten intake.

The breakfast menu includes a menu of egg sandwiches, pancakes, waffles, omelets, corned beef and hash browns, as well as skillets. Mini donuts and cinnamon rolls are among the breakfast entrees served, along with a “nachos” platter featuring waffle pieces topped with scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, cheese and salsa .

One of the pans satisfies anyone looking for their meat for the morning. The Meatlovers skillet has ham, sausage and cheddar and is served with toast and a small mixed greens salad with bacon and onion vinaigrette.

Salad and toast accompany each breakfast, and gluten-sensitive bread is available for $2.

Other offerings include biscuits and gravy and a kids’ menu with waffles, pancakes, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, plus a smaller breakfast version of the adult menu that includes a egg, hash browns and a choice of bacon, sausage or ham.

The lunch menu features six salads, including taco, Caesar and Cobb salads. Eight entrees are on the lunch menu, including cheese curds made at nearby Carr Valley Cheese, chicken tenders and fried pickles.

Nine sandwich and wrap options are available, including a Chicken Caesar Wrap, Reuben and two Chicken Sandwiches, also available as wraps. Four burgers, including a veggie burger, are also on the menu.

Coffee, mimosas and Bloody Marys are also available, as well as wines and beers.

The Courtyard Café is open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., seven days a week. During the summer, Lohr said, a storefront overlooking the Bavarian village will be open from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will serve ice cream, alcoholic drinks and appetizers. The counter will sometimes be open after 8 p.m., she added.

Lohr said Bavarian Village Court is his “favorite part” of downtown Wisconsin Dells. Other family members, including Lohr’s mother, children and aunt, help run the Courtyard Café.

“It’s all a family affair,” she said.

Hofbrewzhaus fully opened its doors in mid-May after opening for beverage service during the Spring Wine Walk on April 27. The German restaurant and beer bar, which also has its own brand of wine, replaced Latte Stone Brewing Co., a former Guam company. themed restaurant and bar, in a century-old building on Broadway.

“We have all the classic and traditional German favorites, food items and 38 lines of beer on tap,” Hastings said. “Most of them are imported from Germany. We have excellent relationships with some German breweries.

Hofbrewzhaus offers 12 items on the menu, including six starters, five main courses and a spinach salad with bacon vinaigrette and hard-boiled eggs.

Starters include radish salad, large Bavarian pretzel, cheese curds and a German charcuterie platter (meat and cheese). Entrees include a German bratwurst with sauerkraut, a similar cheddar bratwurst, a burger with provolone and sauerkraut, and the Leberkase, a beef and pork meatloaf dish.

The Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, a German brewery that has been around since 1040, has five of its beers at the Hofbrewzhaus. Hastings said about 80 percent of the 38 beers on tap feature German beers, as well as domestic offerings such as New Glarus Spotted Cow and Moon Man.

Owner Melissa Stuckart and her partner, general manager Chaz Hastings, repainted the historic Broadway building blue and white and renovated the fully enclosed porch, adding a counter with stools on the other side of the porch.

“It’s going really well,” Stuckart said. “Everyone is excited. The community is super happy and supportive. It’s really great to work with everyone here.

Stuckart and Hastings also made full use of the large patio on the west side of the building, adding a stage, food and drink stalls and tables as part of its Biergarten, which is surrounded by speakers broadcasting German music from a radio in Germany.

Hastings believes the Biergarten will bring a lot of business to the Hofbrewzhaus. A large terrace is also expected to be added to the area. Staff will eventually wear German clothing, Hastings added.

Hastings previously owned Von Rothenburg Bier Stube in Germantown before opening Hofbrewzhaus with Stuckart.

The new Mexican restaurant on Broadway opened May 4 and is the third restaurant in the El Asador chain. The other two franchises are on Chicago’s West Side.

Asador Mexican Grill and Bar offers taco, burrito and torta plates, as well as a 30-taco platter. Steak and seafood combos, including fajita skillets, are also available, along with chicken dinners and enchiladas.

Among Asador’s specialties are its six-course Molcajete, which are shared meat and seafood dishes served in a large decorative raised bowl. One of the Molcajetes, Molcajete de Mariscos, offers mussels, crab legs, shrimp and other seafood. The Molcajete de Carnes includes chicken, steak, Mexican and Polish sausage, avocado , cacti, grilled onions and jalapenos.

“We do Mexican. and then we also have a great selection of seafood dishes,” said general manager Eddie Vazquez, adding that some of the spicy flavors come from Nayarit, a state in western Mexico.

Other seafood platters available include Mariscada Dells, a $150 platter featuring crab legs, mussels, red snapper, shrimp, prawns and octopus. Vazquez said the restaurant also offers oysters and other fish dishes.

Drinks at Asador include Mexican beers, margaritas, rice and hibiscus water, lemonade, pina coladas and soft drinks with chili powder, salt and lime juice.

“This building has been there for a while,” Vazquez said. “It’s an incredible building. It’s big. It’s awesome.

Vazquez said he and owner Edith Quintero wanted to make Asador “the spot” for Mexican food along Broadway. He said the east end of Broadway in Wisconsin Dells doesn’t attract as many visitors as the west end, and he believes Asador and the other new restaurants can increase tourism in the area.

“We need more businesses on this side of town,” he said. “It’s a good place. We’re happy to be here in the Dells.

Stockard and Hastings are also opening a Big Boy hamburger franchise in eastern Wisconsin Dells, at the corner of Broadway and Capital Street. The location is the former site of Myrt and Lucy’s Chat and Chew, which closed last year.

Hastings said he hopes to open the burger restaurant in mid-July. Three Big Boy statues are on site, including one on the roof, which Hastings said will be standing once the restaurant opens. A large red chair with “Big Boy” printed on it is also on site.