Fish Type: Bluegill Price: $14.25
Overall, I would highly recommend this Fish Fry.
| Fish Score: Excellent Potato Score: Good Tartar Score: Excellent Bread Score: Good Miscellaneous Score: Good |  |
Comment: NEWS FLASH!!! I love the Villa Tap. If you already knew that heres more of the same. If not, youre in for a treat
The classic Villa Tap Fish Fry goes for $14.25 which lets you select from lake perch, bluegill, or walleye. There is also cod available, but with these three options I would literally never go for cod ever. All things at the Villa begin with the lake perch and Chico lays them out in a teepee of terrificness or terrificosity or some other form of terrific. These are real deal yellow perch which vary in size according to what is in stock. They are mostly fat and plush, always flaky, and never greasy. The breading is loaded to the gills with flavor and works as well on the sunfish as it does on the perch. Speaking of the sunfish, they are a little more fishy than their freshwater brethren, but with a breading with so much seasoning the essence is offset nicely.
At the VT the focus is on the fish so the fact that freezer fries come with is no big deal. They serve as the straw bed to the cattle, giving the fish a nice place to rest and lending support to ease the load. They are there to comfort and make a space, but not to draw attention. All they need to be is well-fried, and they are every time.
Great fish deserves a great tartar and the big, bold blend at the Villa has plenty of sass to balance the overtly seasoned perch and bluegill. Its some of the best youre going to find.
Of course, before any of this happens some slaw and roll will come your way. The roll is just a roll, but slaw seems to keep improving incrementally over time. A sesame seed here, and a hint of horseradish there make for a more interesting mix that kicks the diversity quotient up a notch.
I do love the Villa Tap, but at this point I only go for lunch. Sometimes its just too busy at night and right now we just cant deal with that. Luckily, the same fish they serve after 4:00 is available for lunch so I never feel left out. Overall, we still highly recommend this Fish Fry and consider it our go-to at this point. Its close to home and its great so why wouldnt it be?
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2302 Packers Avenue
Madison, WI 53704
(608) 244-9627
