St. Paul Fish Co.
Address: 6200 W. Mequon Road, Mequon
Website: stpaulfish.com
Cuisine: Seafood
Chef: Kyle Woppert
Mood: Fun and casual
Pricing: Lunch entrees $8.95 – $15.95; Dinner entrees $14.95 – $25.95
Milwaukee-based St. Paul Fish Co. recently expanded into the North Shore with a new seafood market and restaurant at Mequon’s newly developed Spur 16 mixed-use project, which includes the Mequon Public Market, luxury apartments and townhomes.
Husband-and-wife duo Tim and Mary Beth Collins started the business in 2005 as one of the original tenants at the Milwaukee Public Market in the Historic Third Ward. Fourteen years later, that corner space has grown “organically,” they said, with an additional table seating area and a sidewalk palapa bar, but the restaurant was ready to expand beyond its 50-seat capacity.
A former canning factory, St. Paul’s Mequon location is much more spacious, with seating for about 160 diners including its full-service bar. Diners enter the restaurant through its front-of-house fish market, which sells a seasonal selection of fresh seafood shipped in four to five times per week.
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- The Fried Surf Clam Strips is one of 16 appetizers served at St. Paul’s Mequon location. Its menu includes more salads and non-seafood items than St. Paul’s downtown eatery.
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- The restaurant is decorated with nautical artwork, historical photos and nods to coastal ocean life. It also has an event space that can be rented for groups of 20 to 40 people, or up to 120 people with the adjoining outdoor patio.
