Curly's Green Bay, WI

Bar Review of Curly's Pub in Green Bay, WI

By END
January 13, 2012

As I made my way around this Packer town this week, it occurred to me that I have not been to this particular Packer bar yet. In fact, this Packer bar is so Packer-ish, it’s even located inside the Lambeau Stadium. Stumped? I’ll give you a hint. It starts with a C and ends in Urley’s Pub. Curly’s Pub, tada! Good job.

Curly’s Pub is open every day even on home game days. Now don’t get excited here, you can’t just waltz into Lambeau Field during a game... on Packer home games, only ticketed folks can relax inside. That is until 45 minutes AFTER the game, then Curly’s is open to the general public and you may eat and drink till your heart’s content.

My BF and I hopped on over to Curly’s at around 9PM and it was pretty quiet but I suppose most people are saving up for the weekend. At any rate, we got two seats at the bar and ordered our drinks. We both were in the mood for vodka soda waters; those bad boys will run you $4.50 apiece. The bar is in a rectangular shape with bar stools all around. Curly’s has beer on draught on the four corners but they are the same taps. The selection is: Miller Lite, Coors Light, Sam Adams, MGD, Leinies Red and Leinies Honey and then there was this Green Bay beer tapper. I can only imagine that Curly’s goes through PLENTY of that beer on game days. In bottles they carry the usual Miller, Bud and Coors products along with a few other favorites. I should probably mention that they also have in stock loads of liquor. Like, a lot, of all kinds. Curly’s Pub gives you a number of choices to float your boat. While we were at Curly’s I could not stop looking around. There is so much for your little eyes to absorb. On one wall there is this mural football timeline of sorts, on another wall it’s all windows and you look out onto the parking lot. Towards the front of this place, it opens into the Lambeau Field Atrium and you can people watch. And of course, there are enough flat screen TV’s so you won’t miss a different sporting event. If you're not in the mood to sit and hang out, there are pool tables, a dart board, foosball and other arcade / games at your disposal. There is something for everyone at Curly's.          

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Restaurant Review of Curly's in Green Bay's Lambeau Field

By Patricia Summerfield
September 8, 2009
Since the Packer football season is officially in progress it put me in the mood to dine at Curly's Pub in the Packer's own Lambeau Field which is located in Ashwaubenon on the Western border of Green Bay. Curly's is named in honor of Pro Football Hall of famer, Earl "Curly" Lambeau who co-founded the Green Bay Packers in 1919 and spent the next 30 years of his life as a Green Bay Packer player and coach. People from all over the country come to tour Lambeau Field and to dine at Curly's. There is a pub / dining side and just a dining side to the restaurant; I decided to eat in the pub/dining side. Curly's interior contains a huge bar, a wall of massive picture windows overlooking the Packer's parking lot, 36 flat screen TVs and 8 out in front of the hallway – just the ones I counted in the bar / dining area. The restaurant has a lot of detail with wood and ceramic tile flooring, black iron arches, many wonderful restored era pictures of the Packers from their beginnings, pool tables with a large letter G on top, and adjacent is an enclosed large game room with some unique games for adults and children. The young children looked like they were having a blast.

The booths were large and comfortable and available on all the tables were a variety of condiments. My server was very friendly and knowledgeable and checked back frequently. I ordered a tap beer and it was served to me in a nice large frosted glass, beer tastes so much better when it is icy cold. They also offer a unique and separate menu which features daily what the Packer players ate that day and the nutritious value for them. I also noticed that on the main menu they offer nice alternative choices such as healthy salads, a couple of vegetarian items, grilled chicken breast substitutions for any of the burgers, and the Vegetarian Burger is served with carrot and celery sticks in place of French fries. I was in the mood for some comfort food so I ordered a starter of the Hall of Fame Cheese Curds, a Curly signature item for $8.00, and the Post Season Patty Melt for $9.00 with your choice of French fries or coleslaw, I chose the coleslaw. For dessert I ordered the Bavarian apple Pie for $7.00 ala mode for $l.00 extra. The cheese curds were brought out in a cute silver metal bucket lined with paper. They were fresh, hand-breaded, cooked so the outsides were lightly browned; they tasted scrumptious especially with the marina sauce served on the side, a great combination. The food runner brought out my order. My patty melt was a half-pound burger with grilled onions, Swiss cheese on grilled Texas toast with the coleslaw and a pickle spear on the side. The quality of the beef was delicious, full of flavor, and done just right, the fried onions were a little on the skimpy side and the sandwich tasted toasted and not grilled. My coleslaw sauce had a nice fresh flavor but the texture of the cabbage was chewy; it was also warm and my plate was hot to touch, it must have been sitting under the heat lamps for a while. There was not much presentation on the plate, not even a piece of parsley to jazz it up.

My server automatically brought me extra napkins and asked if I needed anything else at the time. Next came my dessert, the Bavarian Apple Pie had caramelized apple slices with a rich layer of Bavarian custard in a graham cracker crust. The pie portion was modest and the apples tasted pre-packaged, a little rubbery. It was heavy on the caramel sauce and was extremely sweet and sugary, I could barely taste the custard. When you dine at Curly's in Green Bay's Lambeau Field you will get a great sense of Packer history and pride with a fun atmosphere.

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