Regatta 220 Green Bay, WI

Bar Review of Regatta 220 in Green Bay, WI

By END
June 2, 2011
Dare I say it's finally warm and sunny in Green Bay? I don't want to jinx it, buuut I think we may be safe! I mean, the birds are chirping and the long underwear has long been put away. Summertime means outdoor sports, tans and bar and restaurant patios are open for business! Woo Hoo. Regatta 220 is formerly known as Fratellos. Everything seems (to me) pretty much the same, so the switch in name may be the only change you notice. They still have an extensive wine menu, which we will get to later, a large food menu, a huge outdoor patio, great service and a lively yet at the same time chill atmosphere. Make sure you check out our event calendar for the many, many live musicians playing at Regatta 220. Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and even Sunday there is awesome live music bumpin' out on the patio. Summer + Regatta 220 + live music = time to get your groove on. What's awesome about the patio is that there is a tiki hut type bar out there ready to sling you something cold and booze-like.

Let's just say you're a vampire and loungin' in the sun isn't your thing, no problem, the inside of Regatta 220 is very cool looking and the bar is big for all your fine friends to sit around and throw back a couple. Let's start with the tap beer, shall we? Bud Light, Miller Lite, Spotted Cow, Fat Tire, Stella and a couple others. In bottles they carry more of the Bud, Miller and Coors products that are usually at most places. For the liquor list, if you can think of it, Regatta 220 probably has it. Now on to the wines. This place has a type of wine for anyone. For whites Regatta 220 carries different brands of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pino and other regional whites. For reds they carry different brands of Rose, Pino Noir, merlot, Syrah, Cab Sauv, Zin and other proprietary red blends. Want something a little bubbly? You are so good to go. Try some champagne or sparkling wine. About half of the wine offered you can buy by the glass and the other half by the bottle only. The wines vary in price as they would anywhere. Starting at $5 a glass and working their way upward to the $12 mark.

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Restaurant Review of Regatta 220 in Green Bay, WI

By Patricia Summerfield
February 17, 2011
I went to eat dinner at the newly named Regatta 220 restaurant which was the former Fratello's. The management, staff, chef and interior are all the same, but the menu has been updated with a few items added and a few removed. It is a beautiful large contemporary style restaurant and bar, sophisticatedly decorated with warm rich colors of dark browns, soft gold's, and blacks. As you walk in there is an elegant large lounge bar area to the right with huge clear cooler wine and beer cases. The vaulted ceiling is extremely high with an eye catching small sea plane and an antique wooden motor boat suspended from it. There are different levels for seating with cozy booths with massive floor to ceiling windows in the back overlooking their large patio and the Fox River with the boat slips.

The host brought me to a large booth on the lower level and gave me their dinner and wine menu. The server came quickly and introduced herself by writing her name on the brown paper tablecloth with a crayon. She explained the specials of the evening and took my beverage order. I requested a Pinot Noir from their wine menu but she said that they had run out of it the day before. Their menu has a little of everything from wood fired pizzas to seafood specialties. I decided to order the Italian baked grouper for $21.99 which includes a carrot and potato puree. As I was waiting for my entree the server brought out two bread appetizers on a small wooden cutting board. One of the breads was parmesan and asiago cheese and the other was tomato basil. They were not warm and the bread was not the highest quality; the parmesan asiago cheese one tasted like melted garlic butter spread with just a hint of cheese and the tomato basil bread stick had a slight flavor of basil which was baked on top of it. My entree was brought out on a plain white plate without much presentation. The carrot mashed potato puree looked like a huge blob next to my smaller portion of fish which was covered with a thick coating of melted cheese and just a small scattering of sauteed onions, peppers, and one tiny slice of an overcooked mushroom. The potato puree was not very warm and was mild in flavor with quite a few large lumps running through it. The grouper tasted old and fishy, not the best quality. It tasted nothing like the delicate flavor one is expected to find in that fish family. My entree was supposed to have Italian dressing on it, but I could not detect any of this seasoning. The fontina cheese which was thickly melted on top of my grouper did not taste like the Italian fontina which is aged with a pungent taste; it tasted like the Danish fontina which is more mild in flavor and gooey when you bite into it. Later in the evening the manager came by and asked me how my meal was. I explained the disappointment i my dinner, which I barely ate any of. He was surprised to hear of my displeasure for he said they usually have many compliments regarding their seafood, but he informed me he would recheck on that entree in particular. I enjoyed the atmosphere and service at Regatta 220 but I will not be ordering any of their seafood selections anytime soon.

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