Our Favorite Restaurants in the Dells

If you're planning on bringing your family to Wisconsin Dells for the Snowflake Soiree, one thing you'll want to plan for is where you're going to eat. There are SO many amazing restaurants to eat at in the Dells! Here are some of our favorites:

1. Buffalo Phil's

Our event venue is our top choice for places to eat! One of my family's favorite parts is that some tables have trains that deliver your food! And when it's not delivering food, the train is quite entertaining with stuffed animals, toys, and sometimes a bubble machine!

2. Moosejaw Pizza & Dells Brewing Co.

A sister restaurant to Buffalo Phil's, Moosejaw is a popular place for... you guessed it: pizza and beer! Heads up, though; they don't take reservations, so plan accordingly.

3. Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty

Every visit to the Dells always includes a stop to Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty! While they do have lunch and dinner options, Paul Bunyan's is most famous for their All-You-Can-Eat breakfast. Make sure you try one (or a few) of their homemade doughnuts!

4. Monk's Bar and Grill

Monk's is another favorite, offering a huge variety of burgers, sandwiches, wraps and more. As an added bonus, all of their kids' meals come with a frisbee to take home! They have two locations in the Dells: the original in the downtown area, and the newer one on the Wilderness hotel property.

5. MAC's Macaroni and Cheese Shop

Oh my goodness! If you've never been to Mac's, this is a MUST VISIT! They've taken the traditional mac and cheese meal and made it gourmet. My favorite is the Taco Mac, but others include Loaded Bake Potato, Chicken Bacon Ranch, and many more. FYI though: the kids' meal portions are relatively small, so keep that in mind if you have unusually hungry children :)

 6. Sprecher Restaurant and Pub

You may have had a Sprecher root beer before, but did you know they have restaurants too? Besides root beers and other craft sodas, they brew their own beers too. Their menu consists of burgers and sandwiches, as well as some items you might see at a German restaurant. I'm a fan of their soft pretzel appetizer and beer cheese soup!

7. Sarento's Italian Restaurant

If you're looking for a quiet dinner for two, Sarento's might be your place! With a variety of Italian dishes, specialty pizzas, and wine choices, you can't go wrong here. Sarento's also has a kids' menu as well :)

8. Field's Steakhouse

Field's, located on the same property as the Wilderness, is an upscale steakhouse in the Dells. They offer several steak options, as well as a variety of seafood, ribs, veal, and chicken dishes. There is a kids' meal available for children under the age of 12.

9. Ishnala Supper Club

In the same price point, Ishnala is your classic Wisconsin supper club with an upscale twist. With dishes including steaks, seafood, lamb, duck, and so much more, you can't beat this place with a view over the gorgeous Mirror Lake.

10. Mexicali Rose

Mexicali Rose has been one of my family's favorites since I was a kid! Aside from classics like enchiladas, burritos, tamales, and more, the house specialty is the fajitas. And of course, they have an amazing drink menu as well :)

Have you eaten at any of these places? Let us know in the comments about your experience! And if we left off any of your favorites, leave their names below!






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2018 Teacher Blogger/TpT Meet Up

We are so excited to announce the Second Annual Snowflake Soiree: the Midwest Regional Teacher Blogger Meet Up! Please join Jessica from Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten, Angela from Hippo Hooray for Second Grade, and so many others to meet, connect, collaborate, and grow your business with other TpT authors and teacherpreneurs!

This event began in 2015 as a meet up for Wisconsin teacher bloggers, but as more and more people have been joining us, we want to be more inclusive to other teacherpreneurs in the region. The Snowflake Soiree will take place on Saturday, February 10th, 2018 at The Crystal Room at Buffalo Phil's Grille in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Buffalo Phil's is conveniently located just off I-90/94, right next to Great Wolf Lodge and the outlet mall.

The Plan

The Crystal Room is located at the lower level of Buffalo Phil's Grille. The event will be two-fold; the perfect mix of business and socializing! From 10:00am to 4:00pm, we will have time to meet and mingle, lunch, and then the focus of the afternoon will be to share and collaborate on business tips, tricks and strategies related to your blog and Teachers Pay Teachers store.

After the business-talk, we will have a casual happy hour event for people to network and chit chat. There will also be giveaways, raffles, and swag galore throughout the entire day! If you want to see the fun we had last year, click here!

To register for the event, please CLICK HERE!

Wisconsin Dells is popular tourist destination in Wisconsin, about 3 hours from Chicago and 3.5 hours from Minneapolis. Feel free to bring along your family, as there is SO much to do in the area: indoor water parks and theme parks, shopping, etc.  OR, make it a fun weekend to get together with your blog besties!

Please RSVP by January 15, 2018 so we can make sure we have enough goodies for everyone! Our space is limited, so make sure you sign up right away.

We can't WAIT to see you in February!



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RECAP: Snowflake Soiree 2017!

Hello Wisconsin Winter!  We just had our third annual Midwest Teacher Blogger/TpT Meet Up and it was awesome!  You may remember, we had it during the summer the past two years, but we decided to change it up.  Summers are so busy for teachers as we try to pack everything in that we can't do during the year, so we thought moving the meet up to the winter was a better idea.  We wanted to have something to look forward to in the cold, Wisconsin winters.  And that's when the Midwest Snowflake Soiree came to be.

Angela from Hippo Hooray for Second Grade and Jessica from Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten, along with Paige from Our Elementary Lives, Amber from Mrs. Unger's Unbelievable Elementary Experiences, Brian from Wise Guys: Creativity for the Modern Classroom and Meg from The Teacher Studio hosted the third annual meet up for midwest bloggers and TpT authors.
The planning committee in front of our photo booth. 
Left to right, Brian, Amber, Paige, Jessica, Meg & Angela
This year it was held in the Wisconsin Dells at the Crystal Room at Buffalo Phil's Pizza & Grille.   With plenty of space and a great group of bloggers/TpTers, this meet up was the best one yet!  We got to reconnect with everyone we have met at the last meet ups and we got to collaborate in sessions to improve our businesses.   With over 35 participants, there were many familiar faces and some new faces as well.
Here's the awesome banner with the Platinum Sponsors: 
Here's a little recap of our awesome day!  We started the morning with a mimosa bar and a meet and greet!  We got to say hi to our friends and introduce ourselves to people we hadn't met yet.
Here's the welcome table. 
And the welcome committee! 
 Once we got our name tags and our swag bags full of some fabulous swag, we found a seat and started to mingle.

The swag bags included gifts from The Essential Teacher, A Perfect Blend, Seat Sack, Teachers pay Teachers, Whimsy Clips, The Sparkle Bazaar, A+ Images, Planbook, Kindergarten Rocks, Our Elementary Lives, The Teacher Studio, Smartphone Marketing School,  and ABCs with Mrs. B.  
During our mingle time, we could get a mimosa, complete a post-it holder craft and put our name in as a raffle for the giveaways.
Here are some people crafting. 
 Table #1 of giveaways. 
 Table #2 of giveaways.  
 Let the meet up begin!
 After introductions, we started our first breakout session.  The sessions were based on ways to improve our businesses.  From Pinterest, to Facebook and collaborating to product creation, so many ideas were shared by all.  Everyone left with a list a mile long of things they wanted to do to better their businesses.

In between sessions, we got to eat lunch and enjoyed more time to connect and socialize.  And can I just say, the food was delicious.  That potato soup with bacon was seriously fabulous, am I right?  The service and hospitality from Buffalo Phil's was also wonderful!
Take a look at the center pieces made by Amber.  She did a great job with the decorations.  And thanks to her mom for having all the snowflake decor!
After several more breakout sessions, we got together in groups to do a product review/TpT store feedback.  Here we gave each other ideas and suggestions on a product or on our overall store look.  I think this was the best part of the day.  So many great suggestions were given to make our businesses even better!

At the end of the day, the giveaways were announced.  We each had 5 tickets with our names on them and we could put them in any giveaway bag we wanted.  Then names were chosen and giveaways were announced.

Here are the winners:
 Amazon Gift Cards from Wise Guys, Teaching in the Tongass
So there you have it!  It was a fabulous day as always and we can't wait until next year.  Can we have one in the summer too?
Here's the whole group.

Again, we loved hosting this annual event and cannot wait to see everyone again.  We hope to see you next year!


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