The Tavern at White Stag Farm bills itself as “serving delicious food, prepared from scratch daily, using only the freshest ingredients, including produce grown on our own farm.”  However this is not a traditional Wisc. supper club.  You do enter through a separate bar area but they encouraged us to have our cocktail at the dinner table and there was no relish tray nor ice cream after dinner drinks.  Owner Michele DeYoung and her husband Jeff purchased the property that had been Club 77 in the fall of 2018 as part of their dream to create a destination for visitors that includes the restaurant as well as  an inn (McCormick House), a farm, an orchard and a dairy barn. They hope to utilize these resources to provide a changing seasonal menu.   The dining room seats up to 60 on an eclectic grouping of chairs and tables.  Some are covered with white clothes topped with black and white checked cloths and others are smaller bare marble tables.  A couple couches are on one wall and match up with the small marble tables and their chairs, which also vary at tables.  Pillows and faux fur pelts add to the decor which has lots of art on the walls and wide planked old wood floors underneath.  The ceiling felt lower, music was in the background and lots of large windows looks outside.  The wine list was more ambitious than at some places, including some pricey cabernets supplemented by lower price wines.  While their service was friendly and assured us this was fine dining, there were some not fine-dining touches.  I applaud what they are doing but don’t think I’ll be one of their regulars. Continue reading →