Unique Food-Centric Experiences Near Green Bay

Hagemeister Park 

Sporting a Packers theme in Green Bay isn’t that unusual, but there’s another reason you need to visit Hagemeister Park with fellow Packers fans: it’s the site of City Stadium, the Packers' first home field. Start your trip off right with a hearty meal here. If it’s Friday, order a fish fry—either beer-battered cod, Canadian walleye or Wisconsin perch. Otherwise, the steaks and burgers have many local fans. Even if it’s chilly, the 4,000-square-foot patio boasts a heated canopy and cozy igloos for dining.

Scray Cheese Co. 

Located just a quick 20-minute drive south of Green Bay in De Pere, Scray Cheese Co. factory is worth the detour. What sets this creamery apart is not just the ability to sample cheese (such as fontina, gouda, cheddar and Colby) but that it’s a fourth-generation business and you can watch the cheese being made. Edward Scray, of Belgium heritage, first opened the factory in 1924 and today it’s run by his great-granddaughter, Kayla Scray, including the adjacent Scray Cheese Shoppe where you can pick out wedges or fresh cheese curds to take home with you.

Cedar and Sage Grill 

Located in the Oneida Casino, the menu for Cedar & Sage Grill House focuses on sourcing from Indigenous farms in the region, such as Oneida Nation Farm, Oneida Cannery and Oneida Orchard. This results in unique meals that are easy to share and honor Native American roots, such as Oneida Corn-Crusted Cheese Curds and Oneida White Corn Mush & Winter Squash, freshwater walleye and Oneida Apple Crisp. Many dishes are cooked in a Josper oven, a modern marvel that’s both a grill and an oven, using charcoal, too. 

Seroogy’s 

Since 1899, this chocolate shop has sweetened the palates of locals and continues to be owned by the same family. Drop by Seroogy’s for an afternoon snack from the chocolate case, such as specialty chocolates shaped like the state of Wisconsin or a cheese wedge, or buy a box of meltaways to take home for later and share with friends.

Union Hotel Restaurant 

It isn’t a food-centric trip to a Wisconsin city without sampling one of its supper clubs, including  Union Hotel Restaurant in De Pere, which has been open since 1883 and owned by the Maternowskis since 1918. Look for the Cream City brick exterior, another nod to Wisconsin history. A year later, in 1919, the Green Bay Packers were founded in this very restaurant, which also used to include hotel rooms under its roof. Open for dinner only, this is the perfect place to close out your trip to Green Bay by ordering a porterhouse steak, Canadian walleye or surf and turf (8-ounce tenderloin and cold-water lobster tail). Start the meal right with an Old Fashioned, Wisconsin’s official cocktail.