The Menominee Park Beer Garden

Wednesday night's beer garden in Menominee Park was an overwhelming success. So overwhelming, in fact, that the beer ran out. Within an hour of the start, hundreds of people had poured into the park.

Earlier that morning I was interviewed by WBAY to talk about the history of beer gardens in Oshkosh (you can see that HERE). I tried to get across that an event like this is a natural fit for this city. What happened Wednesday night bears that out. These public beer gardens deserve to become a traditional part of summer in Oshkosh.

The Parks Department, which organizes the beer gardens, has a few things to work out. The main issue was the long lines of people waiting to get a beer.

That shouldn't be too difficult to address. We'll find out in July. The next Menominee Park Beer Garden will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 14.