Mequon Guides

We started with a small shop in the Milwaukee Public Market because we saw that fish always took a backseat to steak — 15 years later, we're still fighting that fight from Mequon.

Where to eat in Mequon, sorted the way a local chooses: special dinners, weeknight standbys, and the Public Market when nobody can agree.

Mequon breakfast and brunch, sorted: the weekend institution, the waffle spot, and where to grab something healthy on a weekday.

The best coffee in Mequon: a riverside roaster, a regional favorite, and a Public Market coffeehouse with a bakery counter.

Where to drink in Mequon: a brewery with real history, a self-pour wine bar, and the neighborhood sports spots.

Pizza in Mequon: wood-fired Neapolitan at Zarletti, a casual family pie, and a slice at the Public Market.

Golf in Mequon, mapped: the public course, two country clubs, a Toptracer range, mini golf, and winter simulators.

Day trips from Mequon: north about 6 miles to historic Cedarburg for wine and shops, with Grafton up the river.

Mequon's parks and nature: the Nature Preserve and its tower, quiet smaller preserves, and a lake-bluff county park.

Things to do in Mequon: the Public Market, Foxtown, the Nature Preserve, a cinema, and easy trips around the North Shore.

Getting to Mequon: about 14 miles north of Milwaukee on the North Shore, with distances from the airport and nearby towns.