One
August afternoon, I escaped Duluth and traveled east to
Javatrout. It's an
Internet cafe, a trout farm, a smoked fish peddler, a bed
and breakfast, and a wineryall rolled into one. This
schizophrenic getaway is about 45 minutes from Duluth, in
a tiny Wisconsin town called Iron River.
Javatrout
is owned by a Wisconsin couple named Ron and Cindy, who
also own the Iron River Trout Haus and a trout fishing farm.
They sell their tasty smoked rainbow trout (pronounced "troooot"
locally) at the cafe, along with drinks that have unusual
names like the "Full Loggers Cord" and "Traveler."
I spent
an afternoon at Javatrout with my friend Tod "Geek
God" Idhe, who was fixing the store's computer network.
In the span of 3 hours I took down an entire trout, a box
of tablewater crackers, coffee, and some fresh peach sorbet.
The
strangest thing I ate at Javatrout was a prepackaged piece
of Trout Jerky. Can't say it was the best snack I've had.
Maybe next time I'll ask for some whitefish, or a nice piece
of herring.