Welcome to the

Café Carpe

18 S. Water St. West  Fort Atkinson, WI  53538

920-563-9391

cafecarpe@sbcglobal.net


                                                              Photo: Arthur E. Welch III

    The Café Carpe is a restaurant, bar, and music club in downtown Fort Atkinson, a city of 12,000 in southeastern Wisconsin- 35 miles southeast of Madison, 60ish miles southwest of Milwaukee, 20 miles northeast of Janesville, about 6900 miles west of Baghdad. Fort Atkinson is noted for being the birthplace of Peter Urban, the site where  Jeffrey Foucault cut some of his musical teeth on a few bottles of beer, the place immortalized by poet Lorine Niedecker,  a place rich in history.  The Carpe has been here since 1985.  Yikes.

  For those curious about the restaurant and bar offerings, please peruse the menu.  Our kitchen is small, and has its limitations, but the food is in large part homemade- our own soups, salad dressings, salsa, iced tea, desserts,  entrees, sauces, some breads- and passes the tasty test. We feature local & regional microbrews on tap.  We have a commitment to being environmentally friendly.  We try to be  friendly, too.

   The Carpe has a talk-free, smoke-free listening room separate from its main bar-dining area.  The room, which has great acoustics, seats 60 people comfortably but can hold 70 people who are enthralled enough by a performance that they only almost forget they are sweaty, their butts hurt, and they can't move without the possibility of a sexual assault charge.

    Shows are primarily on the weekend nights, and there is a cover charge for all performances except the periodic open stages. Reservations (920-563- 9391) are recommended for all shows, and may be necessary for some. For a few shows, tickets are sold in advance, and there is the occasional advance sellout. Do not drive from Chicago (or any other location, in case any of you read literally) without calling first to see if the show you wish to attend is, in fact, already sold out, or has been cancelled.

    We have a Facebook page.  You could become a fan.

 

HOURS: 

Tuesday- Friday, lunch 11:30- 1:30   

Tuesday- Saturday, evenings open at 5:00

Sunday for brunch  10:30 am - 1:00 pm   (Last brunch of the season will be on September 27, 2009.  We'll let you know if and when we start them up again.)

Closed Mondays

Please call to reserve if you are bringing a party of more than 6 people. 

As of summer of 2006, the Carpe is a totally non-smoking establishment.

We have wireless internet.  We are ahead of the curve, or at least on it.

When the weather is amenable, seating is available on our riverside screened porch.

Available for parties and special events- call 920-563-9391.

 

 

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