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 and onetime home to Jeffrey Foucault, the place where he cut some of his musical teeth on a few bottles of beer. Of most interest to anyone bothering to get to this site is the music club part of the above-listed triumvirate.

    The Carpe has a talk-free, smoke-free listening room separate from its main bar-dining area. (This does not mean that one can talk and smoke for free.) 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 a serious invasion of someone else's personal space.

    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.

HOURS: 

Tuesday- Friday, lunch 11:30- 1:30   

Tuesday- Saturday, evenings open at 5:00

Sunday for brunch  10:00 am - 1:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE:   We will not be doing brunch until warmer weather allows us to use the porch- probably in May.  That is, unless a groundswell of public opinion gathers at our door and demands otherwise.

As of summer of 2006, the Carpe is a non-smoking establishment in its entire interior all the time it is open. 

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

 

 

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