My father was Frenchy, who ran Frenchy’s restaurant. My personal favorite was the wild boar, but the lion was good. We also had, on occasion, Bengal tiger and Hippopotamus. The African and Indian game came from licensed game farms, and we got the animals in field dressed and frozen. In the buiolding next to the restaurant we had a couple of walk-in deep freezes and places to butcher the animals. I wouldn’t eat these animals now, especially the hippo and tiger, as they are seriously endangered, but 50 years ago, it was not too unreasonable to buy them from the licensed game farms. We also had elk and reindeer on the menu, and all manner of exotic birds. The restaurant closed in the late 70’s, and even the building that housed it, long converted to other uses, burned down about 10 years ago. Sad.
Bon Appetit!
thanks for the reply....wwe went to Frenchy’s when we had a few bucks to splurge and to impress our dates!!!! We always had a wonderful time although our wallets were decidedly thinner! I had no idea what happened to the restauraant, sad to hear of its demise....Milwaukeans will miss out on what was a unique dining experience indeed.