Cowboy burger with fries, Pastimes Pub & Grille

Est. 1996

The Best Times
Happen at Pastimes

Great food, cold drinks, Wisconsin sports, and plenty of reasons to stay awhile. Grab a burger, order the wings, come in for fish fry, and enjoy the people who make Pastimes what it is.

This week

Daily Features

Here are our normal day-to-day features and weekly events. We sometimes change it up, and when we do, Facebook is where we'll keep you updated, so be sure to give us a follow.

  • Tuesday

    Closed

    Tuesday is our day off. We'll see you Wednesday.

  • WednesdayHappy Hour

    Happy Hour

    3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Italian Beef Sandwich

    Thinly sliced Italian beef with mild giardiniera. Served with fries or chips.

  • ThursdayHappy Hour

    Happy Hour

    3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

    Taco Thursday

    • $3 Beef or Chicken Tacos
    • $4 Steak or Shrimp Tacos
    • Beef or Chicken Taco Salad
  • Saturday

    Saturday Night Feature

    4:00 PM

    Baby Back Ribs (BBQ or Bourbon Glazed), 12oz New York Strip, Broiled Haddock, Lake Perch, and Ribeye & Shrimp.

  • Sunday

    Chef's Feature

    Rotating sandwich of the day. Sunday sports are on.

    DJ Trivia

    4:00 PM

This week

Upcoming This Week

August 2026

  • 7:00 PM
    TigersTigers: vs Laconia

  • 8:00 PM
    PackersPackers: at Denver Broncos

  • 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Live MusicLive Music: Aaron James Band

Live music, game days, and other nights through Sunday. The list resets each Monday. Times can move, so check Facebook when you're unsure.

Full Events Calendar

Menu

Half-pound burgers cooked to order. Starters to share. Friday fish fry all day. Sandwiches, wraps, salads, and homemade pizza.

Kitchen

Burgers, Wings, Fish Fry & Soups

Cowboy burger with onion ring, bacon, and fries at Pastimes
Cowboy Burger
  • Half-pound burgers

    Fresh beef, cooked to order. Classic cheeseburger, Cowboy with BBQ, bacon, and an onion ring, and more on the menu.

  • Wings & sauces

    20 sauces on the menu. All-you-can-eat wings every Monday starting at 4:00 PM.

  • Friday fish fry

    Lake perch, haddock, whitefish, shrimp, and more. Served all day Friday.

  • Homemade soups

    We make at least two soups every day we're open. Cup or bowl from the starter menu.

  • Italian beef

    Wednesday special. Thinly sliced Italian beef with mild giardiniera, fries or chips.

Bacon cheeseburger with fries in a basket at Pastimes
Pastimes Pound'r double half-pound cheeseburger with fries
On the TVs

Wisconsin Sports

If there's a Wisconsin team playing, there's a good chance it's on one of our TVs.

Packers Sundays, Badgers Saturdays, Bucks nights, and Brewers games get plenty of screen time here. Grab a seat, order something from the kitchen, and watch with people who care about the score.

  • NFL Football

    Green Bay Packers

    Packers games fill the bar. Expect green and gold, and the sound up.

    Packers football schedule →

  • NCAA

    Wisconsin Badgers

    Badgers football, basketball, and hockey, especially on Saturdays.

    Badgers football schedule →

  • NBA Basketball

    Milwaukee Bucks

    Regular season nights and playoff runs on the big screens.

  • MLB Baseball

    Milwaukee Brewers

    Brewers games on the TVs, plus bus trips when we put one together.

Ripon teams

Local Teams

We follow Ripon College and Ripon High School teams. Football season means Red Hawks replays on Mondays, and Tigers games on the screens when we can stream them.

College

Ripon College Red Hawks

Red Hawks

During Red Hawks football season, we replay that weekend's game on Mondays at 5:00 PM while all-you-can-eat wings are on. We've also streamed Red Hawks women's basketball during the playoffs.

Red Hawks football schedule →

High School

Ripon High School Tigers

Tigers

When a stream is available, we put Tigers football on the TVs. Families, coaches, and fans are welcome to watch here.

Tigers football schedule →

Adam and Kathe holding a burger at Pastimes Pub & Grille

Mentions of Ripon College and Ripon High School do not mean we have an official sponsorship or partnership unless we say so.

Out back

On the Patio

The patio is open for drinks, food, and bags when Wisconsin weather cooperates. Live music is out here on Saturdays.

During EAA AirVenture week, this is the place to be, plane watching arrivals flying overhead on their way into Oshkosh. Call ahead if you want to know whether the patio is open that day.

Plan Your Visit → for directions and parking.

Historic Downtown Ripon

Our Story

Pastimes sits in a brick building on Scott Street in downtown Ripon, just east of Watson Street, next to a city parking lot. The patio and lawn out east were not always open space. For decades, other buildings stood there: a livery barn, a car garage, a blacksmith shop, and later a sheet metal works.

Farm implements, a car dealer, a liquor store, and then Pastimes. The timeline goes back to the 1890s on this stretch of Scott Street, with research from the Ripon Historical Society.

J&D Drive-In Liquor storefront at 120 Scott Street
J&D Drive-In Liquor at 120 Scott Street, before Pastimes.
Est. 1996

See You at the Bar

Regulars at the bar. Families after a Red Hawks game. Friends in for a Packers Sunday. We're closed Tuesday and open the rest of the week.

Busy night at the Pastimes bar with sports on the TVs
A full house at the bar, sports on the TVs.
Adam and Kathe holding a burger at Pastimes Pub & Grille
Pastimes group on a Milwaukee Brewers bus trip
Brewers bus trip and other nights worth showing up for.

Follow Pastimes on Facebook for soup updates, the Chef's Feature, and last-minute event news.

Google reviews

What People Are Saying

Recent reviews from Google.

  • ★★★★★

    Servers where very attentive and friendly. Food was good. I'd definitely eat there again. I want to try the Friday Fish Fry 👍

    Larry L. · Google
  • ★★★★★

    Great food, excellent service. Highly recommend.

    Scott · Google
  • ★★★★★

    New York Strip Saturdays? Sign me up. Baked potato? Yessir. Burgers looked good too. Underrated spot in the downtown.

    Salvator T. · Google
  • ★★★★★

    The food was delicious and affordable. The service was friendly; also for a bar and grill it had a very calm relaxing atmosphere.

    Faith S. · Google
  • ★★★★★

    Best burgers around hands down. Awesome customer service too on a busy Sunday.

    Scott O. · Google
  • ★★★★★

    A nice Wisconsin bar. Good burger and great service.