Can we get a drum roll on the old Formica bartop, please?
Wisco Dive Bar Reviews creator Jared Schutz, who makes it his social media mission to cover Wisconsin one throwback tavern at a time, has named his 2025 Dive Bar of the Year, and the winner is … just an hour’s drive from Green Bay.
Schutz bestowed the honor on Fuzzy’s Bar in Crivitz, calling owner Lolly “an absolute legend” and “a rock star.” She has had the business for 62 years and will turn 93 this month.
You’ll still find her behind the bar, slinging drinks and frying burgers, as Schutz did when he first visited Fuzzy’s in February 2025 during his travels. The light green half house/half bar has been a fixture in Marinette County since 1964 and a favorite of locals and folks headed up north.
“From the second I cracked open this door, I just felt like I was back at grandma’s house,” Schutz said during his video review last year.
He noted that the bar was dog-friendly and that burgers at that time were $3.75 ($4 with cheese.) A sign on the old-fashioned cash register reads: “To receive credit, you must be 85 years old and accompanied by a parent.”
He gave it 10 Pabst Blue Ribbons out of 10 on his review scale.
He recently stopped back to surprise Lolly with a plaque recognizing her as the 2025 Dive Bar of the Year in a post shared with his hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
He had also awarded her his February Bartender of the Month in 2025, calling her “the most adorable and hardworking bartender I’ve ever been served by.”
Two Door County dive bars made his list of 20 favorites in 2025
Schutz, a carpenter who lives in Spring Valley, started his social media posts in 2022 as a way to support small businesses. He has reviewed bars in every county in Wisconsin.
What makes a dive bar?
“Well, I tell people dive bars have the coldest beers and the warmest hearts,” Schutz told the Green Bay Press-Gazette in 2024. “You know, to be a great dive bar, you almost need to be a landmark, a historical landmark of a town or area. Cheap beer. Gotta have peanuts or pork rinds or something for people to snack on. Gotta have a shake of the day. Pull tabs.”
One of the other things dive bars have in common, he said, is a sense of community.
Two Door County establishments made Schutz’s list of the best dive bars he visited in 2025. Institute Saloon in Sturgeon Bay came in at No. 6 and Rouer’s Roadhouse in Little Sturgeon Bay at No. 13.
Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or [email protected]. Follow her on X @KendraMeinert.
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