{"id":2264577,"date":"2026-02-03T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2264577"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T12:12:04","slug":"crivitz-bar-honored-as-wisconsins-2025-dive-bar-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/crivitz-bar-honored-as-wisconsins-2025-dive-bar-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Crivitz bar honored as Wisconsin&#8217;s 2025 Dive Bar of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88457406007\" style=\"min-height: 240px;\" class=\"column twelve-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Can we get a drum roll on the old Formica\u00a0bartop, please?<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiscodivebars.com\/all-the-dives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisco\u00a0Dive Bar Reviews<\/a> creator Jared\u00a0Schutz, who makes it his social media mission<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/life\/be-wisconsin\/2024\/09\/12\/wisco-dive-bar-reviews-social-media-sensation-hits-wisconsin\/74985364007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> to cover Wisconsin one throwback tavern at a time<\/a>, has named his 2025 Dive Bar of the Year, and the winner is &#8230; just an hour\u2019s drive from Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Schutz\u00a0bestowed the honor on\u00a0Fuzzy\u2019s\u00a0Bar in\u00a0Crivitz, calling owner Lolly \u201can absolute legend\u201d and \u201ca rock star.\u201d She has had the business for 62 years and will turn 93 this month.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll still find her behind the bar, slinging drinks and frying burgers, as\u00a0Schutz\u00a0did when he first visited\u00a0Fuzzy\u2019s\u00a0in February 2025 during his travels. The light green half house\/half bar has been a fixture in\u00a0Marinette\u00a0County since 1964 and a favorite of locals and folks headed up north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the second I cracked open this door, I just felt like I was back at grandma\u2019s house,\u201d Schutz said during his video review last year.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>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: \u201cTo receive credit, you must be 85 years old and accompanied by a parent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He gave it 10\u00a0Pabst Blue Ribbons\u00a0out of 10 on his review scale.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wiscodivebars\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wisco.dive.bars.666381\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook,\u00a0<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@wiscodivebars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wiscodivebarreviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He had also awarded her his February Bartender of the Month in 2025, calling her &#8220;the most adorable and hardworking bartender I\u2019ve ever been served by.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/06\/04\/st-michaels-pub-in-allouez-to-mark-40-years-as-a-dive-bar-with-party\/83990187007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">St. Michael&#8217;s Pub will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a party fit for a dive bar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Two Door County dive bars made his list of 20 favorites in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>What makes a dive bar?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I tell people dive bars have the coldest beers and the warmest hearts,&#8221;\u00a0Schutz\u00a0told the Green Bay Press-Gazette in 2024. \u201cYou 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/1eff3510b34f3f3a496323245057eee3b186d84c\/c=0-837-2886-3011\/local\/-\/media\/Salem\/Salem\/2014\/05\/06\/\/1399418533007-DSC07358.JPG 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/2983b19860060aa9182724471a102c1fa119c683\/c=107-0-2779-3559\/local\/-\/media\/Salem\/Salem\/2014\/05\/06\/\/1399418533007-DSC07358.JPG 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/dec22421df99ad48bf526e57c5ea33b7b85ef4d9\/c=0-1069-2886-2699\/local\/-\/media\/Salem\/Salem\/2014\/05\/06\/\/1399418533007-DSC07358.JPG 16:9\" image-alt=\"Neon beer signs are among the items that will be auctioned off Saturday, May 10, 2014, from the personal collection of Ed Dougherty, a former concert and event promoter.\" credit=\"CAPI LYNN \/ Statesman Journal\" caption=\"Old-school beer signs are often one of the signature pieces of decor at a dive bar.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the other things dive bars have in common, he said, is a sense of community.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Two Door County establishments made\u00a0Schutz\u2019s\u00a0list of the best dive bars he visited in 2025.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Institute-Saloon-100054642151656\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute\u00a0Saloon <\/a>in Sturgeon Bay came in\u00a0at\u00a0No. 6 and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RouersRoadhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rouer\u2019s\u00a0Roadhouse <\/a>in Little Sturgeon Bay at No. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbaypressgazette.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/06\/25\/lennys-tap-to-celebrate-50-years-as-a-green-bay-neighborhood-tavern\/84332911007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay tavern Lenny&#8217;s Tap will celebrate its 50th anniversary by doing what it does best: having fun<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Kendra Meinert\u00a0is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com\">kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com<\/a>. 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