Franklin Street Tavern

Bar & PubJanesville, WisconsinHours

Downtown tavern serving burgers, wings, and curds

About

Franklin Street Tavern is a bar & grill in Janesville serving burgers, wings, and tavern staples. Operating at 13 N Franklin Street, our location has held a tavern space for 100 years. Our kitchen prepares smashburgers, a meatloaf sandwich topped with pickled fried onions, and chicken wings tossed in house seasonings like Cajun. We also fry up portions of cheese curds served alongside house-made ranch. Inside, our dining area features a full bar, music, and a row of gaming machines along the wall.

Laura Cathey
a week ago

Our first visit ,and everything was great!. Gage was welcoming, friendly and very helpful. We liked the atmosphere and music. Generous portion of yummy cheese curds. The house made ranch was excellent. The meatloaf sandwich with pickled fried onions did not disappoint! Would recommend,

Jose Moreno
2 months ago

The food was absolutely amazing the people spectacular easy to talk to and the place is small but leaves a fantastic at home atmosphere the energy you bring only makes the place better, the chef did an amazing job, the bartender was extremely friendly as if he'd known us forever and both made sure that we were satisfied with our food, compliments to the chef and respect to the staff! A great place to eat!

Matt Burgess
3 months ago

This place had literally THE FASTEST service I have ever experienced in all my life. That being said, it was also incredibly good food! Not just crap food served fast. It was TOP TIER, hand made food, but lightning fast! We ordered the curds for an appetizer and they were fantastic. We ordered a Classic burger, WWW burger, six "nothin but a crawdad" wings and six "peace and love" wings. The "peace and love" wings are the only reason they didn't get a 5 on the food part of the review. They were good, don't get me wrong. But we should have just got a dozen cajun. They were just meh. Other than that, DRIVE TO JANESVILLE! GO HERE! ENJOY THEIR FANTASTIC SERVICE AND FOOD!

Donna Granback
3 months ago

Top notch burgers and fries! They are in the middle of changing their menu so some of the products were not available but I demolished the Smashburger I had! It was fantastic. It’s a small bar with lots of gaming machines along one wall, so the atmosphere is not quite my style —as well as the music being too loud. But bartender/server was very nice and professional.

CZ
8 months ago

First visit. Midweek afternoon. Loved the atmosphere! Lighting and decorations very appealing. Service exceptional - Gage was on target and friendly energy. Food delicious, I enjoyed brussels sprouts appetizer with balsamic sauce. Oh my, so tasty! All sauces are home made. The brussels sprouts were cooked perfectly browned. Heavenly. I look forward to returning for a burger as the ones being served around me looked amazing. I highly recommend this pub.

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    • Mon – Wed11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
    • Thu – Sat11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
    • Sunday11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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