Tamarack Pizza - Portage

We dropped into Tamarack Pizza yesterday in Portage, Wisconsin, and were met with the warmest throw back ambience encounter. The mellow yellow lit brown hued background drenched with charm, highlighted early advertising beer mirrors of all sizes across the walls. The elongated walls were quite reminiscent of Chicago's Geno's East style paneled wooden walls just waiting to be tagged by customers declaring their presence in this actual railroad train car, now turned cozy pizza place on Wisconsin Street. We were greeted by a very friendly pony tailed waitress who served our appetizer request consisting of a bowl of chili. We were anxious to receive the Chef's homemade Chili response. All the goodness was there including, a high quality ground beef, as well as, all the added veggies and spices for a hearty chili dish. Next, by mutual agreement a shrimp, anchovies, onion, green olives, and green pepper, on a thin large pizza was ordered. The request was returned with reasonable speed and presentation. Our waitress had the biggest smile on her face; assuring and knowing what our responses would be once we tasted this pie! We went in on it, and in no time there were only two pieces left! It was a small piece of totally good and seriously rad eats in a quaint small town, not so far north of Chicago! What a delightful Friday afternoon spent at Tamarack Pizza, in Portage, Wisconsin.

Pizza was fantastic, the crust was t soggy, cheese was delicious. As a vegetarian, I was disappointed to find that the broccoli bites had bacon in them after I had taken a bite. Beer selection was minimal, but enjoyed the spotted cow beer. Our server was slightly irritated with our group, but I think we won her over. Overall our group had a great night eating pizza and drinking beer.

Food was A . service was a hair above A . our server said they changed owners and that's why they don't have items or things changed......and they changed for the worse! save yourself the time! just go to pizza ranch. this is sad, because they used to have the best pizza in town, BEST burgers in town, and best steak sandwiches.....we had all 3, and they are all A now. sorry for the honesty, but this place has went so far downhill, I don't think it can be saved. good luck if you go there.....just don't be expecting what it used to be, or what any older review says!! BEWARE!

Good service. We ordered a pizza with lightly sautéed mushrooms and black olives. Super-thin crust. Sauce was my favorite--loved the oregano. Not the most comfortable seating, but it probably keeps people moving along. Fair pricing. Clean bathrooms. Steep steps going up into the restaurant/bar.

Food was absolutely disgusting. Service was so so , the lady was in a hurry to get away from our table. Ambiance was actually nice