Ed & Sharon's Restaurant, Catering, and Food Truck “Big Blue”

12/07/2025

🐔 $1.00-A Piece Chicken Special 🐔
A whole flock of birds landed out back, and now we’re buried in chicken!

We’re selling it in increments of four’s.
Sunday December 7th
4-piece, 8-piece, 12-piece… all the way up!

Just $1 a piece — TO-GO ONLY —

WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

We open at noon.
Come help us thin out this flock before they start pecking our eyes out!

11/29/2025

🦌 WISCONSIN DEER HUNTING EMERGENCY: WE’RE CLOSED 🦌
Saturday, Nov. 29 & Sunday, Nov. 30

Folks, we regret to inform you that Ed & Sharon’s will be CLOSED all weekend because Mark went Amish deer hunting late Friday… and now he’s lost somewhere in the Northwoods.

He left Friday after bartending wearing full Amish garb—black hat, wool coat, no orange, no gun. Said something about “harvesting a buck the righteous way” and wandered into the woods with only a buggy blanket, a wooden whistle, and a pocket Bible. No phone. No blaze orange. Just blind faith and beef jerky.

The last confirmed sighting was near a bait pile of molasses and hymn books.

DNR says he violated at least four hunting regulations and two laws of common sense. We just hope he didn’t try to wrestle a 12-pointer by hand or join a wild deer herd as their spiritual advisor.

We’ve sent out a search party with rut calls, headlamps, and a thermos of brandy Old Fashioneds. So far, no signs—just some mysterious hoofprints leading toward a deer stand with a butter churn on it.

We’ll reopen Wednesday , December 3rd, assuming Mark finds his way back or gets airlifted out by a rescue squirrel militia. In the meantime, hang tight, stay warm, and if you’re in the woods this weekend—keep your eyes peeled for a confused man in suspenders asking if venison can be tithed.

Here is a video of the message he left Sally on their Ring Doorbell.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to the best customers in the world.

11/26/2025

🐰🎉 Hoppy Birthday, Alex! 🎉🐰

Help us wish a very Hoppy Birthday to our amazing hostess AND slaw maker extraordinaire, Alex ! 🩷

For 13 years, Alex has greeted guests with a smile, kept things running smooth, and whipped up coleslaw so good even the Easter Bunny would trade his carrots for it. 🥕🤭

Thank you, Alex, for your loyalty, your laughs, and for keeping the slaw bowl full! 💗

Drop a comment below to help us say Happy Birthday, Alex! 🎂🎈🐰🥗
P.s. who is the creeper behind you?

11/22/2025

Popcorn is back on the shelf. Come get some.

11/19/2025

Popcorn’s BACK in stock!
Grab a bag for hunting season…
Because let’s be honest — you’re mostly out there for snacks anyway. 😆🌽

11/16/2025

Popcorn Billy is fully stocked. Available during regular business hours.

11/09/2025

🎬 SOMETHING’S POPPIN’ at Ed & Sharon’s!
🔥 Popcorn’s flying, cheese is tumbling, and the air smells like buttery happiness!

Starting Wednesday, November 12, you can finally get your hands on Popcorn Billy Popcorn — the snack that’s poppin’ with personality!

We’ve only got one flavor right now (Cheesy Jalapeño) — because we can barely keep up makin’ it! 🌶🧀

Grab a bag (or three 😋) and taste the crunch everyone’s talking about.

👉 Buy it by the bag — before Billy eats it all!

10/18/2025

🐔 They’re Finally Here! 🐔
Fresh off the press — brand new Ed & Sharon’s T-shirts!
Show off your Merrill pride (and your sense of humor) with our “I Got Plucked at Ed & Sharon’s” shirts!

🎨 Colors: Blue, Black, or Yellow
📏 Sizes: Small–4XL
💲 Only 20 each

Stop in, grab a bite, have a cold one 🍺, and pick up your shirt before Mark “borrows” them all again!

10/17/2025

It’s FRIDAY FISH FRY at Ed & Sharon’s!
⏰ 3 PM – 8 PM
📍 Merrill, WI

Get your weekend started the Wisconsin way — with a plate full of:

🐟 Beer-battered haddock
🐟 Crispy walleye
🐟 Flaky perch
🐸 Frog legs
🐠 The original broasted fish
🥬 Our famous coleslaw,

📞 Call-in takeout? Pam’s got you.
🍹 Thirsty? Mark’s behind the bar slingin’ Old Fashioneds like he’s on a mission.
💁‍♀️ And Alex the hostess with the mostess will seat you like royalty.

The fryer is hot, the crew is ready.
Come hungry. Leave legendary.

10/15/2025

10/04/2025

🎃🇺🇸 MARK’S MISSION: PUMPKINS FOR PEACE 🇺🇸🎃
An urgent message from Ed & Sharon’s:

The restaurant will be CLOSED on Saturday, October 4th, not due to plumbing issues, staffing shortages, or a fried cheese curd emergency—but because Mark is on an urgent diplomatic mission to Washington, D.C.

Yes. You read that right.

After months of tending bar, chasing rodeo bulls, dodging the Buggy Brotherhood, and helping the feds infiltrate the Amish Rodeo Clown cartel, Mark has been summoned to the capital for one more crisis: de-escalating the 2025 government shutdown.

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🕊️ A Nation Divided. A Bartender Called.

With tensions running high on Capitol Hill, no one could agree on anything—budgets, legislation, even where to eat lunch. But one man had a vision: Mark. He loaded up his buggy with 12 magical pumpkins, each one infused with peace, understanding, and cinnamon spice. His plan? Line the Capitol steps with glowing gourds until both parties agree to sit down, carve a jack-o’-lantern together, and pass a reasonable budget.

“It worked at Hodag when the beer ran out,” Mark allegedly told a Senate staffer. “These pumpkins don’t just bring people together… they heal.”

As of now, he’s somewhere between Pennsylvania Avenue and a roadside produce stand, preaching nonpartisan pumpkin diplomacy and passing out warm cider in the name of peace.

🍽️ We’ll Reopen Soon!

Fear not, friends. Ed & Sharon’s will reopen Sunday, October 5th at noon, assuming Mark doesn’t get elected Speaker of the House.

In the meantime, hug a pumpkin. Light a candle. Say a prayer for bipartisanship—and for Mark.

Because when history books are written, they won’t say Congress saved us.

They’ll say a bartender named Mark, armed with squash and gourds, turned this country around.