Anello's Torch Lite

There Are Two Places to Dine, Your Home & Ours--
Welcome to Ours!

Shawano's #1 Italian Restaurant -
A deliciously different dining experience.

Located in downtown Shawano, Anello's Torchlite is open seven days a week and offers fine Italian and American cuisine prepared by our own Chef Tom. We feature over 52 items on our menu including:

• Choice Steaks

• BBQ Ribs

• Superb Seafood Entrees

• Salad Bar

• Homemade Soups

• Friday Night Fish Fry

• and much more!

All our dinners include soup and salad bar!

Nightly $5.95 Dinner Specials

Wednesday night is Happy Hour All Night Long

At Anello's we feature tasty nightly specials.

• Monday - Fettuccini Alfredo & New York Strip

• Tuesday - Spaghetti & Meatballs (All You Can Eat), Fried Chicken Dinner (baked or BBQ)

• Wednesday - All You Can Eat Night: Deep Fried Shrimp, Perch, Cod and Scallops

• Thursday - Choice Sirloin for Two, 8oz. NY Strip

• Friday - Fish Fry - Cod, Lake Perch, Walleye Pike

• Saturday - BBQ Pork Ribs & Prime Rib

• Sunday - 22 oz Sirloin & Fried Chicken Dinner, Prime Rib

Stop by for our tremendous Happy Hour from 4 - 6 pm seven days a week  where we serve great drink specials. We are the only restaurant in Wisconsin where the bartenders and wait staff wear sequined vests!

 

A Brief History About Anello's Torchlite

  Anello's Torchlite land was bought on a homestead act from the government in 1887. It was on a road called the Military Wagon Trail, which is now highway 29-47-55-22 and Green Bay Street. The first building construction was in 1889, which was a Ford car garage. In 1897, it bacame one of the first restaurants, called The Continental. It has been reconstructed and added onto many times. During the Roaring 20s, it was a bar and restaurant, and the upstairs was a house of ill repute. It had the nickname of "Dinty Moore", after a very colorful cartoon character.
  It was one of Al Capone and John Dillinger's favorite stops between Chicago and Hurley or Eagle River. Often a local lady by the name Evelyn Frechette and Dillinger would meet at Dinty Moore's (or The Continental). She was famously known in history as the "Lady In Red".
  The name Continental became Club Continental, and stayed with the place until 1969 when it became the Bavarian Inn. The decor and the cuisine was then Bavarian and German American. In 1981, it became Anello's Torchlite with Italian and American cuisine. Even now it is considered a very colorful place - one of a kind.
  The wait staff and the bartenders wear sequin vests. The vests - uniforms and the table decor of the place change 10 times a year in conjunction with the season and holidays. The restaurant is known for its excellent food - homemade soups, fresh baked breads, plus a 21 item salad bar, not to mention the best looking, best dressed, most sassy wait staff in Wisconsin....not to leave out the flashy dressed chef, Tom. Wow!
  The staff of Anello's Torchlite welcomes you to Shawanaw County, and we hope you enjoy your meal.

Rita Anello (owner)

1276 E. Green Bay St. Shawano, WI 54166

www.anellostorchlite.com/

Let Us Cater Your Next Party!

For that next big event, try our catering service for any occasion. From receptions and anniversaries to business meetings and birthday parties, Anello's Catering can handle your next party.

Visit Our Petting Zoo

Before or after dinner, bring your family to visit our petting zoo, right here on our grounds. Our petting zoo features:

• Camel

• Zebra

• Llamas & Alpacas

• Exotic Rabbits

• Miniature Horses & Donkeys

• Exotic Birds, Fowls & Animals

• Goats

• Sheep

• Peacocks

Anello's Torchlite