Annual Lobster Boil & Steak Fry
The Big Foot Lion’s Club will host
its 29th annual lobster boil and steak fry on
Saturday, July 28th, 2012. This is the
area’s most popular fund-raiser. I call it the biggest
social event in Fontana. People come to Fontana this
weekend just for the lobster boil to see old friends and
have a great time. The event takes place in Fontana’s
Reid park right on the lakefront. This is a beautiful
place to have such an event. The event starts at noon
on Saturday with lunch fare being served (hamburgers and hot
dogs, chips and soda). This is a great place for
family and friends to gather throughout the day as we have
live music all day with “Mr. Cab Driver Band” starting at
noon till 3:00, “Mr. Myers” band playing from 3:00 till
6:30, and “Eddie Butts” band playing from 7:00 until 11:30.
We have a children’s area set up by Life of the Party with
fun things for the kids. We have a beer tent serving
Miller products and wine coolers. Serving time for
dinner starts at 2 PM and is served until 9 PM. We
offer a drive through service at the park house from 2 PM
until 8 PM. Last year we sold over 2400 dinners, which
I think is quite an accomplishment. Last year was a
record year. We served over 400 dinners in the drive
through. Advance tickets are available at Sentry in
Walworth, Chuck’s Lake Shore Inn in Fontana, from any Big
Foot Lion member of call Andy Pearce at 262-215-5550.
Ticket prices are $30.00 in advance for lobster, $18.00 in
advance for steak or can be purchased at the door with
prices $32.00 for lobster and $20.00 for steak. Our
chefs prepare the 10 to 12 oz. lobster tails as needed in a
large boiler and the 14 oz. Black Angus Rib Eye steaks are
grilled to perfection. With each dinner, you will get
peas, boiled red potatoes, boiled onions, drawn butter,
rolls and a dessert. The “Lobster Boil” was started in
1983 at the old Red Eye restaurant in Linton. I think
the first year we prepared around 150 dinners. As the
event took off, we moved it to Walworth and later to Reid
Park in Fontana. Located across from the Abbey and on
the lakefront, this is the best place to have an event like
this. The Big Foot Lion’s Club is a service
organization. Our local club serves Linn Township,
Walworth and Fontana. Our club has around 45 members.
We are always looking for more members. To join the
Big Foot Lion’s Club contact any Lion member. The
Lobster Boil takes a lot of work with set-up beginning at
7:30 AM on Friday and clean up complete by noon on Sunday.
Along with our members, we rely on our wives and friends to
help us out. This event I would guess probably takes
around 150 people to make it a success. 100% of the
money raised at our fund-raisers goes back to the public
through our contributions. Some of our recent
contributions include a $30,000.00 commitment to the Village
of Fontana for the new pirate ship in the playground at Reid
Park, a $30,000.00 commitment to Big Foot High School for
the new scoreboard at the main football field, a $30,000.00
commitment for Little Foot playground equipment at Toyton
Park in Walworth, a new pavilion across the street from Reek
School in Linn Township, life preservers for the new fire
and rescue boat in Fontana, are rescue squads, Big Foot
Rec’s baseball, softball, Legion baseball, basketball,
volleyball, soccer, Big Foot Wolves football, 4H youth
program, scholarships, etc. The list goes on and on.
We also support Lion’s International, Wisconsin Lion’s
Foundation, and the B.O.L.D. program. Lion’s
International is the largest service organization in the
world and I am proud to be a part of it. Our motto is
WE SERVE. New last year: we had successful bone marrow
transplant registry tent.
Map and Directions
For directions to the Big Foot Lions Club Lobste Boil, click on the map or here.
