Hotel Goodwin, Beloit, Wisconsin
August 25, 2019
Exciting times here in NPS-land where the youngest progeny is setting up an apartment for his last year of college. That required a visit to Beloit.
This trip we tried out the brand new Hotel Goodwin (walking distance to campus and much of the downtown in Beloit). Excellent service and a stellar property.
We were assigned room 3008, which is very nice. About the only fly in the ointment is highway noise early in the morning (this may only be a problem for people who live in the country…city folks are unlikely to even notice).
The shower
The bathroom is a nicely appointed marble palace with a huge walk in glass shower sporting multiple shower heads. Yes please. Interestingly, design-wise the shower is also exposed to the bedroom through one of its glass walls.
View from the bedroom
The room is also a very spacious design with plenty of room to hang out comfortably.
While in Beloit, a nice Japanese dinner can be found at Zen Sushi. A great burger can be had at Lucy’s. Reasonably good mexican is available in Janesville at El Jardin. Two great breakfast dives are Jerry’s Cafe and Mr B’s Coffee.
Paloma pic.twitter.com/v9J1Gl6jgR
— noplasticshower (@noplasticshower) August 21, 2019
United also performed well on this trip, even providing car service between gates for a tight ORD connection. Awesome!
Super awesome. @united meets us with a car at ORD to drive us to our next gate. And expedited bag retrieval. #globalservices pic.twitter.com/QfjRT6t6NU
— noplasticshower (@noplasticshower) August 23, 2019
Five showerheads for Hotel Goodwin. Recommended. Oh, and the bar has Fernet.
The Solid Ironworks Hotel in Beloit, Wisconsin
August 19, 2016
NPS will be spending an inordinate amount of time in Beloit, Wisconsin in years to come. Fortunately, Beloit is a cute little town with a great hotel. The Ironworks is in a reclaimed building just a hop skip and a jump from Beloit College.
Stylish lobby
We arrived separately and stayed in a sizable executive suite. There are six such suites per floor. Request an upper floor facing the river. Room 201 is not one of those and it was too noisy due to the nearby main artery road.
Frontier design sensibility
Bet this will come in handy come winter
The mostly rectangular suite is divided by a fireplace that opens both ways.
The spacious bathroom has a great set of showers and plenty of room.
The restaurant is a steakhouse (of course) with an emphasis on the potato. Your mileage will definitely vary with the wine list which must be policed and corrected one of these years. Solid, but nothing to write home about.
Sunset on the restaurant patio
For breakfast, make sure to hit Bushel and Peck’s which has a quirky vegan vibe (though they do have bacon for the record).
And don’t forget that Madison with all of its University town goodness is only an hour north.
Madison, Wisconsin
Four showerheads for the ironworks hotel. Real potential to become a home away from home.
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