restaurantRestaurant: Impossible · Season 15, Episode 13 · Aired August 31, 2019
Besse's on Clear Lake
Tomahawk, Wisconsin
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
On the show
Season 15, Episode 13 · August 31, 2019 · restaurant
episode title: "Lakefront Disaster"
What happened after
Supper club still operating, spring hours Tue-Sat 5-9PM, Friday fish fry / Saturday prime rib; June 2026-dated reviews cited in snippet ('great specials tonight'; 'eaten here twice this week').
What happened on the show
Besse's on Clear Lake, a lakeside supper club in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, closed out the fifteenth season as a struggling northwoods spot hoping Irvine's reset could steady it. Besse's got the show's customary two day overhaul on the show's modest remodeling fund, the standard push behind the visit. The episode's filmed details are missing from the public episode listing, so this account withholds them instead of fabricating. The latest word is encouraging, in classic supper club form: the place is still serving, with spring hours running Tuesday through Saturday evenings, a Friday fish fry, a Saturday prime rib, and reviews dated to mid 2026 praising the specials. Besse's on Clear Lake counts among the fifteenth season survivors, a lakeside supper club still going strong past its televised moment.
After the cameras left
Besse's on Clear Lake looks to be open. Snippets showed a supper club with spring hours running Tuesday through Saturday in the evenings, a Friday fish fry and Saturday prime rib, and reviews dated to June 2026 that referenced eating there repeatedly, all consistent with an active business, though there is no dedicated website and the signals came from a Facebook page and review snippets, so confidence lands in the middle. the best read is that the Tomahawk supper club still trades on Clear Lake, its Wisconsin fish-fry-and-prime-rib rhythm intact.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.