What’s Good? The Good Wives: New Restaurant Looking to Open in August

3 Jun 2022


News, Eau Claire

“I suppose it’s an amalgamation of this idea we created together that we’ve been talking about since we’ve been married,” said Emily Rieck. “We’re just trying to make something really simple and nice and good.”

“And a touch gay,” her wife Ella chimed in. 

The Good Wives restaurant has been a dream of the couple since 2015, but they found that finding the right time to open it would be the hardest part. Ella Wesenberg has been a chef for 20 years; her most recent local work was serving as head chef at the Informalist in downtown Eau Claire, but she has also worked in – and helped create – numerous restaurants in the Minneapolis area.

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