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Happy Dough Lucky’s Bay View location to open December 21

December 18, 2023

The wait is almost over! After months of preparation, Happy Dough Lucky has finally set a date for its grand opening. The mini donut purveyor's new brick and mortar location at 2691 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay ...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2023

Caleb Westphal

December 15, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures HERE. This week: the best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2023! Although I get a fish fry ...

“We are just weeks away from having to close our doors.” Save the Riverwest Co-op!

Matt Wild

December 15, 2023

The Riverwest Co-op grocery store and cafe (733 E. Clarke St.) has been a fantastic and invaluable neighborhood resource for more than two decades. But now, in the waning days of 2023, the Riverwest Co-op needs...

Check out the full vendor lineups for both of our N/A Day “Dry January” Beverage Festivals

Tyler Maas

December 14, 2023

Are you looking to start 2024 on a sober note? Planning to make a lasting lifestyle change? Hoping to put a pause on partying after the holidays? Interested in sampling a wide range of products in the rapidly-g...

Milwaukee Record’s year in weird food articles

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 14, 2023

broadstreet.zone(156366); Oh, what a strange and tasty year it has been! In addition to the traditional food- and drink-related coverage we've published this year, we've also found plenty of time to put some u...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Batter up! Get in the holiday spirit with a Tom And Jerry

Tyler Maas

December 13, 2023

Some unique statewide traditions come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Tom And Jerry! It's the middle of December in Wisconsin. It's cold outsid...

Big Boy is now open in Sussex

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 12, 2023

Back in 2021, beloved restaurant Big Boy returned to Wisconsin for the first time in 26 years. Owners Chaz Hastings and Scott Carleton opened a location in Germantown at N116W15841 Main St., delighting Big Boy ...

The winner of our inaugural Casserole Call is…

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 11, 2023

Yesterday, Milwaukee Record hosted its inaugural "Casserole Call" event, which brought a variety of area businesses to Central Waters Milwaukee Taproom for a hot dish bake off. A total of 10 local restaurants, ...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: West Allis’ Steak House 100 pairs timeless ambiance with great fish

Caleb Westphal

December 8, 2023

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures HERE. This week: fish fry #518, Steak House 100 in West Allis, Wisconsin. On Sunday, September 20, 2015, I attend...

Cache Cider to celebrate third anniversary with drinks, music, free food on December 9

Tyler Maas

December 7, 2023

We hope you'll be thirsty this Saturday because Milwaukee will be hosting three beverage-based events at the same time. Perhaps you've already read about MobCraft's annual Stout Fest that's taking place at the ...

A guide to Sunday’s inaugural “Casserole Call”

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2023

The bad news is it's cold, dreary, and dark in Wisconsin and it's going to probably only get much worse in that regard before things turn around in, like, late April or whatever. The good news is we've firmly a...

Amorphic Beer to host “Two Year Birthday Party” on December 9

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2023

Can you believe Amorphic Beer has only been around for two years? We can't! Somehow—despite routinely releasing innovative and impressive beer, hosting a variety of events in its top-notch taproom (and its gorg...

Clock Shadow Creamery leaving Walker’s Point storefront, Hill Valley Dairy taking over

Matt Wild

December 4, 2023

After more than a decade in business, Milwaukee urban cheese factory Clock Shadow Creamery is leaving its Walker's Point retail space at 138 W. Bruce St. Lake Geneva-based cheese shop Hill Valley Dairy, who had...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Kick Switch in Okauchee Lake has big perch, big Old Fashioneds

Caleb Westphal

December 1, 2023

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: fish fry #517, Kick Switch Bar & Grill in Okauchee Lake, Wisconsin. Taking a ment...

N/A Day is coming to The Cooperage on January 6 and The Bur Oak in Madison on January 13

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2023

Are you looking to start 2024 on a sober note? Planning to make a lasting lifestyle change? Hoping to put a pause on partying after the holidays? Interested in sampling a wide range of products in the rapidly-g...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Meat Raffles bring good luck, choice cuts, charity to Wisconsin bars

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2023

Some unique statewide traditions come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Meat Raffles! If you visit enough bars in Wisconsin, you're bound to enco...

Bubble tea place coming to old Hotel Foster/Globe space, 132 steps from other bubble tea place

Matt Wild

November 28, 2023

Do you like bubble tea, Milwaukee? Yes, you LOVE bubble tea. How can we tell? Because bubble tea places have been popping up like, well, bubbles lately, especially on the East Side. There's Elite Boba MKE at 19...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Joey’s West serves award-winning fish in Racine County

Caleb Westphal

November 24, 2023

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: fish fry #516, Joey's West in Franksville, Racine County. One little drop of falling ra...

Curry Hut’s new East Side location has staying power

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2023

Last month, the opening of Milwaukee's first Patty Shack in a high-turnover Bay View restaurant site inspired us to write about some "cursed" area business locations. That article was actually the second such p...

The Drunk Uncle’s “Black Friday 50 cent beer sale” is back!

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2023

To be honest, Black Friday kind of sucks. The consumer holiday serves as an annual reminder of humanity’s inherent greed, its utter disregard for others, and mankind’s general awfulness as people line up, fight...