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    • A guide to Sunday’s inaugural “Casserole Call”

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      December 5, 2023
    • Amorphic Beer to host “Two Year Birthday Party” on December 9

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      December 5, 2023
    • Clock Shadow Creamery leaving Walker’s Point storefront, Hill Valley Dairy taking over

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      December 4, 2023
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      December 1, 2023
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      November 20, 2023
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      November 3, 2023
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      October 26, 2023
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      October 23, 2023
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      November 2, 2023
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      October 27, 2023
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Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Reck

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 9, 2023

Vote in Round 2 of our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 8, 2023

Gummies

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 8, 2023

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

Caleb Westphal
December 8, 2023

Members of Mud Dog, Telethon, Versio Curs band together in FORM

Tyler Maas
December 8, 2023

Summerfest’s Sound Waves Stage will become Aurora Pavilion in 2024, receive upgrades

Matt Wild
December 7, 2023
  • Cache Cider to celebrate third anniversary with drinks, music, free food on December 9

    Tyler Maas
    December 7, 2023
  • The 15 best State of Wisconsin special license plates, ranked

    Tyler Maas
    December 6, 2023
  • Remembering when I was 11 and I got a Guns N’ Roses cassingle for St. Nick’s Day

    Matt Wild
    December 6, 2023
  • WMSE’s Local/Live: The Hungry Williams (Live from Anodyne)

    Milwaukee Record Staff
    December 6, 2023
  • A guide to Sunday’s inaugural “Casserole Call”

    Tyler Maas
    December 5, 2023
  • Amorphic Beer to host “Two Year Birthday Party” on December 9

    Tyler Maas
    December 5, 2023
  • Alvvays will return to Pabst Theater on April 22

    Matt Wild
    December 5, 2023
  • Clock Shadow Creamery leaving Walker’s Point storefront, Hill Valley Dairy taking over

    Matt Wild
    December 4, 2023
  • URSA owners open new artist and maker space in Bay View

    Tyler Maas
    December 4, 2023
  • Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (November 19 – December 2)

    Matt Wild
    December 4, 2023
  • Pete Davidson will do his Pete Davidson thing January 4 at Riverside Theater

    Matt Wild
    December 4, 2023
  • Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: CC Swirl

    Milwaukee Record Staff
    December 2, 2023

Record Recommended

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Press Releases

Gov. Evers announces $15 million grant for City of Milwaukee to redevelop blighted Northridge Mall property

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December 8, 2023
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Gov. Evers keeps promise to protect LGBTQ youth, vetoes bill prohibiting gender-affirming care in Wisconsin

Press Release
December 6, 2023

City to no longer collect holiday trees curbside: Additional drop sites offered

Press Release
December 5, 2023

Gov. Evers signs bills to keep Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball in Wisconsin through 2050

Press Release
December 5, 2023

Mandatory Milwaukee

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

    Tyler Maas
    November 28, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Shah Jee’s continues to bring Pakistani cuisine to unlikely downtown location

    Matt Wild
    November 13, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Having a bite in sight of flight at MKE Layton Avenue Observation Area

    Tyler Maas
    October 31, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Taking out the window AC units because it’s gonna be cold for 8,000 months

    Matt Wild
    October 16, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Pietro’s Pizza has been “Bay View’s finest” for 50 years

    Tyler Maas
    August 22, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Beans & Barley has been an East Side dining staple (and more) for 50 years

    Matt Wild
    August 10, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: The Famous Racing Sausages have been up and running for 30 years

    Tyler Maas
    June 27, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: WUWM’s “It’s Alright, Ma, It’s Only Music” is a free-form family affair

    Matt Wild
    May 15, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Oriental Theatre is a majestic movie palace of memories

    Matt Wild
    May 5, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: The uncommon pleasures of Milwaukee County Golf

    Pete McDermott
    April 17, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: Opening Day!

    Matt Wild
    April 3, 2023
  • Mandatory Milwaukee: The hash browns at Café At The Plaza

    Matt Wild
    February 21, 2023

Fish Fry

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

    Caleb Westphal
    December 8, 2023
  • Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Kick Switch in Okauchee Lake has big perch, big Old Fashioneds

    Caleb Westphal
    December 1, 2023
  • Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Joey’s West serves award-winning fish in Racine County

    Caleb Westphal
    November 24, 2023
  • Milwaukee fish fry expert Caleb Westphal reflects on 500 (!) consecutive Friday fish frys

    Matt Wild
    July 28, 2023
  • Just a reminder that Wisconsin has a Big Boy and its fish fry is good

    Tyler Maas
    June 9, 2023
  • Hey! February 24 is the third annual Friday Fish Fry Day!

    Matt Wild
    February 23, 2023
  • After 2 long years, Serb Hall’s Friday fish fry returns for dine-in this Friday

    Matt Wild
    February 13, 2023
  • The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2022

    Caleb Westphal
    December 30, 2022
  • 435 Friday fish frys and counting: Belly Up Bar (Menomonee Falls)

    Caleb Westphal
    May 6, 2022
  • 431 Friday fish frys and counting: Sloppy Joe’s Saloon & Spoon (Hubertus)

    Caleb Westphal
    April 8, 2022
  • 430 Friday fish frys and counting: C & C’s Mosquito Inn (Caledonia)

    Caleb Westphal
    April 1, 2022
  • 429 Friday fish frys and counting: Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill (Franklin)

    Caleb Westphal
    March 25, 2022

First Person

  • Remembering when I was 11 and I got a Guns N’ Roses cassingle for St. Nick’s Day

    Matt Wild
    December 6, 2023
  • I built my dream Mexican fast food meal on Layton Avenue (and you can too!)

    Tyler Maas
    November 15, 2023
  • I went to the last Blimpie Subs in Wisconsin

    Tyler Maas
    October 20, 2023
  • Jason Momoa vodka signing at the New Berlin Costco: A minute-by-minute report

    Matt Wild
    October 19, 2023
  • Remembering the time I found a kid at Bay View Bash

    Tyler Maas
    September 15, 2023
  • Rounding up more of my “Milwaukee Blind Spots”

    Tyler Maas
    August 30, 2023
  • Burrito Sandwich: An investigation

    Tyler Maas
    August 24, 2023
  • I came in for “The Craic”

    Tyler Maas
    August 14, 2023
  • South Metro Pier is a strange, secluded, serene lakeside trail you probably never knew existed

    Tyler Maas
    August 2, 2023
  • Members of KISS opening a restaurant at Potawatomi: A minute-by-minute report

    Matt Wild
    August 2, 2023
  • The inevitable loss of beloved Milwaukee things

    Matt Wild
    August 1, 2023
  • I was a teenage(-ish) tour guide for Harley-Davidson

    Rob Wieland
    July 11, 2023
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