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You have 1 day to bid on stuff from Bayshore’s closed food court (including the Rocky Rococo signs)

January 15, 2020

UPDATE (1/16/20): The auction is over. And boy oh boy, did this post take off. Looks like a lot of the playground equipment went for $350. The Rocky Rococo signs, meanwhile, went for—good grief—$230, $325, and ...

Buckle up (and sign a waiver) for Lakefront Brewery’s hot wing challenge

Matt Wild

January 15, 2020

Do you like Lakefront Brewery? Do you like buffalo wings? Do you like HOT buffalo wings? If your answers are "YES," have we got the event for you. Behold, Lakefront's first-ever hot wing challenge, coupled with...

50 pictures of Tuesday’s Trump protest, plus 1 picture of the Bistro Burgers we got at Swingin’ Door Exchange after the protest

Matt Wild

January 15, 2020

President Donald Trump was in Milwaukee Tuesday night, speaking at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Meanwhile, a whole lotta protestors were at Red Arrow Park, eventually making their way to the UW-Milwaukee Pan...

How to navigate the mass hysteria of today’s Trump rally, Trump protest, and Bucks game

Matt Wild

January 14, 2020

Today is going to be an absolute mess in Downtown Milwaukee. President Donald Trump is scheduled to host a 2020 reelection rally at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, local activist group Coali...

Obama in the rain, and 7 other notable presidential visits to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

January 14, 2020

President Donald Trump is in town today, and things are gonna get zany. Trump supporters! Trump protestors! Bucks fans! People just trying to get home! Like we said before, if you want a taste of what Milwaukee...

We dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about dead malls

Matt Wild

January 14, 2020

We love The Morning Blend. Every once in a while, when someone cancels at the last minute and The Morning Blend has five minutes to fill, we drop by The Morning Blend and talk about whatever. Sometimes we talk ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 5-11)

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Streetcar ridership up slightly, so let’s expand the hell out of the thing

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

Let's make this quick so everyone can get to the yelling: A total of 61,274 people rode the Milwaukee streetcar, The Hop, in December 2019. That's an average of 1,977 per day. The lightest day of traffic was Ch...

Want to get married at Lakefront Brewery on Valentine’s Day? Sign up now!

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

Getting married for the first, second, or third time? Tired of getting married at churches, courthouses, or tastefully restored barns? Then why not get married at Milwaukee's famous Lakefront Brewery! On Valent...

Caribbean restaurant planned for former Cocina, Chez Jacques space in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

January 13, 2020

A new "full-service, sit-down Caribbean restaurant" called Mobay Cafe is planned for 1022 S. 1st St. in Walker's Point. The building formerly housed Mexican restaurant Cocina 1022, which closed in February 2019...

Milwaukee streetcar to remain free through 2020, still seeking sponsors

Matt Wild

January 10, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • As we patiently wait for The Hop's December ridership numbers (prediction: t...

Committee questions legality of proposed food delivery fee, holds matter for further discussion

Matt Wild

January 8, 2020

A proposed ordinance to add a fee to food delivery orders placed through third-party services like Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Postmates was held for further discussion Wednesday morning at a Milwaukee Public Works...

4 things we know about Disney’s Giannis movie, despite the very nature of existence being unknowable

Matt Wild

January 8, 2020

Back in November, it was reported that a feature film about Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was in the works for Disney's new streaming service, Disney+. According to Deadline, Disney+ has put t...

Mad Chicken will open this Friday on the East Side

Matt Wild

January 8, 2020

Remember when there was a Burger King on the East Side? You know, at 2045 E. North Ave., on the corner of North and Prospect? Remember when it was really bad, even though Burger King is really good? Remember wh...

Late-night mac and cheese parlor, Makk ‘n’ Cheese, coming to former Pizza Di Famiglia in Bay View

Matt Wild

January 7, 2020

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story mistakenly reported the name of the new business as Cheezeheads. Milwaukee Record apologizes for the error. For the past few months, Bay View pizza joint Pizza Di F...

Here’s UWM Union Cinema’s winter 2020 lineup

Matt Wild

January 7, 2020

The UWM Union Cinema has been a hidden-not-really-hidden gem of Milwaukee's East Side since 1972. Located inside the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, the unassuming theater has long served as a ...

Behold the new Yelich, Bango, Bernie Cheesehead bobbleheads

Matt Wild

January 7, 2020

Today, as we all know, is National Bobblehead Day. A day to celebrate all the joy these collectable, spring-necked toys bring us. A day to maybe mess around with that crazy Giannis/Yelich/Rodgers triple Wiscons...

The Cousins Subs on the corner of Oakland and Locust is back, baby

Matt Wild

January 7, 2020

It's been roughly 18 months since that dumpy Cousins Subs on the corner of Oakland Avenue and Locust Street was closed, knocked down, and mourned. But now, in the bright new year of 2020, it's back, baby! In a ...

Want to paint a mural on the 2nd Street skywalk of The Avenue? Apply now!

Matt Wild

January 7, 2020

It's been a while since the once-mighty, long-withering Shops of Grand Avenue closed up shops (heh). Now dubbed "The Avenue," the downtown complex is currently being redeveloped. The east end has already been c...

Milwaukee skyline prominently, strangely featured on Netflix reality show ‘The Circle’

Matt Wild

January 6, 2020

If, for whatever reason, you've pushed play on new Netflix content The Circle, this is what you've seen: a Real World/Big Brother-crossed-with-Catfish/Black Mirror reality show where contestants live in the sam...

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