Fuji Poké to open April 17
Back in January, we learned Bay View would be getting in on the poké trend that's already swept Milwaukee's East Side with news that a storefront in the Bay View Commons would be the future home of Fuji Poké. O...
Prepare for Midwest Gaming Classic with videos of Arcade Jackpot Pro winning big at Wisconsin arcades and carnivals
This weekend, Midwest Gaming Classic will bring more than 10,000 gamers, pinball nuts, tabletop competitors, cosplayers, vendors, entertainers, and extra special guests to more than 150,000 square feet of the W...
10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2019
Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...
A guide to Milwaukee Day 2019 events and deals
About a decade ago, a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and decided to turn that coincidence into a full-blown local holiday. S...
Stream Nicholas Elert’s new EP, ‘Speculative Fiction’
When we last caught up with Nicholas Elert, the Milwaukee musician had just delved into the world of film by composing the score for a dreary Wisconsin-made short called Pity. Since then, the guitarist and mult...
Dollars For Donuts: Papas Bakery
Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts, and more. I...
Here’s the awesome Washington Park Wednesdays lineup
Like each and every summer, metro Milwaukee will play host dozens of festivals, block parties, and free weekly music celebrations between June and September that all help make enduring the six to eight other sn...
Bay View Missed Connections is a landing page for localized lust
Though useful, neighborhood Facebook groups can sometimes be too much to handle. Between endless bickering, unnecessary politicizing, and people bringing up topics that don't even remotely apply to the region t...
15 (more) unconventional Milwaukee performance venues
Back in February, we rounded up 20 "unconventional" performance venues that bring music, comedy, and other live entertainment to unlikely places in and around the city. As we said in that article, "in addition ...
Inaugural Canni Fest to bring music, fun, cannabis workshops to The Cooperage on May 18
Last September, Milwaukee got its first hemp and CBD specialty shop when Canni Hemp Co. opened a retail store on 5th Street. In the handful of months since Canni came to Walker's Point, a number of other hemp a...
WMSE will release a GGOOLLDD 7-inch for Record Store Day 2019
Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...
Dollars For Donuts: Cranky Al’s (Wauwatosa)
Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts, and more. I...
Feast your eyes on The Vanguard’s 13 new menu items
Earlier this week, we announced The Vanguard would be saying goodbye to seven of its menu items. Even though some popular fare and other longer-tenured items—most notably the beloved Buffalo Poutine—have either...
Maya Ophelia’s puts a vegan twist on Filipino, Mexican, and Puerto Rican food favorites
It's safe to say there's never been a better time to be vegan in Milwaukee.
But as good as things have become for local vegans of late, there's still lots of room for improvement. Yes, even though the city i...
7 Kwik Trip impersonators in metro Milwaukee
Last summer, we took a drive to Dubuque to visit a Kwik Star, a bizarro version of Kwik Trip that only exists in the state of Iowa. It turns out that in order to avoid consumer confusion and, more importantly, ...
Take a look inside an “abandoned” Target in Greenfield
Before this Greenfield property became a Festival Foods, it was an "abandoned" Target department store. Here's what it looked like in early 2019.
Last October, metro Milwaukee learned that Target would be cl...
The Vanguard will say goodbye to 7 menu items this week
Since opening in late 2014, The Vanguard has quickly established itself as the pinnacle of tubed meat delicacies in Milwaukee. Even though its everyday offerings that have wowed critics, lured professional athl...
Sean Raasch officially says farewell to Twin Brother
The past two years have been full of ups and down for Twin Brother. In early 2017, singer and founding member Sean Raasch expanded his longtime trio into a full-fledged six-piece band and put out the excellent ...
Dollars For Donuts: Aggie’s Bakery & Cake Shop (West Allis)
Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts, and more. I...
Nite Owl will open for the season March 26
With the longer days, rising temperatures, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season technically started on Wednesday, but something was missing. Tha...