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Fuel Cafe and Lakefront Brewery celebrate 20 years of collaboration with Doomsday festival (and beer)

September 17, 2018

Way back in 1998, a pair of young Milwaukee-based businesses joined forces to make something special. Along with the incorporation of some coffee from Colectivo (then known as Alterra, of course), Fuel Cafe and...

Take a look inside Dandy, Milwaukee’s newest vintage store and event space

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2018

Lately, Milwaukee has experienced an explosion of vintage shops, as the city's resale and maker scenes have both grown and improved considerably in recent years. Though there are exponentially more places to pi...

Author and Vikings fan Drew Magary tells us his 5 most hated Packers of all time

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2018

There isn't a sportswriter alive who hates the Green Bay Packers more than Drew Magary does. The novelist, GQ correspondent, beloved Deadspin columnist, and outspoken Minnesota Vikings fan routinely tears apart...

Beet Street Harvest Festival returns October 13

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2018

It's been quite a run, but this weekend's Bay View Bash pretty much concludes summer festival season here in Milwaukee, right? Wrong. The city will officially be festing into fall with Beet Street Harvest Festi...

Listen to Pete Holmes talk about staying at Comedy Cafe’s “shitty ass” condo

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2018

About two and a half years ago, we wrote about Aaron Rodgers going on Pete Holmes' great You Made It Weird podcast and telling the comedian about the time he saw “a UFO” in New Jersey back in 2005. Since that ...

Here are 15 more patios to enjoy in the last 10 days of summer

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Over the last three-plus years, we’ve listed seven patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee, 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios, then 13 more goddamn patios. After that, ...

Choreography, the countryside, a spaceship come together in Cullah’s “Helios 3” music video

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2018

If you've never heard of Cullah, you're in for a treat. The Milwaukee-born musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist released his latest album on April 27 (his birthday), and has done so every April 27 sinc...

We went to a Big Boy Restaurant

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2018

Big Boy still holds a special place in Milwaukee's heart. At one point, the classic burger chain and diner boasted more than 1,000 locations nationwide, and over 60 of those were Marc's Big Boy restaurants. ...

Here’s a guide to this fall’s Bay View Gallery Night

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2018

Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive artistic undertaking brings together talented area artists and...

Meet Joe Schonasky, the guy we mistakenly thought was Guy Fieri

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2018

Over the weekend, the Donkey Sauce was all over our face when we—more accurately, when I (Tyler Maas)—published an erroneous account of Food Network personality Guy Fieri dining at a Pewaukee pizza place. While...

Here’s an important update on Peapod, the suburban squirrel with a human friend

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2018

A few weeks ago, we sought to brighten up lives a little by documenting the budding friendship between a Glendale man named Bruce Dierbeck and an uncharacteristically brave suburban squirrel he named "Peapod." ...

Guy Fieri was in Pewaukee last night, ate pizza (Update/Correction: Nope!)

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2018

UPDATE/CORRECTION: Welp, this is embarrassing! With numerous readers challenging the original claim made in this post, we did some digging and can now say with certainty that Guy Fieri was not at Doc's Dry Doc ...

There’s a Chicago Bears car driving around Bay View

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2018

Though we'd like to think Milwaukee is clearly and unequivocally "Packers Country," the truth of the matter is we're a city with many rooting interests. Not even counting the loads of people that move to town f...

Music venue and mini-arcade to open in former site of The Metal Grill and Vnuk’s in Cudahy

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2018

Last June, The Metal Grill—a bar and music venue at 5036 S. Packard Ave. in Cudahy—abruptly closed its doors. In its roughly four-year run, the venue hosted performances by such notables as Off With Their Heads...

Want to see a photo of Cole Hamels wearing a Brewers hat?

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2018

Earlier this week, newly-acquired Chicago Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels angered masses of Milwaukee fans when he questioned the existence of a Brewers-Cubs rivalry. “When you have the majority of Cubs fans in the s...

Join us for an Election Night screening of ‘Idiocracy’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2018

Could you ever envision a time in which an unqualified, temperamental President and his inept cabinet "lead" an advertising-laden nation, whose listless populace derives entertainment from watching people injur...

12 (more) notable comedians with Wisconsin roots

Tyler Maas

September 5, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Back in early 2016, we previewed a doubleheader by South Milwaukeean-born comedian Jackie Kashian and Milwaukee stand-up Tom Clark by acknowledging the accomplishments of those two poi...

13 standout ways to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 115th anniversary

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2018

Today marks the first day of Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary weekend. Between August 29 and September 2, Milwaukee will host hoards of bikers and motorcycle enthusiast who have come out to celebrate one of ...

WORK shifts gears on ‘Strictly Cruis’n’

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2018

WORK is a curious name for a band as loud and rowdy as the long-running trio from Milwaukee. With lyrics jam-packed with references to drinking and general revelry, along with a sound the touches the edges of p...

Mondo Lucha! announces “Supergroup” as musical guest for 10th Anniversary Spectacular

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2018

Since starting in 2008, Mondo Lucha has brought high-flying wrestling action, burlesque dancers, and live music to its annual Turner Hall showcase. Along the way, the variety show has managed work with renowned...

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