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Ventura’s Taco is planning to open a location in West Allis this month

March 4, 2025

UPDATE (3/17/2025): The West Allis Ventura's Taco location will officially open at noon on Sunday, March 23. *** In May 2021, Ventura’s Taco opened a brick and mortar location at 2899 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in ...

Old Pup weaves an intricate, entrancing web with ‘Spider Towns’

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2025

In 2022, Old Pup—the pet project of Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist Will Hansen—introduced listeners to its winning mixture of psych, folk, and country with the release of Incognito Lounge. Since then, Hansen a...

10 food and drink events in March that we’re excited about

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2025

At long last, March is upon us. Even though temperatures will be gradually rising and it'll now be light past 6 p.m. until sometime in November, we're still frustratingly far from the beginning of festival seas...

X-Ray Arcade announces “Accessible Entryway Construction Fundraiser” events and merch

Tyler Maas

February 28, 2025

It’s tough to remember a time before X-Ray Arcade. Frankly, we don’t want to think about it. Amazingly, in spite of seeming like it’s been a fixture in Milwaukee-area music forever, the Cudahy-based arcade and ...

Travel back to early 2000s Milwaukee with these episodes of ‘ElimiDATE’

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2025

Somewhere between Blind Date and NEXT on the hierarchy of trashy early aughts dating shows you'll find ElimiDATE. The syndicated reality show in which a contestant goes on a date with four potential suitors at ...

Get in the Seances spirit with the “Forgiveness” music video

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2025

If you listen to Milwaukee-made music with any regularity, there's a good chance you're familiar with Eric Arsnow's work. Over the last 10-plus years, he's had lengthy stints playing bass in Tigernite and Devil...

The Vanguard is making some menu changes this week

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2025

Since opening just over 10 years ago, The Vanguard has established itself as the pinnacle of tubed meat delicacies in Milwaukee. Even though the Bay View bar and restaurant has a winning mix of specialty sausag...

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to become “Wisconsin Frozen Pizzas” on June 12

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2025

A somewhat recent phenomenon in minor league, semi-professional, and summer league baseball has been the temporary team name transformation. It’s a fun and effective way to bring fans out to the ballpark and se...

Fuzzysurf does anything but blend in on ambitious, genre-jumping double LP, ‘Chameleons’

Tyler Maas

February 25, 2025

Since the band's 2017 origin, Fuzzysurf has become known for its tremendous, next-level music videos that are routinely paired with upbeat, indie-tinged surf rock compositions. It's been a pattern you could rel...

7 Wisconsin drinks deserving of a Sloppy Boys review

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2025

What iiiiiiiiiiiiis up? This Saturday, The Sloppy Boys—a podcast that "takes a deep dive into the drinks that you love"—will be coming to X-Ray Arcade for the penultimate stop on its winter tour. Beyond the lau...

Old 97’s to kick off Tosa Tonight’s 2025 season

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2025

Since 2000, the Tosa Tonight summer concert series has brought free and family-friendly live music to Rotary Performance Pavilion in Wauwatosa’s Hart Park. Thankfully, Tosa Tonight won't just be returning for a...

Women’s Beer And Spirits Collective to host more than 30 Milwaukee-area fundraising events in March

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2025

For many years, the beer and spirits industries were completely dominated by men. Male distributors sold products made by male brewers and distillers to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores that were typically ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Pull-Tabs!

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some tavern activities come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Pull-Tabs! Wisconsin bars have it all. In addition to being plac...

Milwaukee Record’s guide to Mama Tried events

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2025

This week, throngs of riders and motorcycle enthusiasts who have been cooped up since fall and whose choppers have been in storage for months will enjoy a brief escape from the cold, dark, dull bikelessness of ...

32 things to do in Milwaukee during the 32 remaining days of winter

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2025

Doesn’t it seem like it’s already been a long winter? Believe it or not, there are still 32…yes, THIRTY-TWO, days of Wisconsin winter ahead of us. Knowing that the fact there's still more than a full calendar m...

Listen to some of the best Milwaukee songs of the season (so far) on our “Winter 2025” playlist

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2025

Even though winter isn’t typically a season Milwaukee looks at with much fondness, at least a lot of great Milwaukee music has been released between late December 2024 and now (near the middle of winter and cur...

Bring home the bacon (figuratively) at our Meatless Raffle on March 16

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2025

The Meat Raffle is a tavern tradition that’s been around for decades. In recent years, this protein-packed pastime has become something as synonymous with Wisconsin drinking culture as pull tabs, touchdown shot...

1840 Brewing Company is hosting a winter street party on Saturday

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2025

Man, this year's Mitten Fest was super fun, right? Isn't it too bad that we now have to wait a few more months until the conditions are right for another Bay View block party? Or do we? What if we told you that...

The $1 tacos at Oscar’s Pub & Grill: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

February 11, 2025

If you were to ask me what the best burger in Milwaukee is, I would say something like, "That's entirely subjective and I'm not answering that." However, if you pressed me to tell you my favorite burger in Milw...

Are you ready, kids? I can’t hear you! Enjoy these pictures from Sugar Maple’s SpongeBob-themed “Bar-Kini Bottom” pop-up

Tyler Maas

February 8, 2025

In recent years, The Sugar Maple has hosted weekend pop-ups devoted to shows like Adventure Time, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, I Think You Should Leave, Joe Pera Talks With You, as well as Nintendo proper...

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