Vote in Round 1 of our Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 Bracket Milwaukee Record Staff December 1, 2023 It’s that time of year when publications assemble their annual “best of” lists, or their annual “vote for your favorite thing” click-a-thons. But what if you combined the two, and presented it in bracket form? Well, welcome to Milwaukee Record’s inaugural Best Milwaukee Thing Bracket! Sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! It’s simple—just vote (as often as you like) for your favorite Milwaukee thing! There are two head-to-head matchups in 16 categories spread out over four general areas: Music, Food/Drink, City Life, and Other. A total of six rounds will take place throughout December, and a single Best Milwaukee Thing of 2023 will be named on December 31, 2023. Fun! So here’s Round 1, which will run through Thursday, December 7. (Round 2 will be December 8-14; Round 3 will be December 15-21; Round 4 will be December 22-25; Round 5 will be December 26-28; and Round 6 will be December 29-30.) IMPORTANT NOTE: Round 1 is your only chance to vote for a write-in candidate, in the first matchup of each category. You’ll see write-in candidates appear as folks vote for them, and you’ll briefly see ALL write-in candidates after you vote.) Okay, enough talk: VOTE. May the best Milwaukee thing win! MUSIC This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Musical ActTallan Noble LatzChicken PDeezKane Place Record Clubwait vote for bug moment below this lolNorth WarrenForceGaussThe Queen HatersJaggedLake DriveSpeakeasy JohnsonsThe Best Westerns...and LatersMeve Stiller BlandNOMADCitizen KingThe RaidKiller High LifePat McturdySoul Low (RIP)Vinyl theatreTiny VoicesCatchClaytonLady BirdBilly Skinnyjeans and the FedorasEver had an ostrich burger?I heard an obese woman fart in front of me at the DMV at that probably sounds better than any of these acts.Willy PorterDevils TeethTelethonJahseh Dwayne Ricardo OnfroySulestialhttps://thepresidentkings.bandcamp.com/Robot WitchS.S. WebbStrangelanderRawrBrat SoundsAyooLiiListening PartyLou Gehrig's TrapezeSpirit CreekFull NudePaul MarcouxCouch FlambeauDevil’s TeethNot Trapper schoeppMilwaukee Record is LameAnyone who thinks MKE Record is lame, is lame.Andrew CesarzMurder GenerationAltered Five Blues BandCoo coo calGarden HomeAnyone elseFuture PlansHONEY CREEK!!!Certified TrapperThe NowRio TurboBig Al DornRadio radio has dedicated fansSocial CigSex ScenesSteve Miller bandPat McCurdy and the flaming asspipesJust vote for this one!HOLY SHIT!Nick MaasBrief CandlesJoe WrayThe fart person is probably a Dave Matthews fan!Barely CivilHOSTSGGOOLLDD broke upMetal menWe're all winners! 💩Wire and NailReynaTwan MackThe MilbilliesStreetlife ft. Warren WiegratzHoly Mary Motor ClubEvan ChristianTigeraDanny GokeyThis is such a shitshow I love itremember how everyone ignored that New Age Narcissim were all predators?Chicken Wire EmpireLiberaceDirect Hit!NEWSKIConvertDiet LiteThe GufsSpidora has a botRadio Radio has a botGGOOLLDDI don't know these peopleRat BathPaul CebarWest Nile CrowsBUG FUCKING MOMENT MFS!!!!!Lavish WastePat Fuckin McCurdyLong MamaScam likelyVincent Van GreatHuman Ant FarmFUZZYSURFTrapper SchoeppSpidora doesn't have a bot, we're just trolling manually 🙂Radio RadioRobitsSpidoraWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Musical ActKlassikBug MomentVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Radio StationWMSEJammin 98.3WKRPWUWM88.9WHOQ 102.91130 amLazer97.3 the Game1061106.196.5 wklhV100.7AM Polka station102.1Marquette Radio99.1 The Mix!WTMJ103.7 kiss69.9 WFAG: The BustAnyone who thinks MKE Record is lame, is lame102.5 fm smooth jazz and moreWAUKW BALLS105.7104.1 Riverwest RadioWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Radio StationRadio MilwaukeeHot 105.7Vote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Music VenueThe Pabst TheaterRiversideTurner HallThe RaveCactus ClubMiramar TheaterX-Ray ArcadeBMO Harris Bradley CenterDas Barrel RoomBAYSHORELinneman’sAmerican Family Insurance AmphitheaterPromisesThe GigRaunchy’s Cooter ClubSilk ExoticUnbuilt deer district venueColectivo Back RoomIrish cultural heritage centerThird Space BrewingWashroomThe AlamoOn her back.Midtown SpaHipsters Suck AssMy cousin Gary's basement rec roomArby's on Miller Park WayThe sweet soothing sounds of gunfire and carjackings on the north/northwest sideOpe! Dumb right wingers figured out how to use a computer.Jazz Gallery Center for the Artsriverwest arby'sShank HallMore like Shart HallWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Music VenueCactus ClubLinneman's Riverwest InnVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Record StoreRushmor RecordsWe Buy RecordsLilliputSay it with me…Volta RecordsBullseyeAcmeOmen Alternative Music and MediaMusical MemoriesAmazon.comWherever the most self righteous hipsters go and Lib-splain why Palestine rules.PeachesOpe! Dumb right wingers figured out how to use a computer.Write-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Record StoreLilliput RecordsAcme RecordsVote FOOD/DRINK This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee RestaurantOdd DuckEasy TygerBlue StarUncle Wolfie'sHarbor HouseDan DanMad RoosterMcBob'sCafe CentroGoodkindArchie’s Flat Top5 o’clock clubEngine company 6Not BelAir Cantina (it sucks)Swingin’ Door ExchangeComet cafeLayman BrewingJack Pandl’sHot Dish PantryKarl Ratsch’sWonderlandArby’s on Miller Park WayLa MerendaFinal ApproachVanguardHeirloomKin by rice n rollThe Wendy’s that has its own highway that ends right at Wendy’sBirchBraiseHen’s DeliSandra’sShawarma KingThe OriginalOakland GyrosCrafty CowBlue Star CafeGeorge webbsred light ramen ripThe Riverwest Arby'sMorelThe MothershipBeerline CafeCentral Standard CrafthouseNite OwlLight PalaceT-Bell in the backseat of a stolen Kia.Kopp's Frozen CustardBavetteWild RootsHungry SumojocatsApollo CafeBlue Dream the way you bitches be eating vapesReal ChiliTu CasaWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee RestaurantThe VanguardAmilindaVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee BarFoundationY not IIhooligansAt RandomLandmark LanesSam's TapVon TrierSugar MapleWalkers PintPromisesSwinging doorBurnheartsStation No. 06FinksWolski'sWalk Her InnThe black roseHenry'sMothershipLast RitesLayman BrewingBelmont TavernLinneman’sBrewskisSollazo’s 703Any Bar that was on Bar RescueThe GigNessun DormaClub GarabaldiBryant’s Cocktail LoungeStraight ShotsBlackbirdSteny'sPaddy’s PubThe Lost WhaleNomadChampionsThe NewportMcBobsThe old german beer hallThe MothershipHigh DiveRed LionThe Regal BegalEastsiderLight PalaceBehind the wheel of a stolen Kia on the North Side.Camp BarSaint BibianaKruzThe tin widowPuddlers HallSabbaticLee’s RIPTrailer Park TavernChampion'sWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee BarBoone & CrockettThe MothershipVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee BreweryLakefront BreweryEagle ParkThird Space BrewingCentral Waters1840 Brewing CompanyPerspective BrewingDead Bird BrewingAmorphic BeerIndeedVenntureSchlitzSprecherLayman'sSupermoonCompanyComponent BrewingPerspectivemobcraftIf you type Broken Bat you hate beerI like beerUrban HarvestPilot Project MKEShotz BreweryEnlightenedGood CityToilet HoochFuck anyone hating on Broken BatMillerCoors Milwaukee Breweryblack huskyI had a beer at Broken Bat that tasted like burnt corn. Also a porter that tasted like BBQ sauce that came from Joey Diaz’s bungus.Water Street/The BreweryWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee BreweryThird Space BrewingEnlightened BrewingVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Coffee RoasterColectivo CoffeeStone CreekPilcrow CoffeeValentineHawthorneBoom BrothersBerres brothersDimension SevenAnodyneVentureVenntureHillside Coffee HouseMaxwell HouseVennntureVennnntureRawrVennnnntureVennnnnntureVennnnnnntureVennnnnnnnntureCommunista BaristasRoastIntervalWhatever hippie commie Democratic Socialist genderly amorphic Marxist fart sniffing stuck up cafe has better coffee than StarbucksRochamboThis was fun then some angry right wing fucks ruined it, just like AmericaStarbucksWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Coffee RoasterAnodyne CoffeeValentine CoffeeVote CITY LIFE This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee FestivalSummerfestIrish FestRiverwest 24Bay View BashnoneWisconsin IPA FestLocust St DaysMilwaukee KrampusnachtLake front sevens rugby tournamentGermanfestGruber FestRoot beer bashFesta ItalianaBrady street festivalSouth Shore FrolicsHarley-Davidson HomecomingMilwaukee AirshowPridefestStraight Daves Man-Slamming MaxoutProtesting Israel and being Palestinian/anti-Islamaphobic ally at Pridefest and NOT seeing the oxymoronic nature of holding both those views simultaneously.Lakefront Brewery Maifest Gluten Free Friendly FestivalNot the Milwaukee Air & Water ShowRW24Milwaukee Comedy FestivalWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee FestivalLocust Street Festival of Music and ArtPrideFestVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee ParkLake ParkGrant ParkJuneau ParkSouth Shore ParkJackson ParkMiller ParkHumboldt ParkHubbard ParkBurns CommonsBig bay parkKletzsch parkHawthorn GlenKaszube's ParkHoller ParkWhitnall ParkZocalo Food Truck ParkVeterans Parkwashington parkEstabrook ParkLakeshore State ParkHansen ParkSherman ParkThe one with all the homeless unemployed people living in RV’s by the highway off Howard that smells like assHoyt ParkRiverside parkWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee ParkHumboldt ParkWashington ParkVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee NeighborhoodBay ViewWest AllisRiverwestJackson ParkHistoric Third WardLayton ParkHarambeeWhitefish BayWashington HeightsSherman ParkEast SideShorewoodWaukeshaCooper ParkJuneautownKilbourntownPoopy scoop Dr.BrooklynWalker's PointZoo StreetWauwatosaCudahyBrewer’s HillMetcalfe ParkStory HillThe TriangleSilver CityBluemoundSt. FrancisCherokee PointWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee NeighborhoodWalker's PointEast SideVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee MuseumMilwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee Public MuseumDiscovery WorldPabst MansionBobblehead museumVilla Terrace Decorative Arts Museumharley-davidson museumAsk the Bobblehead Museum how they sold off a collection donated to them by a guy dying of cancer and they sold it instead of displaying it.Lots of museums have been doing horrendous shit for centuries so they’re in good companyOxford ApartmentsWhatever museum has art where some commie DSA loser with no job takes a dump on some canvas and people think its brilliant and the guy wins a nobel peace prizeJewish Museum MilwaukeeWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee MuseumMilwaukee Public MuseumHarley-Davidson MuseumVote OTHER This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Sports TeamMilwaukee BucksMilwaukee Rugby Football ClubMRFC Milwaukee Rugby Football ClubMilwaukee Barbarians RugbyMilwaukee Barbarians Rugby ClubBrewcity BruisersKnechgtes You TurnedMilwaukee Beer BaronsWhatever That Soccer Team Is Gonna Be CalledMilwaukee Rugby BarbariansMilwaukee Scylla Women’s Rugby ClubMilwaukee Black and Blue RugbyWaveBrewersMilwaukee AdmiralsWhat’s with all the fucking rugby teamsMUBBuwm panthers women's soccer teamMilwaukee MilkmenAnzalone BocceThe Milwaukee Rugby Football Club doesn't even have Giannis or Dam how can they be the best?Not the Milwaukee WaveMens Volleyball isnt a sport and neither is Ultimate Frisbee and if you dont agree you are a weak nerdThat anti-mens volleyball/ultimate frisbee guy has small pp energyDudes who dont play mens volleyball or ultimate frisbee have massive wrenches. The minute you participate in one of those it shrinks to electron sizeWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Sports TeamMilwaukee BrewersMilwaukee AdmiralsVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Book StoreBoswell Book CompanyVoyageur Book ShopBarnes and NobleXxxciteLion’s ToothSuper Video 2Lost World of WondersHalf Price BooksDowntown BooksThe one at the airportThe one where a bunch of hipsters tell all the whote males that walk in that they are colonizing facistsWhichever has the most books about Karl Marx and why Mao and Pol Pot are revolutionary heroesI literally own three times as many books as Lion's Tooth sells. Do they advertise with Milwaukee Record or something?The loser wrote “whote males”Whote mule cry spaceWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee Book StoreLion's ToothDowntown BooksVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee CelebrityMilverineLumpy the Golem BoySam KuffelThe Moped Riding Banana Splits DogSpiderThat guy with the station wagon with all the signs.Sumo from SumovilleRed SchaeferLawrencia BembenikKevin SchmidtBob ueckerJax SchmidtFreewaySolomon JuneauLiberaceGruberBen SingletonSpider - Michael RyanFreeway is a fuckin creep.Charlie BerensJeff ShermanGuy who rides skateboard with Christmas lights pulled buy a dog while playing music from a boomboxMike "Spider" RyanLime Green Guy (everything he has is lime green)Lamp manRich EvansKia BoysDJ ShawnaTrixie MattelDick BaconatorGeoff NormanVincent Van GreatMark BorchardtAlia Janine’s titties circa 2013RabbiTed PerryTVs DUG DUSTO!TabmanSteve ChamrazJMattKristin BreyF'ing Jen Lada all night!I was..Write-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee CelebrityMark BadenKristin BreyVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee ComedianCharlie BerensDana EhrmannGary ZajackowskiMax ThiedeRami MakhlofDavid gruberGiannisCharlie Berens is a joke stealing wannabeChris SchmidtTed PerryJeremy PrachRVanyone but Jeremy PrachMatty FieldNick DesiatoNick MullenShane Gillis is the best Standup going right nowPete SchwabaKBWrite-inVote This poll is no longer accepting votesBest Milwaukee ComedianChastity WashingtonDana EhrmannVote Want more Milwaukee Record? 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