Food/Drink

Milwaukee restaurants, food, bars, dive bars, taverns, drinks, beer, booze, breakfast, lunch, dinner, more.

First Impression: Westallion Brewing Company

Milwaukee is in the throes of a full-fledged brewery boom. What started as a slow progression to microbrewing consciousness has reached a crescendo of local craft beer production in 2016 and into this year. In ...

Longtime East Side restaurant Hotch is closing

Another day, another East Side closing: Hotch, located at 813 E. Kenilworth Pl., is closing after an impressive 11-year run. Owner Angie Storm tells Milwaukee Record that the building's landlord gave ...

Tucked Away: Holy Land Grocery & Deli

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

First Impression: Broken Bat Brewing Company

Last month, a roster of new, largely-unknown Brewers took the field in Milwaukee. Days later, two more unproven brewers—Tim Pauly and Dan McElwee—made their way into an already stacked lineup of established vet...

Tucked Away: Chilango Express

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

G-Daddy’s BBC is closed

More sad news for the East Side bar scene, as North Avenue stalwart G-Daddy's BBC, 2022 E. North Ave., abruptly closed today after more than 20 years in business. According to a reader tip, employees were notif...

This Is It! officially has a new logo

Last month, This Is It! asked patrons to redesign its logo that will be used in accordance with TITs’ 50th anniversary next year, and likely for years to come. Dozens of submissions were collected and those ent...

Tucked Away: Al-Yousef Supermarket & Restaurant

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

Mader’s celebrity customers, ranked

Last weekend, Milwaukee dining was dealt a massive blow with the surprising announcement that Karl Ratzsch Restaurant had closed. The German mainstay had been a point of local pride since it opened in 1904, and...