Phở King changed its fucking name
If you're a frequent reader of Milwaukee Record, you're surely a mature and well-adjusted member of society who wouldn't lower yourself to acknowledge something as base and childish as wordplay. With that i...
First Impression: Good City Brewing
It's only August and 2016 can already be chalked up as a tough year for bars and restaurants on Milwaukee's East Side. After 11 years on Kenilworth Place, Yield screeched to an abrupt stop in May. Y-Not III's B...
Can you fucking believe it? Here are 13 more Milwaukee patios!
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For whatever reason, Milwaukee can't seem to get enough patios. Maybe the fact that more than half the year is spent hunkered indoors, waiting out the cold, gray, and altogether shitty conditions outside...
Here’s The Vanguard’s new menu
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Since opening in October 2014, The Vanguard has been a boon to Milwaukee dining, while also doubling as a prime place to watch the Packers and pro wrestling, and serving host for a single-day Chinese res...
Bumstead Provisions to bring dining, deli, corner store, mini cocktails, Chris Farley art, and more to Bay View next month
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More than a year after its projected opening date, Bumstead Provisions will finally be in business next month. The Bay View bar, restaurant, corner shop, and deli will have its soft opening September 15,...
Best Pakistani Restaurant In The Basement Of A Downtown Office Building: Shah Jee’s
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Every Friday, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away with pesky voting and feigned attempts at impartiality. Who will ...
First Impression: Black Husky Brewing
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It's a story as old as time. A young man from a small northwoods town moves to the big city. He meets a woman. They fall in love. After starting a family and spending years in the city they met, the man ...
The Hotel Foster is closing
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Following what's been a summer of speculation, rumors, assumptions, and an overriding sense of uncertainty, The Hotel Foster will be closing Saturday, August 13. Wednesday evening, longtime Foster barten...
Jolly Good soda power rankings
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Last month, news came that Random Lake-based soda pop purveyor Jolly Good had resumed production of the beverage that kept the whistles of cost-conscious consumers in Wisconsin and neighboring states wet...
The MexItalian Food Truck is so random, so awesome
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For a select few hours on sporadic weekdays, a few feet of sidewalk between the Piggly Wiggly and Home Depot parking lots on Chase Avenue becomes the site of something truly special. There, nestled tight...
Pabst will return to Wisconsin State Fair with new beer garden
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The 2016 Wisconsin State Fair is approximately 24 hours away. Yes, beginning Thursday, August 4, Wisconsinites can once again enjoy oodles of farm animals, oodles of racing farm animals, cream puffs, dee...
Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 3rd best city for beer lovers
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Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, or any time a national publication deigns ...
Black Husky Brewing will open August 3 in Riverwest
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With all the talk of Milwaukee closings and building-swaps, it's nice to know that entirely new businesses are still popping up on a daily basis. Today, the Milwaukee Business Journal is reporting that B...
Milwaukee Record’s guide to $1 beer specials
With literally thousands of bars in and around Milwaukee vying for limited drinking dollars, business owners need to get creative to stay ahead of the competition. Some bar owners draw in customers with great f...
Hamburger Mary’s is moving to the former La Perla building
Less than two weeks after the abrupt shutdown of longtime Walker's Point restaurant La Perla (why does this sound so familiar?), the building that housed the business for more than two decades has a new ...
Pop-up cocktail bar, “Club Paradise,” set to pop up at All Purpose July 28
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The concept of "pop-up" events has taken hold in Milwaukee in recent years, giving the city pop-up restaurants, pop-up art installations, and pop-up concerts. Now, a pop-up cocktail bar is set to take ov...
The East Side Red Dot has closed
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Less than two weeks after the abrupt shutdown of its kitchen, the East Side Red Dot Bar has shut down for good. According to Milwaukee Magazine, the Bartlett Ave. bar and restaurant recently put up a sig...
Here’s the menu for DanDan
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Has there been a more anticipated Milwaukee restaurant opening in recent years than DanDan? Probably not. The new Asian-inspired restaurant from chefs Dan Van Rite and Dan Jacobs is slated to open in the...
WMSE and Company Brewing come together for new Smash Ale
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Last summer, WMSE eased its way into the beer business by tapping Smash Ale, a limited release pilsner brewed special for the listener-supported station by Sprecher. Given the positive response and flurr...
First Impression: Fixture Pizza Pub
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While Walker's Point was never lacking for bars and quality Mexican restaurants, and these days isn't for want in regard to upstart microbreweries, distilleries, and fine dining options, the neighborhood...