Uncanny Soup Co. is closed
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Back in November 2014, we paid a visit to then-new Water St. soup joint Uncanny Soup Co. (612 N. Water St., 414-231-3706). Here was our verdict:
Of all the soup places in Downtown Milwaukee, Uncanny Sou...
First Impression: Osgood’s
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Bartolotta Restaurants seem to have a sizable stake in metro Milwaukee dining. At this point in time, it's almost more strange for a new dining establishment to open in or around Milwaukee and not be nes...
The Frying Dutchmen prepares for takeoff
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Tonight, The Frying Dutchmen will hit the road for the first time. Though tonight's soft opening outside Blackbird Bar will be the food truck's first time feeding the general public, the inaugural journe...
I tried (and utterly failed) Zaffiro’s first “Big Z Challenge”
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I'm incredibly sad to inform you, reader, that this is quite possibly my final post at Milwaukee Record. You see, I am dying. Probably very soon.
Okay, perhaps none of that stuff is exactly true. Howe...
First Impression: Camino
Ah, the Walker's Point restaurant renaissance! These days, the transitional neighborhood's culinary and cocktail climate is all but indistinguishable when compared to the dining and drinking options available b...
Tucked Away: Blue Star Cafe
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...
Video: We conduct a blind taste test to find the least terrible Wisconsin-made pumpkin beer
The Halloween season is a glorious time of year, filled with beautiful fall weather and spooky tidings of great joy. But there’s a dark underbelly to the season, one that lurks beneath every caramel apple and...
First Impression: Sal’s Pizza
If you tweak the old expression “May you live in interesting times” to “May you live in interesting pizza times” (and why wouldn’t you want to do this?), Milwaukee surely fits the bill. The last few years have ...
A-side/B-side: Why is Milwaukee getting so worked up over a Portillo’s coming to town?
In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.
Tyler Maas: ...
First Impression: Beerline Cafe
As recently as five years ago, the culinary landscape surrounding the Humboldt Bridge had a much different look. Ironically, an unthinkably long construction project on the causeway connecting Riverwest and Mil...
Burnhearts’ Three Floyds Punk House Kegger Party returns November 19
After an incredibly well-received inaugural installment that featured music from Volunteer and Soup Moat and rare fermented delicacies from Three Floyds Brewery pushed the bar to Mitten Fest-like capacity last ...
I went to Chicago to (try to) get drunk at Taco Bell
After I arguably risked death and certainly demolished my spirit whilst eating something at every Taco Bell in Milwaukee over the course of eight hours back in mid-May, I've severely limited my runs to the bord...
Comet Denominator: How one restaurant nourishes Milwaukee music
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As one of Milwaukee’s best known restaurants, Comet Cafe is seen in a lot of different ways by a lot of different people. To some, it’s a beacon of comfort food anchoring the city’s east side. Others regar...
First Impression: The High Note Karaoke Lounge
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Sometimes you’re driving in your car, windows rolled up, belting out a tune as loudly as your lungs allow and it hits you—the world needs, nay, deserves, to hear you sing these words over accompanied music...
Direct Hit! now has its own hot sauce
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It’s been a big 2015 for Direct Hit! This year, the Milwaukee pop-punk quartet toured Europe, headlined a stage at Summerfest, created a widely successful all-ages festival of their own, released a re-reco...
The cupcake is fucking dead: A eulogy
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It was the English scribe John Keats who first fashioned the prose, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”
There was a time, once—a time not...
Opening AND closing Wolski’s: A supposedly fun thing we’ll never do again
If you spend enough time anywhere in or around Milwaukee, you’re bound to eventually see a bumper sticker proudly proclaiming “I Closed Wolski’s.” Established more than 100 years ago, the East Side tavern that’...
First Impression: South Shore Terrace
As recently as two years ago, Milwaukee was a city that was home to only some beer gardens. Pretty embarrassing, right? It seems like it's been a lifetime since that comparably lean epoch of outdoor imbibing ha...
There’s going to be a Dead Horses beer
With there being only so many Grammy Awards to go around, the platinum-selling record quickly becoming a relic of the past, and the WAMI board preoccupied honoring Judas Priest instead of talents from this cent...
First Impression: Merriment Social
Hit the Milwaukee Public Market on a Friday afternoon, try the Benelux rooftop or Wicked Hop patio or the new Colectivo on any warm-ish day of the week, and it’s pretty clear the Third Ward is the new Milwaukee...