Food/Drink

April 2, 2025

Milwaukee summers are known for being absolutely loaded, but Milwaukee springs are no slouches, either. Need proof? Check out our recent list of 16 spring festivals. Need further proof? Read up on another sprin...

Milwaukee hybrid cocktail bar Agency is a James Beard Awards finalist for Best New Bar

April 2, 2025

Back in February, a handful of Milwaukee restaurants, chefs, and bars were announced as semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards. Dan Jacobs and Dan Van Rite of EsterEv made the list for Best Chef Midwest,...

Mandatory Milwaukee/Wisconsin: Frozen Pizza

April 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some freezer section standbys come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: frozen pizzas! Wisconsin loves its frozen pizzas. Even th...

30 years of ‘Tommy Boy’: Celebrating all things Chris Farley at Farley’s Pub in Ringle, Wisconsin

Mitch DeSantis

March 31, 2025

Mitch DeSantis is Milwaukee Record’s Rural/Northwoods Wisconsin Correspondent. Find his dispatches HERE. One of my earliest childhood memories involves watching Saturday Night Live. I don't remember much abo...

SAGE is closed; former space available for lease, White House still for sale

March 31, 2025

In October 2024, news dropped that the historic White House building at 2900 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View was for sale. The restaurant occupying the first floor of the three-story building, SAGE, would rema...

South Shore Terrace will open for the season on April 9

March 31, 2025

Spring has truly sprung. The weather is showing signs of being okay, Nite Owl is back in business, and the Marcus Center snow pile is doomed. Oh, and the South Shore Terrace beer garden (2900 South Shore Dr.) i...

Your Turner Hall Tiki Takedown winners are…

March 30, 2025

Saturday, a few hundred folks put on their finest Hawaiian shirt, donned some colorful leis, and made their way to the Turner Hall Tiki Takedown. The fifth installment of the sold out event brought great tunes ...

Greenfield’s best new cocktail bar is in a mini golf course’s clubhouse

March 28, 2025

In August 2023, a mini golf destination and family fun facility called Holey Mackerel (5401 W. Layton Ave.) officially opened in the former site of River Hills Family Fun Center, which had been a summertime sta...

Hey! Here’s the 2025 Traveling Beer Garden schedule!

March 27, 2025

Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you’re in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks’ ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning for 2025. YES. The beer/park extravaganza will o...

Wisconsin Taste Test: Red Hot Pickled Eggs and Mild Polish Sausage from Bay View Packing Company

March 27, 2025

In Wisconsin Taste Test, two Milwaukee Record folks share their thoughts on two new-to-them “Wisconsin-y” food or drink items. Think raw beef sandwiches, Old-Fashioneds, and those giant bags of generic candy th...

Nite Owl’s 2025 season begins today

March 25, 2025

With longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and the Brewers season starting in just a few days, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee…even if the weather is crummy. The season tec...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2025 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

March 24, 2025

Thousands of hungry Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center on Sunday for WMSE’s 23rd annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. While there, these hearty chili lovers sampled a wide range of chilis from oodles o...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: You (and your friend Rick) should get to Ricky’s Double Barrel Inn

Caleb Westphal

March 21, 2025

broadstreet.zone(156201); Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week, fish fry #585 at Ricky's Double Barrel Inn...

1840 Brewing to celebrate ‘Simpsons’ and combat lousy Smarch weather with “The Springfield Connection”

March 21, 2025

Last weekend, two Bay View bars paid tribute to TV comedies by hosting ambitious pop-ups. At the tail end of the same month in which Sugar Maple temporarily transformed into a Parks And Recreation-themed establ...

Behold Crafty Cow’s “April Fast Foods Day” menu

March 20, 2025

We love Crafty Cow. We love the Bay View Crafty Cow, the Wauwatosa Crafty Cow, and the Oconomowoc Crafty Cow. We also love fast food. We love Taco Bell, we love McDonald's, and we love Arby's. (Hey, we're only ...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Coach’s Pub ‘N’ Grill is a reliable neighborhood go-to

Caleb Westphal

March 14, 2025

broadstreet.zone(156201); Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week, fish fry #584 at Coach's Pub 'N' Grill in ...

Get ready for The Sugar Maple’s “Snakehole Lounge: A ‘Parks And Rec’ Pop-Up” with these photos

March 13, 2025

In case you somehow missed the news, allow us to let you know Sugar Maple is hosting a pop-up devoted to Parks And Recreation this weekend. The ambitious and unconventional "Snakehole Lounge: A 'Parks And Rec' ...

Everything you need to know about Sunday’s inaugural Meatless Raffle

March 12, 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...

Drinking a beer in the Domes: The Milwaukee Record Review