Category: Food/Drink

R.I.P. Campbell’s Irish Pub, the last of Milwaukee’s ‘Bar Rescue’ bars

April 29, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: no more Bar Rescue bars. And then there were none. Somewhere, Jon T...

Tulum Latin Gastropub to open in former Odd Duck space this week

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2022

UPDATE: Tulum general manager Juan Magdaleon has told us in an email the restaurant's opening date will no longer be April 26, but "more towards the end of the week." The article's headline has been adjusted to...

Culver’s was mentioned on ‘Jeopardy!’

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2022

Culver's was mentioned on Friday's episode of Jeopardy! Though it's far from being actual news (and even further from being Milwaukee-related news), our history of writing about the Wisconsin-born fast food cha...

A handy guide to Milwaukee County Parks beer gardens

Matt Wild

April 21, 2022

Spring has (sort of) sprung, so you know what that means, Milwaukee: BEER GARDENS. Yes, it's time to drink beer in public parks, AS GOD INTENDED. Once again, you'll have many beer garden options this season,...

Check out these new spots at 3rd Street Market Hall and Crossroads Collective

Matt Wild

April 20, 2022

We here at Milwaukee Record like to stay on top of the latest comings and goings in our city's ever-busy food halls. A new Middle Eastern joint at 3rd Street Market Hall! A new "experimental coffee bar" at Cros...

Tortilleria El Sol cranks out fresh tortillas in Milwaukee’s Crisol Corridor

Juan Miguel Martinez

April 15, 2022

The people of the village are hard at work under a harsh and unforgiving sun. The year is 500 B.C., or as close as anyone can figure it, anyway. These people are working to create a meal for themselves and the ...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2022 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 11, 2022

This past Sunday, thousands of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE’s 20th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and thin...

431 Friday fish frys and counting: Sloppy Joe’s Saloon & Spoon (Hubertus)

Caleb Westphal

April 8, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Sloppy Joe's Saloon & Spoon in Hubertus. A post office, a church building, a red ...

Today is National Beer Day, so here are 3 places to get a beer in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

Today is National Beer Day. The holiday celebrates "the day that the Cullen–Harrison Act was enacted after having been signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 22, 1933." This paved the way f...

Serb Hall’s Friday fish fry is back (in drive-thru and carry-out form)

Matt Wild

April 7, 2022

Before Milwaukee's Serb Hall closed in early 2021—the umpteenth victim of the COVID-19 pandemic—the South Side institution (5101 W. Oklahoma Ave.) was famed for hosting decades' worth of political rallies and s...

The old Chancery on Downer has been empty for 15 years (but maybe that’ll change?)

Matt Wild

April 6, 2022

On April 6, 2021, we published a piece titled "Shout-out to the old Chancery on Downer, which has been empty for 14 years." It was about how once-popular regional restaurant chain the Chancery closed its locati...

Middle East Side now open at 3rd Street Market Hall

Matt Wild

April 5, 2022

Ever since it opened in January, 3rd Street Market Hall—a.k.a. the sprawling food hall that occupies the first floor of the former Shops of Grand Avenue at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave.—has become our favorite downtown...

Indeed Brewing Company to host “Electric Love 2022” block party on June 4

Tyler Maas

April 4, 2022

Back in October, Indeed Brewing Company (530 S. 2nd St., 414-216-9007) brought The Lowdown to its Walker's Point taproom. The block party shut down a portion of 2nd Street for an all-day festival featuring tast...

430 Friday fish frys and counting: C & C’s Mosquito Inn (Caledonia)

Caleb Westphal

April 1, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: C & C's Mosquito Inn in Caledonia. An NCAA March Madness bracket was taped to the...

Nite Owl’s 2022 season begins today

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2022

With the longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season technically started nine days ago, but somet...

Milwaukee breweries to team up for “River Clean Up Day” April 2

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2022

In recent years, Milwaukee breweries have been known to work together on things like beer collaborations and charitable events that improve the state of local brewing and help the community in the process. This...

429 Friday fish frys and counting: Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill (Franklin)

Caleb Westphal

March 25, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill in Franklin. The flashing red zeros on the St. Paddy'...

20 pictures of the new Bayshore Culver’s, which opens Monday

Matt Wild

March 25, 2022

Students of Milwaukee mall dining will remember that, prior to its 2019 closing, the food court in the Shops of Grand Avenue's had a Rocky Rococo AND a Culver's. Can you believe it? The undisputed kings of semi...

NLRB officially recognizes unionization of Colectivo employees

Matt Wild

March 25, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the unionization of Colectivo. • Following a vote, an initial 99-99...

The sights, smells, and staples of San Juanita Bakery

Juan Miguel Martinez

March 24, 2022

Puerquitos (Spanish, noun): piggies, a gingerbread pastry in the shape of a pig, made by the Huastecan (San Luis Potosí) people of Mexico, where piloncillo (hardened brown sugar) takes the place of molasses in ...