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

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 ...

Valor Aquaponics organic market will open this Friday at 3rd Street Market Hall

Matt Wild

March 24, 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...

Remembering the Solid Gold McDonald’s in Greenfield

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2022

Today, pretty much every McDonald's—and virtually every major chain restaurant—in America looks the same. They're gray, box-y, and "modern" in all the worst ways. Though the vast majority of McDonald's location...

Meet the curd connoisseur behind Wisconsin Cheese Please

Tyler Maas

March 22, 2022

If you're reading this article and you've spent any amount of time in Wisconsin, there's a good chance you like cheese curds. Whether they're breaded or battered, orange or white inside, or dipped in ranch or a...

Hey! Here’s the schedule for the 2022 Traveling Beer Garden

Matt Wild

March 18, 2022

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 2022. YES. The beer/park extravaganza will o...

10 Milwaukee beers we’d recommend to Giannis Antetokounmpo

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2022

In case you've been off the internet until literally this instant today, you probably saw the video of Giannis Antetokounmpo honoring Stone Cold Steve Austin during last night's postgame press conference by wea...

South Shore Terrace to open for season March 17

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2022

After having an abbreviated 2020 season on account of the pandemic, last year was South Shore Terrace's first full season back in business. The beer garden, which is stationed at South Shore Park in Bay View, m...

427 Friday fish frys and counting: Motor Bar & Restaurant (Milwaukee)

Caleb Westphal

March 11, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: MOTOR Bar & Restaurant. When I created Friday Fish Fry Day last year, I hoped I w...

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