Food/Drink

January 31, 2024

Milwaukee's dining scene is ever-improving and constantly evolving. Bay View is currently among the city's most active enclaves of culinary change. In recent weeks, the south shore neighborhood saw the opening ...

Food/Drink Roundup: That building on Humboldt and North is still gonna be a food truck park

January 31, 2024

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: that building on Humboldt and North is still gonna be a food truck park....

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Stagecoach Inn in Fort Atkinson has perch with batter to drive for

January 26, 2024

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 #525: Stagecoach Inn in Fort Atki...

Babe’s Ice Cream to open for season February 29

January 25, 2024

Even though it's currently the dead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and Milwaukee is just days removed from a long and brutal cold snap, we're sure many of you could go for some ice cream about now. We kno...

Chefs from Amilinda, Odd Duck, EsterEv, Birch are 2024 James Beard Award Semifinalists

January 24, 2024

The James Beard Foundation announced its 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards Semifinalists on Wednesday, all part of its prestigious food-celebratin' James Beard Awards. As always, a host of Milwaukee chefs made th...

WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser will return to Kern Center April 7

January 22, 2024

It may feel like winter will never end, but—believe it or not—spring is right around the corner. Need proof? Behold the annual announcement of WMSE's Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser! The springtime shindig will ret...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Milwaukee and Wisconsin fish fry reviews

January 18, 2024

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. This is a list of all the Wisconsin fish fry reviews he's written for Milwaukee Record, beginning in 2017, organized by city. BIG BEND Blue Heron Sup...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Hot ham and rolls remain an integral part of the Sunday ritual

January 18, 2024

Some timeless weekend rituals come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Sunday hot ham and rolls. There are some food and drink standbys that, despite no...

EsterEv plans to move to former C-viche space in Bay View

January 17, 2024

EsterEv, the reservation-only fine-dining restaurant within DanDan (360 E. Erie St.), plans to move into its own digs. A license application filed with the city indicates that DanDan and EsterEv owners Dan J...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Joe Mama’s Bar & Grill in Colgate isn’t joking around with its bluegill

January 12, 2024

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 #523, Joe Mama's Bar & Grill ...

Let’s see how some Milwaukee restaurant websites have changed over the years

January 11, 2024

Remember when every website on the World Wide Web didn't kinda-sorta look the same? Or, at the very least, when every website hadn't yet jumped on the "clean/minimalist" bandwagon and were funky, loaded with te...

Looks like ‘Bar Rescue’ is sniffing around Milwaukee again

January 10, 2024

Has it really been 10 years since kinda-sorta-reality and failing-bar-revamp show Bar Rescue blew into Milwaukee and "rescued" two Milwaukee bars? Good grief, it has... Remember in 2014, when host John Taffe...

Lakeside Bakery has closed

January 9, 2024

Bay View got noticeably less sweet today. This afternoon, Lakeside Bakery (1100 E. Oklahoma Ave.) abruptly announced the retail portion of the bakery would be closing "effective immediately." Owners announced t...

Relive our biggest and best N/A Day yet with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 8, 2024

This past Saturday, Milwaukee Record hosted the third annual N/A Day at The Cooperage. The 2024 installment of our "Dry January" Beverage Festival featured close to 30 vendors sampling more than 60 non-alcoholi...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Blue Heron Supper Club in Big Bend offers all-you-can-eat fish and chicken

January 5, 2024

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 #522, the Blue Heron Supper Club ...

7 reasons you should go to this weekend’s N/A Day “Dry January” Beverage Festival

January 5, 2024

In case you haven't been made aware of it by way of our various mentions of the event, a swell of local press, and promotion from participating vendors, the third annual Milwaukee edition of our N/A Day "Dry Ja...

You had to know we would review the new Hong Kong Seafood Buffet, right?

January 4, 2024

Over the course of our nearly 10 years in business, it's become abundantly clear there are just some things that Milwaukee Record is expected, nay, DESTINED to cover. Is a celebrity autographing bottles of liqu...

Food/Drink Roundup: A couple of East Side places closed and another kinda-sorta closed

January 3, 2024

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: A couple of East Side places closed (and another kinda-sorta closed). ...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Brewski’s Sports Club is a hit for football, baseball, basketball, bluegill