Food/Drink

February 10, 2022

Valentine's Day is just around the corner! If you know anything about love and romance, you're probably aware that celebrating the holiday with food that sort of resembles a heart—not an actual heart, but what ...

Uncle Wolfie’s bringing new restaurant, The Wolf on Broadway, to downtown Kinn Guesthouse

February 9, 2022

What happens when you combine Brewers Hill brunch spot Uncle Wolfie's Breakfast Tavern and the new downtown Kinn Guesthouse? A new wolf-tastic restaurant, The Wolf on Broadway. "We are thrilled to announce t...

Make your picks in Round 2 of our Wisconsin Snack Bracket!

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 8, 2022

And then there were 16! Following an opening Wisconsin Snack Bracket round that found more than 50,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 32 local food favorites has now been cut in half. After ...

ALERT: “BEAR ON A TIGHTROPE” IS BACK AT THE AVENUE

February 8, 2022

We love the new 3rd Street Market Hall. The long-awaited food hall opened last month on the first floor of The Avenue—a.k.a. the old Shops of Grand Avenue. A host of food vendors share the communal space, and t...

Taste Of Greece brings Greek Fest food favorites to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church February 26-27

February 6, 2022

Organized by the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Fest typically fills Wisconsin State Fair Park with gyros and other spit-roasted meats, Greek music and dancers, games and rides, a Greek marketplace, ...

422 Friday fish frys and counting: Skippy’s Burger Bar (Thiensville)

February 4, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Skippy's Burger Bar. Steam rose from the uncovered cup of green tea in my right hand ...

Re-Joice! Milwaukee Record Re-Porter has Re-Turned

February 3, 2022

Since 2016, Milwaukee Record and Company Brewing have joined forces to make a delicious spiced porter called "Milwaukee Record Re-Porter." For the uninformed, Re-Porter is Company’s Night Rye’d Porter that has ...

La Casa De Chivolin brings ceviche (and a clown origin story) to Lincoln Village

Juan Miguel Martinez

February 2, 2022

About eight years ago, my sister and I went to see OFF! in Chicago. We showed up about three hours early, so we went to eat at El Barco Mariscos, a Mexican restaurant on Ashland and Cortez. We ordered ceviche, ...

Vote in Round 1 of our Wisconsin Snack Bracket!

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 1, 2022

It's the middle of winter in Wisconsin. It's cold, it's boring, and it still gets dark pretty early. In an effort to kill some time and offer a distraction as we all await warmer and brighter days, Milwaukee Re...

421 Friday fish frys and counting: Brewtown Eatery (Milwaukee)

January 28, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Brewtown Eatery. Located on the southwest corner of S. 51st Street and W. Howard Aven...

Wückfinter will return to Ray’s Wine & Spirits on February 27

January 28, 2022

In early 2019, Wauwatosa beverage bastion Ray’s Wine & Spirits and Indiana’s 3 Floyds Brewing joined forces to help metro Milwaukee battle the winter blues with an outdoor celebration of beer done in defian...

Canela Cafe brings breakfast back to Downer Avenue breakfast spot

January 27, 2022

When The Original Pancake House closed its Downer Avenue location in January 2021, the East Side street lost a 16-year breakfast staple. Sure, The Original Pancake House was a national chain, but it was a good ...

Dave’s Hot Chicken to open first Wisconsin location this week

January 24, 2022

We're currently living in the golden era of the chicken sandwich. There's never been more places to procure these portable poultry preparations, and it's safe to say there's never been more inventive or more de...

All 7 Milwaukee mayoral candidates will be on hand for a firkin tapping at Black Husky Jan. 29

January 24, 2022

In case you missed it, Milwaukee is set to elect a new mayor—it's first new mayor in nearly two decades! On February 15, seven candidates will compete in a primary; on April 5, the top two vote-getters will squ...

420 Friday fish frys and counting: Wegner’s St. Martins Inn (Franklin)

January 21, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Wegner's St. Martins Inn. "You beat me. You're quicker than most people," the hostess...

Discourse, an “experimental coffee bar,” will open in Crossroads Collective February 5

January 20, 2022

We love Crossroads Collective (2238 N. Farwell Ave.). We love coffee. And while you can totally get coffee at Crossroads' bar, the East Side food hall has never had a dedicated coffee stand. UNTIL NOW. On Fe...

419 Friday fish frys and counting: Colonel Hart’s (Wauwatosa)

January 14, 2022

Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This week: Colonel Hart's. "We've got Heineken" usually isn't the answer I'm looking for, but wh...

23 pictures of the just-opened 3rd Street Market Hall, plus 1 picture of the burger I ate