Category: Food/Drink

The Drunk Uncle’s “Black Friday 50 cent beer sale” is back!

November 20, 2023

To be honest, Black Friday kind of sucks. The consumer holiday serves as an annual reminder of humanity’s inherent greed, its utter disregard for others, and mankind’s general awfulness as people line up, fight...

Enjoy Milwaukee Record Blend coffee, donuts, and local music with us at Anodyne on November 26

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2023

In case you missed the news, Milwaukee Record now has its very own coffee! Yes, Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.'s new "Milwaukee Record Blend" hit shelves at all of the Milwaukee-based roaster's cafes (and was made...

I built my dream Mexican fast food meal on Layton Avenue (and you can too!)

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2023

In case you haven't heard yet, allow me to be the bearer of good news. Milwaukee is home to a brand new Taco John's! The region's newest "West-Mex" purveyor—joining the recently opened Taco John's locations in ...

In defense of Milwaukee’s “worst restaurants”

Matt Wild

November 14, 2023

If you frequent the Milwaukee subreddit—and you should!—you've likely come across a seemingly weekly question. Seriously, this karma-farming beauty comes up all the time. No, not the running gag about the "Arby...

Bounce Milwaukee to host rummage sale November 18

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2023

On August 31, Bounce Milwaukee closed following nearly 10 years of entertainment, advocacy, and all-around awesomeness. Though the loss of the Bay View-adjacent play place/arcade/restaurant/neighborhood hub lea...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Shah Jee’s continues to bring Pakistani cuisine to unlikely downtown location

Matt Wild

November 13, 2023

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Shah Jee's! (The following article is an updated version of a 2016 article.) Downtown Milwauke...

After 18 years, Balzac will close November 22

Matt Wild

November 13, 2023

Brady Street neighborhood mainstay Balzac announced on Monday that it will close its doors after service on Wednesday, November 18. The wine bar and restaurant opened just off of Brady, at 1716 N. Arlington Pl....

Fox Den brings “smashin’ patties and foxy bites” to Great Lakes Distillery

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2023

It's an exciting time in Milwaukee dining. Outstanding new restaurants are opening brick and mortar locations throughout the city and the surrounding suburbs at an amazing rate. An ever-growing menagerie of foo...

Join us and area restaurants at the inaugural “Casserole Call” event

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2023

Fall is here. Along with autumn's dropping temperatures and ever-shortening hours of daylight comes the mounting hunger for comfort food. And in Wisconsin, few (if any) dishes scratch that itch better than the ...

Stout Fest returns to MobCraft on December 9

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2023

Do you feel it in the air? It’s almost dark beer’s time to shine! Yes, porters, stouts, and all things barrel-aged are starting to make their presence known on local store shelves and on area draft lines of lat...

Anodyne Coffee’s Milwaukee Record Blend is now available!

Tyler Maas

November 6, 2023

Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. holds a special place in our heart. Beyond being one of the city's longest-running and most respected roasters, an ardent supporter of local music and arts by way of their gorgeous W...

Here are the drink chips (and other things) we were given at The Great Milwaukee Can Koozie Swap & Bar Chip Bonanza

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2023

This past Saturday, Milwaukee Record and Busch Light teamed up to host "The Great Milwaukee Can Koozie Swap & Bar Chip Bonanza" at Promises. From 1-5 p.m., dozens of people came to the Walker's Point bar to...

Canni Hemp reinvents itself as Canni Infusion Bar & Cafe

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2023

Back in the fall of 2018, Canni Hemp Co. (810 S. 5th St., 414-488-9319) became Milwaukee's first hemp and CBD retailer. In the five years since the Walker's Point specialty store opened, countless other dispens...

South Shore Terrace to close out its season Sunday with free beer, $12 buffet

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2023

If the fact it's November and there's currently snow on the ground didn’t already hammer the point home, allow us the be the bearer of bad news: summer is over. It’s sad, but it’s true. Fall has firmly announce...

Here are Lakefront Brewery’s 2023 Black Friday beers. Get in line now.

Matt Wild

November 2, 2023

Over the last decade or so, Milwaukee's beloved Lakefront Brewery has established a new Thanksgiving tradition: releasing a bunch of rare, barrel-aged beers on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday. More tha...

Milwaukee tamaleras combat the cold with homemade tamales

Juan Miguel Martinez

November 1, 2023

The aluminum pack is scalding hot, held by brown hands that are somehow impervious to the heat. The pack is then handed to novice hands that bounce it back and forth between palms. Finally, it's dropped into a ...

Nite Owl to end its 2023 season “sometime this week”

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2023

Nite Owl is a spring and summertime staple that’s thrived on Milwaukee’s South Side since 1948. The iconic drive-in has been an important and widely-loved part of the city’s warm weather months for generations....

Starburst original fun size duos, ranked

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2023

If you're reading this anywhere near Milwaukee, trick-or-treating has come and gone. Perhaps you're raiding your kid's candy stash as we speak. Maybe your house wasn't hit as hard as you expected it would be an...

Four new restaurants coming soon to Crossroads Collective

Matt Wild

October 26, 2023

If East Side food hall Crossroads Collective seems a little...empty these days, it's because it kind of is. A number of vendors have departed Crossroads in recent months, including Atwood Hwy BBQ Company and Th...

Wisconsin’s first Patty Shack could break the curse at 2121 S. Kinnickinnic

Tyler Maas

October 24, 2023

Things haven't been going too well at 2121 S. Kinnickinnic. Ever since Subway closed its location in Suite #8 of the Bay View Commons building about five years ago, the space has been a quickly revolving door o...