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Enjoy these photos from this year’s N/A Day Madison event

January 12, 2026

The "Dry January" fun continues! On Saturday, January 10, Milwaukee Record traveled to Wisconsin’s capital city for the third annual N/A Day Madison. The event—which took place exactly one week after our fifth ...

Plans for sports bar in former Company Brewing space hit snag with Licenses Committee

Matt Wild

January 9, 2026

Back in September 2025, a six-person ownership group filed license applications with the City of Milwaukee to open a new sports bar, Diaspora Sports Bar and Lounge, in the former Company Brewing space, 735 E. C...

7 reasons you should go to this weekend’s N/A Day event in Madison

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2026

You might be reading this and thinking to yourself, "Wait, didn’t Milwaukee Record already do an N/A Day event this month?" Yes, we hosted our fifth annual Milwaukee N/A Day "Dry January" beverage festival at T...

Oh yeah, Bavette La Boucherie is closing, too

Matt Wild

January 6, 2026

The tail end of 2025 was a brutal time for Milwaukee businesses. The National Cafe announced its immediate closure. Pomona Cider Co. announced its near-immediate closure. Beans & Barley announced its impend...

Relive last weekend’s N/A Day “Dry January” beverage festival with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 5, 2026

This past Saturday, Milwaukee Record hosted the fifth annual N/A Day at The Cooperage. The 2026 Milwaukee installment of our "Dry January" Beverage Festival featured close to 30 brands sampling more than 60 non...

Mexican restaurant possibly coming to former Triple Taproom / Hacienda / BBC on East Side

Matt Wild

January 5, 2026

A vacant anchor business on Milwaukee's East Side may soon see new life. A sign taped to the mailbox of the former Triple Taproom / Hacienda / BBC space at 2018 E. North Avenue indicates Jalisco Cocina &...

Here’s Lakefront Brewery’s 2026 “Curd Of The Month” flavor forecast and that’s it

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2026

"These delicious delights can be bought in person at the Beer Hall, or online via TAKEOUT during all open hours (not available Fridays)!" January | Dill Pickle February | Cajun March | Blueberry Danish Ap...

French bistro CASSIS will open January 20, not January 5 as previously planned

Matt Wild

January 5, 2026

News dropped in December that husband-and-wife duo Kyle and Meghan Knall—a.k.a. the couple behind nationally celebrated Milwaukee restaurant Birch—planned to open their long-awaited new restaurant CASSIS on Jan...

Wückfinter will return to Ray’s Wine & Spirits on February 22

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2026

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...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about Saturday’s N/A Day at The Cooperage

Matt Wild

January 1, 2026

Milwaukee Record's fifth annual N/A Day will take over The Cooperage on Saturday, January 3. Drop by! Enjoy unlimited samples of more than 50 non-alcoholic products from more than two dozen local and national v...

Help Black Husky Brewing “Legalize Marinara” at its inaugural red sauce competition

Tyler Maas

December 31, 2025

Winter is a time for comfort food. While much of the Midwest bundles up and hunkers down for an extended period of darkness and cold, hearty and rib-sticking standbys like casserole, chili, and soup enter our c...

6 reasons you should go to Saturday’s N/A Day “Dry January” Beverage Festival

Tyler Maas

December 29, 2025

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

The Newport is the Best Milwaukee Thing of 2025

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2025

And we have a winner! After six rounds and more than 115,000 votes (!), Bay View bar The Newport (939 E. Conway St.) has been crowned the Best Milwaukee Thing of 2025! Congrats, Newport! (And congrats to the...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2025

Caleb Westphal

December 26, 2025

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. In this column, Enjoy Every Fish Fry, I write abou...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Give the gift of perch at J&B’s Sports Bar & Blue Ribbon Taproom

Caleb Westphal

December 19, 2025

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 #624, at J&B's Sports Bar &am...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about Christmas food traditions (including raw beef sandwiches)

Matt Wild

December 18, 2025

We're exactly one week away from Christmas, which means it's almost time for uniquely "Wisconsin" Christmas food traditions! You know the traditions I'm talking about: the overflowing snack tables, the raw beef...

Here are the vendor lineups for both of our N/A Day “Dry January” beverage festivals

Tyler Maas

December 17, 2025

Are you looking to start 2026 on a sober note? Planning to make a lasting lifestyle change? Hoping to put a pause on partying after the holidays? Interested in sampling a wide range of products in the rapidly-g...

Birch owners’ new restaurant, CASSIS, will open January 5. Here’s info on the food, drinks, more.

Matt Wild

December 17, 2025

Late last year, husband-and-wife duo Kyle and Meghan Knall—a.k.a. the couple behind nationally celebrated Milwaukee restaurant Birch—announced plans to open a new restaurant, CASSIS. Now, the opening date for t...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: The Brick Pub & Grill in Glendale has heartwarming history, terrific sides

Caleb Westphal

December 12, 2025

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 #623, at The Brick Pub & Gril...

Some restaurants, bars, and breweries Milwaukee lost in 2025 (and a plea to help in 2026)

Tyler Maas

December 12, 2025

First we gave you our favorite Milwaukee music of the year. Then came our favorite Milwaukee music videos and favorite Milwaukee Record stories of the year. Now comes a year-end article that's on the somber sid...

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