Food/Drink

February 9, 2019

Last February, we reported that Palm Tavern was for sale. One year later, the venerable Bay View beer bar has been sold. According to staff members and an Instagram post from current owner Bruno Johnson, the pr...

Tucked Away: Las 7 Estrellas

February 8, 2019

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

Burnhearts and Solemn Oath Brewery to collaborate on “A Folk House Kegger” variety show and tap takeover

February 8, 2019

Last weekend, Burnhearts curated a winning wintry mix of live music, rare and delicious craft beer, tasty food and barrel-aged cocktails, locally-made wares, and charity that all came together outdoors to form ...

266 Friday fish frys and counting: Morton’s Wisconsinn

February 8, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Except for a few trips to the grocery store to pick up provisions, I had barely ventured outside...

Here are 25 pictures of the new Centraal Grand Cafe & Tappery

February 6, 2019

Back in January, Bay View staple Café Centraal closed its doors for a month-long refresh and renovation. Now, the 10-year-old Lowlands Group eatery is ready to reopen as Centraal Grand Café & Tappery. The n...

Welcome…to Milwaukee’s first food truck park

February 5, 2019

In today's "spare no expense" news, Milwaukee is getting its very first food truck park! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Sean Phelan and Jesus O. Gonzalez—the latter the founder of the ever-popular ...

265 Friday fish frys and counting: Bavarian Bierhaus

February 1, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. You've probably seen its sign peeking over the west side of I-43 just north of Milwaukee. You've...

Warm up with cocktails and island vibes at Turner Hall Tiki Takedown

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 1, 2019

UPDATE (3/13/2020): As a precautionary measure done in effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, Pabst Theater Group has postponed Turner Hall Tiki Takedown. Today, they issued the following statement: "We're...

Odd Duck’s Little Duck event space will host three Friday night fish frys during Lent

January 31, 2019

Attention Milwaukee Record's resident fish fry expert Caleb Westphal: Little Duck Kitchen (2301 S. Howell Ave.), the private event space of Bay View's Odd Duck restaurant, will host three Friday night fish frys...

Spam, mayo, and racism: Cudahy author examines corporate influence on cuisine in ‘American Advertising Cookbooks’

January 30, 2019

Growing up in the 1970s and '80s, Cudahy-based author Christina Ward says she was raised in "the apex of the processed, packaged, pre-made food era." Ward says the period between the 1950s and the '80s was the ...

An interview with Milwaukee Food King, the city’s premier foodie/dentist/MMA judge

January 29, 2019

Talk to Rick Winter for a few minutes and one thing becomes clear: it's good to be king. By day, Winter is Dr. Richard Winter, DDS, a third-generation dentist who has been practicing in the Milwaukee area for 3...

Paul, Donnie, and Mark Wahlberg are bringing Wahlburgers to The Corners of Brookfield

January 28, 2019

It's time for a new burger place on the block. Um, those good vibrations you're feeling are burger vibrations. Something something referencing Paul Wahlberg. Anyway, Wahlburgers is coming to The Corners of Broo...

264 Friday fish frys and counting: St. Augustine of Hippo

January 25, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I was out taking a morning walk, and was busy racking my brain as to where to go for fish in the...

First Impression: Damascus Gate Restaurant

January 23, 2019

The world could use some good news. Here, in what presently seems to be the darkest of timelines and at a point in which compassion and basic human decency seem especially scarce, it's easy to drown in the delu...

Ray’s and 3 Floyds Brewing to bring food, drinks, winter fun to inaugural Wückfinter celebration

January 22, 2019

Once resigned to simply stay indoors and wait out the winter, metro Milwaukee has recently taken a much more active approach to surviving the season with an array of exciting and inventive parties that take pla...

Cool parties! Chill out and enjoy some pictures of this weekend’s many ice bars

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 20, 2019

What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age! And ice bars! Oh, excuse us…allow us to break the ice: Here's a bunch of pictures of the many ice bars that popped up throughout Milwaukee this past weekend. St. Paul Fis...

263 Friday fish frys and counting: Kam’s Thistle & Shamrock

January 18, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. As I neared the host's stand, I quickly scanned the room, looking for an open table or a spot at...

Nearly 1.8 million people visited the Milwaukee Public Market last year

January 14, 2019

If you haven't checked out the Milwaukee Public Market lately, well, you're kind of alone. Today, the 13-year-old Third Ward destination released some impressive numbers for 2018: a total of 1,794,554 souls vis...

262 Friday fish frys and counting: Bass Bay Brewhouse (Muskego)