Food/Drink

January 4, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I was supposed to be at a place in Milwaukee that doesn't serve fish frys at 5 p.m. I absolutely...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Hi-Fi Cafe has been a Bay View “time warp” since the mid-’90s

January 3, 2019

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Here’s a list of upcoming Milwaukee ice bars. Learn it well, for it’s the chilling sound of your doom

January 3, 2019

What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age! And ice bars! Oh, excuse us...allow us to break the ice: Here's a list of upcoming Milwaukee ice bars. Learn it well, for it's the chilling sound of your doom. In this...

Café Centraal will reopen as Centraal Grand Café & Tappery

January 2, 2019

Last month, Lowlands Group revealed that Bay View staple Café Centraal would close for renovations beginning January 2. Well, today is January 2, and now Lowlands has announced details of those renovations. Som...

260 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: The Brown Bottle

December 28, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Beer and fish frys. Laverne and Shirley. Uecker and the Brewers. Streetcars and strong opi...

Burned-out neon letters in the Cudahy Arby’s sign, ranked

Josh Hoppert

December 21, 2018

A city just isn’t a city without a trademark structure in its skyline. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Seattle has the Space Needle, Dubai has that huge building from Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,...

259 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Milwaukee Elks Lodge #46

December 21, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. "There it is!" I exclaimed, as Milwaukee Elks Lodge #46 (5555 Good Hope Rd., 414-353-2900)...

6 oversized Milwaukee beverage displays, ranked

December 19, 2018

Milwaukee is a city known for its drinks. Between our array of micro and macro breweries, our hundreds of bars, the various distilleries that have popped up in town in recent years, and our altogether impressiv...

The Uncanny Soup Company owners want to reopen, are “looking for a new location”

December 17, 2018

In late 2014, The Uncanny Soup Company—which had a location in Milwaukee’s historic Gas Light Building before leaving to turn its focus to locations in Cudahy and Kenosha, along with a slight commercial presenc...

The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2018 (from a guy who ate one every Friday this year)

December 14, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. In April 2017, he began writing a weekly column documenting and reviewing his latest fish fry destinations. Here are his top places for 2018 (presented...

Take a look inside Crossroads Collective, which opens Monday

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 14, 2018

In just a few days, an iconic corner of Milwaukee's East Side will return to life. Crossroads Collective, the much-anticipated food hall located in the old Oriental Drugs building (2238 N. Farwell Ave.), will o...

First Impression: Hemp World CBD Cafe

December 13, 2018

It's been quite a year for CBD in Milwaukee. After finally hitting store shelves this summer, Cannabidiol (better known as “CBD”)—a hemp extract that’s a distant relative of marijuana without THC—has become muc...

At Random will reopen tonight

December 13, 2018

In June, we reported that At Random was for sale. With the fate of the longtime Bay View cocktail institution in question, Milwaukee breathed a collective sigh of relief when John Dye of Bryant's and The Jazz E...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Money Inc. thinks the Third Ward is a “Midwestern mecca for foodies”

December 10, 2018

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern will open December 17

December 8, 2018

After months of renovations, a handful of pop-up events, and loads of anticipation, Uncle Wolfie's Breakfast Tavern finally has an opening date. The Brewer's Hill breakfast and lunch restaurant (located at 234 ...

257 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Butch’s Red Mill (Brookfield)

December 7, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Have you ever gotten a fish fry in Brookfield? I hadn't. Hell, I've barely ever done anyth...

Café Centraal will close for a month, renovate

December 6, 2018

One week you're getting a (pretty great) fish fry at Café Centraal, the next the longtime Bay View restaurant announces it's closing for extensive renovations. Yes, today, Lowlands Group revealed that Centraal ...

Westallion Brewing Company made an eggnog beer

December 4, 2018

Back in October, a West Allis-based brewery made national news and revived the debate about a polarizing Halloween treat by releasing a candy corn beer. Now, less than two months after Westallion Brewing Compan...

256 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Café Centraal