First Impression: Sabor Tropical
This story begins in the final days of 2016. As one year drew to a close and gave way to 2017, Midwest Diner decided to call it quits. Unbeknownst to anyone, the sudden closure of the venerable 24-hour greasy s...
Can Crossroads Collective live up to the legacy of Oriental Drugs?
The word "iconic" gets tossed around a lot, but for Milwaukee's East Side, few things are as iconic as the corner of North and Farwell. The beloved Oriental Drugs pharmacy/lunch counter/dime store held down tha...
The Dark Horse Tavern is now open in former Junior’s Hook location
New year, new bars! (Yes, we know we're more than a week into 2019 now, but give us a few more days with these sort of intros, will ya?)
Last fall, Milwaukee learned that Junior's Hook, which opened in Walke...
Bay View’s Crafty Cow will try to have “Wisconsin’s Largest Bloody Mary Bar” on January 19
It's no secret that Milwaukee loves its Bloody Marys.
Between the ever-present "beer chaser" that accompanies the savory breakfast cocktail and the epic garnishes that take the drink to elaborate levels of g...
261 Friday fish frys and counting: Light Palace Pub & Grill (Cudahy)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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)
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
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
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
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”
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
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)
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...