Food/Drink

September 26, 2018

Last month, we took a boat all the way to Michigan to eat at a Big Boy restaurant. As we'd assumed would be the case with a beloved burger chain that tragically left Wisconsin during our youth, we loved it. In ...

“This building deserves a chance to be one space”: Tavern at Turner coming soon to underused Turner Hall restaurant

September 25, 2018

For more than a decade, Turner Hall Ballroom has been a workhorse of the Milwaukee music scene. The Pabst Theater Group assumed operations of the historic venue in the fall of 2007, and quickly transformed what...

Slow cookers and warm hearts: Boone & Crockett will host “Spoon & Crockpot” fundraiser November 4

September 25, 2018

Some of the best aspects of Milwaukee's amazing and ever-improving culinary scene include willingness of chefs to collaborate, the generosity among restaurateurs, and the city's steady stream of innovative and ...

246 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: St. Paul Fish Company (Milwaukee Public Market)

September 21, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This has probably happened to you more than once. You are driving over the Hoan Bridge, ta...

Our Milwaukee Record Re-Porter beer is coming back (and is available in cans)

September 20, 2018

Since 2016, Milwaukee Record and Company Brewing have joined forces to make a delicious spiced porter called "Milwaukee Record Re-Porter." For the uninformed, Re-Porter is Company’s Night Rye’d Porter that has ...

A West Allis bar will sell everything for $1 this weekend

September 18, 2018

Last month, we were excited to tell readers about The Drunk Uncle's unique weekend-long special, in which the West Allis bar sold “one of the greatest beers ever made” for 50 cents until bar close. Though we ne...

New Turner Hall restaurant, Tavern at Turner, set to open October 3

September 18, 2018

For more than a decade, Turner Hall Ballroom has been a gem of a venue, hosting bands and events (like our own Local Coverage!) both big and small. And for more than a decade, the restaurant on the first floor ...

FYI: Only three restaurants remain in the Grand Ave. food court

September 18, 2018

The last time we dropped by the ever-emptying Shops of Grand Avenue, we said goodbye to Boston Store. A few months before that, we paid our respects to the recently closed Rocky Rococo. Only four restaurants re...

SafeHouse, AJ Bombers, country prepare for National Cheeseburger Day on September 18

September 17, 2018

Today—Monday, September 17—is...let's see here...International Country Music Day! Fun! Go out and enjoy some country music (and ask us about a killer country ballad we once wrote called "Bar Dice")! Meanwhile, ...

245 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Crawfish Junction (Milford)

September 14, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I may have eaten a fish fry on every Friday for the past 245 weeks, but I have also gone t...

Here are 15 more patios to enjoy in the last 10 days of summer

September 12, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Over the last three-plus years, we’ve listed seven patios that make you feel like you’re not in Milwaukee, 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios, then 13 more goddamn patios. After that, ...

Relive 25 years of Colectivo with this illustrated timeline

September 12, 2018

Milwaukee is in the throes of change: new buildings replacing old buildings, new businesses replacing old businesses, new spaces "activating" old spaces. It's a lot to take in. For decades, however, there's bee...

We went to a Big Boy Restaurant

September 11, 2018

Big Boy still holds a special place in Milwaukee's heart. At one point, the classic burger chain and diner boasted more than 1,000 locations nationwide, and over 60 of those were Marc's Big Boy restaurants. ...

Guy Fieri was in Pewaukee last night, ate pizza (Update/Correction: Nope!)

September 9, 2018

UPDATE/CORRECTION: Welp, this is embarrassing! With numerous readers challenging the original claim made in this post, we did some digging and can now say with certainty that Guy Fieri was not at Doc's Dry Doc ...

244 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: 5 O’Clock Club (Pewaukee)

September 7, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. At 4 o'clock this past Friday, I found myself seated—not at a restaurant waiting for a Fri...

Food (including Friday fish fry) is coming back to Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom

September 6, 2018

It's been a wild ride for the Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom. Since opening in April 2017, the microbrewery/taproom has revitalized a 144-year-old building in the once-shuttered Pabst Brewery site, resurre...

Heeeere’s the theme for Odd Duck’s 2018 Halloween Feast

September 3, 2018

Some quick, obvious, and fun facts: Halloween is great. Odd Duck is great. Halloween at Odd Duck is really great. Past Halloweens have seen the ever-busy Bay View restaurant go all out with themed, multi-course...

243 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Landmark Inn (Mequon)

August 31, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. You've probably had similar thoughts. You've driven past a place that looked intriguing, a...

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