First Impression: Taco Bandito
Along with the influx of new microbreweries, distilleries, and faceless luxury apartment complexes, Walker's Point has also become a go-to destination for an exciting cast of new restaurants. Following the ...
Welcome to September: Here’s what you’re doing this month
September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. This month also signals the end of Milwaukee's festival season. Though the seasonal shift essentially puts a nine-mo...
All-time Green Bay Packers fantasy football dream team
Roughly halfway into the Packers preseason, there's really not much to talk about. At this point, fans have already heard who is in the best shape of his life, read pieces from pigskin pundits describing which ...
Deerhoof keeps the party going at post-Center Street Daze Mad Planet
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Hours after most folks had stumbled home from the chaos of Center Street Daze on Saturday night, the party raged on indoors at most of the usual Riverwest venues. The Mad Planet after-show was the only e...
Pop-up cocktail bar, “Club Paradise,” set to pop up at All Purpose July 28
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The concept of "pop-up" events has taken hold in Milwaukee in recent years, giving the city pop-up restaurants, pop-up art installations, and pop-up concerts. Now, a pop-up cocktail bar is set to take ov...
Tracklist: 14 “& bands” in local music
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It's tough to decide on a band name. Instead of risking potentially calling a project something regrettable (maybe something food-inspired or in honor of a public figure?) that might eventually wind up b...
La Perla leaves its mark on Walker’s Point
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Last night, word came that after 21 mostly-fruitful years in business, La Perla was sold, and the restaurant will be closing its doors for good this weekend. By closing time on Saturday night, the Mexica...
We ate all the new “food items” at Summerfest
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A few weeks before the start of Summerfest 2016, the Big Gig released a list of new vendors and food items. The announcement didn't quite approach the time-honored ridiculousness of the Wisconsin State F...
Model-turned-poet Elyse Cizek bares her soul in ‘NUDITY’
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Lots of people want to write a book. For Los Angeles (by way of Milwaukee) model Elyse Cizek, it became nothing short of a need. During a particularly depressing Milwaukee winter, she applied her raw emo...
We tried (and failed) “Wisconsin’s Largest Pizza Challenge” at Pizza Shuttle
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Milwaukee's East Side is changing. Though the historic neighborhood is becoming cluttered with cookie cutter apartment complexes, rent is on the rise, and chain restaurants continue to move it, a few bus...
Compliments to the chef: Area gourmets serve up cross-kitchen love
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Today marks the final day of Downtown Dining Week and, with it, the conclusion of Milwaukee Record's unofficial Food Week-type thingy we tried to do. Over the last seven or so days, we featured some Milw...
A-side/B-side: So what do we think of this year’s Summerfest lineup?
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In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.
Matt ...
Summer Film Camp breaks out kid-friendly matinees
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With their movie series put together in accordance with Halloween and Christmas, anime nights, unique monthly themes like "Antihero April" and "Martial Arts May," honoring fallen music greats, not to men...
First Impression: Wauwatiki
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Wauwatosa nightlife is changing. After long existing as Milwaukee's quiet and kind of uptight neighbor, recent years have seen the suburb's dining and drinking identity improve mightily and grow exponent...
Remembering the world’s largest Pac-Man tournament at County Stadium in 1982
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Video games are currently a billion dollar industry, but it's easy to forget how ubiquitous they were in their infancy. Consider Pac-Man, the pellet- and ghost-chomping quarter-sucker that took the world...
Was The Spot 4MKE a boon or a bust? It depends on who’s reporting
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Late last week, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel business reporter Tom Daykin broke the news that The Spot 4MKE, a highly touted "placemaking" project from Creative Alliance Milwaukee, had been put on "indefin...
Spock you like a hurricane: Justin Freer and Dennis McCarthy talk “Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage”
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Music is an important part of the pop culture breakfast. Theme songs, especially, spark a rush of nostalgia and emotional connection to favorite scenes or characters. But of all the pop culture franchise...
How hard was Sheriff Clarke trolling THIS week?
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Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• Let's be honest: we could run a column entitled "How hard was Sheriff ...
Relive Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 with these photos
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God damn, Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 was great. Excuse the tardiness, but we've only recently thawed out, sobered up, and fully processed all the food, fun, friendship, and philanthropy that took place ...
Here’s Mayor Barrett’s “state of the city” speech for 2016
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Monday morning, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2016 "state of the city" speech at the Hmong American Peace Academy. Here's the full text of that speech, via the Journal Sentinel. (The petition...