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“If the ghost shows again, we are all going to fight together”: The Pfister Hotel All-Star Ghost Team

October 9, 2018

October is a time for baseball and spookiness, and nowhere on Earth do the two collide quite like Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel. The historic hotel, completed in 1893 by Charles Pfister, has long been rumored to be...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Pizza Shuttle saved my life (and it could save yours)

Matt Wild

October 3, 2018

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...

A-side/B-side: Who’s the 2018 National League MVP?

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 28, 2018

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. Nick Olig: T...

5 Milwaukee area Big Boy burger impostors

Tyler Maas

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

Matt Wild

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...

So long, Soul Low

Matt Wild

September 19, 2018

Sad news, Milwaukee music fans: Soul Low, one of the city's best bands, has called it quits. The writing has been on the wall for some time (band members moved to different parts of the country last year), but ...

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

Matt Wild

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...

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

Tyler Maas

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, ...

Here’s a guide to this fall’s Bay View Gallery Night

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2018

Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive artistic undertaking brings together talented area artists and...

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

Caleb Westphal

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...

We spent the day playing vintage video games at every vintage video arcade in Milwaukee

DJ Hostettler

September 6, 2018

In case you've been an internet-free shut-in for the last year, vintage arcade video games are back in a big way. The arcade bar scene has been percolating nationwide for the last few years—Logan Arcade in Chic...

Four years later, what are we still doing in Shrekfest’s swamp?

Tone Madison

September 4, 2018

The following piece by Scott Gordon was originally published on Tone Madison. In his defense, the guy who started this whole Shrekfest thing in Madison had no intention of actually putting on an event called...

Annual “Mindset List” looks into the lives of college freshmen born in the year 2000

Matt Wild

August 30, 2018

Beginning in 1998, Beloit College's annual Mindset List has attempted to give college professors a peek inside the minds and world views of incoming college freshmen. "So-and-so has never been alive during thei...

I took CBD capsules for 10 days to see what all the buzz was about

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

MKE Music Rewind: Decibully, “On The Way To Your Hotel”

Tyler Maas

August 23, 2018

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. I'm a sucker for opening tracks. While most artists typically sl...

Just a man and his squirrel: The story of “Peapod”

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2018

Though metro Milwaukee is the most densely populated part of Wisconsin by far, the state's largest city and its surrounding suburbs still manage to offer residents an opportunity to witness our fair share of na...

15 more Milwaukee area patios

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2018

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, we rounded up another 15 p...

240 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Wisconsin State Fair (Slim’s Lakefront Brew Pub & Eatery, Door County Fish Boil)

Caleb Westphal

August 10, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The first time I saw Alice Cooper was at the Fond du Lac County Fair in 2006. I had plans ...

It’s apparently International Cat Day, so here’s everything we’ve published about cats

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 8, 2018

Today is August 8, 2018. Coincidentally, today is also apparently International Cat Day. Please don't fault us for nearly forgetting this momentous annual occasion that's reserved for celebrating, honoring, and...

A brief history of Bob Uecker bobbleheads and all-fan giveaways

Matt Wild

August 7, 2018

Over the weekend, Milwaukee Brewers fans streaming into Miller Park were treated to a particularly delightful all-fan giveaway: a Bob Uecker Talking Bottle Opener. Finally, the time-honored act of cracking open...

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