First Impression: Meraki

Todd Lazarski
On first glance, there isn’t a lot to distinguish Meraki, the new venture from Chad Meier, former chef at Blue Jacket. It’s doing the same thing, in the same neighborhood, as most of the rest of the Milwaukee r...

Here’s the lineup for Mitten Fest 2015

Tyler Maas
You know a show is going to be great when close to a thousand people on Facebook have already committed to going without even knowing who’s playing. In its first two years, Burnhearts’ annual Mitten Fest ser...

Extra Points: The Green Bay-Buffalo connection

Tyler Maas
On paper, the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills couldn't be more different. One franchise owns four Lombardi Trophies, as the other is best known for losing four consecutive Super Bowls. Since the Brett Favre...

First Impression: District 14 Brewery & Pub

Tyler Maas
For every Milwaukee-area restaurant that promptly opens without warning or anticipation, approximately one dozen land nowhere near the neighborhood of their projected launch date. It’s not as much a Milwaukee-s...

First Impression: Morel

Todd Lazarski
When chef Jonathan Manyo left his native Milwaukee to cut culinary teeth on the scene in California, Cincinnati, and Portland, Walker’s Point was but a hodgepodge of old Rust Belt decay, gritty artist types, an...

Bay View Bash 2014: A minute-by-minute recap

Tyler Maas
And then there were none. After yet another Milwaukee summer rife with festivals and block parties, Saturday’s Bay View Bash unofficially brought the celebration of the season in the City of Festivals to a clos...

First Impression: Cream City Swirl

Tyler Maas
Bay View is in the midst of a restaurant renaissance. The chunk of southeast Milwaukee—which already has such feathers as Odd Duck, Guanajuato, both DeMarinis, Palomino, Classic Slice, and Hué proudly stuck in ...