Tag: Bay View

Bay View’s Gather Bakehouse will close April 12

April 6, 2026

After roughly two years in business, Bay View bakery Gather Bakehouse, 1100 E. Oklahoma Ave., is closing its doors for good. As first reported by OnMilwaukee and later announced on Gather's social media acco...

Let’s take a close look at this 1988 cartoon map of Bay View and “Milwaukee’s fabulous southeast side”

Tyler Maas

September 17, 2024

We here at Milwaukee Record love ourselves some cartoon maps of the region. We've written about a '70s-era cartoon map of Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin and a brand-laden, delightfully detailed illustrated m...

Common spellings of Bay View, ranked

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2023

This Saturday, upwards of 30,000 people will flock to the southeast corner of Milwaukee to partake in a behemoth block party on Kinnickinnic Avenue. Of course, we're talking about Bay View Bash. Since the massi...

Vanguard owners to open bar and listening lounge in former Lee’s Luxury Lounge

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2023

Back in May, Lee's Luxury Lounge closed after almost 20 years in business. The delightfully kitschy Bay View bar's sudden closure left a noticeable hole in the neighborhood and brought on considerable speculati...

Bay View planning “wheel park” for skateboarders, other riders in Beulah Brinton Playfield

Matt Wild

May 4, 2023

Good news, skate rats and BMX bandits: Bay View may be getting a new "wheel park" in Beulah Brinton Playfield (2555 S. Bay St.)! The 5,000-square-foot-or-less park—dubbed the "Wheel Spot"—would cater to skatebo...

Odd Duck will require proof of vaccination, first Milwaukee restaurant to do so

Matt Wild

January 2, 2022

Effective immediately, Milwaukee's Odd Duck restaurant, 2352 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., will require diners to show proof of vaccination before entering. It appears that the Bay View restaurant is the first dedicate...

Halloweek to bring movies, music, magic, more to Bay View this month

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2021

We've already mentioned it at length, but this fall looks to be one for the ages here in Milwaukee. If the staggering number of festivals we listed and a bunch of standout show selections we recently made aren'...

Ventura’s Taco will open Bay View restaurant May 30

Tyler Maas

May 29, 2021

Those living in or around Bay View might know Ventura's Taco as the popular taco truck that's perpetually parked near the post office on Oklahoma Ave. Well, following months of planning, preparation, and renova...

New bar, Old Skoolz, coming to former Victoria’s in Bay View

Matt Wild

April 29, 2021

A new bar called Old Skoolz is set to open soon in the former Victoria's on Potter at 1100 E. Potter Ave. in Bay View. New bar! Old school! "We are just a laid back classic old school bar with great people,"...

Take a look inside Lion’s Tooth, which is open for appointments and limited walk-ins

Matt Wild

March 22, 2021

Four months after purchasing a storefront in Bay View—and roughly a year and a half after debuting as a subscription service—Lion's Tooth (2421 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 414-455-3498) is finally open. Similar to...

R.I.P. “KK Can Opener”?

Matt Wild

March 15, 2021

Milwaukee's "KK Can Opener" needs no introduction, but here's one anyway: You know that railroad bridge on South Kinnickinnic Avenue, the one near the border of Walker's Point and Bay View, and the one that alw...

Clover Milwaukee is bringing sustainable plants and pottery to Bay View storefront

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2021

We're only four days into 2021 and Bay View already has a new store in its midst. The neighborhood newcomer is Clover Milwaukee, a plant shop that moved to a retail space at 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. The new sh...

Gordo Burger is coming to Bay View

Tyler Maas

December 17, 2020

Stop us if you've heard this before. A new restaurant is planning to open at 2301 S. Howell St. The new occupant of the space located at the high-traffic corner of Lincoln and Howell in Bay View will be a ventu...

The Bay View-adjacent Applebee’s is closed and selling all of its stuff

Tyler Maas

August 26, 2020

Bay View and its surrounding area is no longer eating good in the neighborhood. The Applebee's location in southeast Milwaukee (624 W. Holt Ave.) is closed. While signage posted on the doors of the chain...

Makk ‘n’ Cheese will open in Bay View this weekend

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2020

Way back in early January (which seems like a lifetime ago, doesn't it?), we told you about a "mac and cheese parlor" that was coming to Bay View. That new restaurant venture, Makk ‘n’ Cheese, was expected to o...

Taco Stop MKE is opening a Bay View location

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2020

Last month, Fuji Poké decided to close its Bay View location in order to shift focus to its Brady Street location. While the sudden closure of the restaurant—which had only been open since mid-April—leaves Bay ...

Late-night mac and cheese parlor, Makk ‘n’ Cheese, coming to former Pizza Di Famiglia in Bay View

Matt Wild

January 7, 2020

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story mistakenly reported the name of the new business as Cheezeheads. Milwaukee Record apologizes for the error. For the past few months, Bay View pizza joint Pizza Di F...

Take a look inside the bigger, better, brand new Tippecanoe Herbs shop in Bay View

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2019

Since 2015, the husband and wife team of Kyle Denton and Serena Marinelli has been selling teas, tinctures, salves, infused vinegar, syrups, and oils made from locally foraged and organically farmed plants. Tha...

Bay View’s new RedBrick Pizza will officially open September 1

Tyler Maas

August 31, 2019

After months of waiting, Bay View will officially be getting a new pizza place this weekend. RedBrick Pizza—an artisan pizzeria located at 2202 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in a ground floor retail space in Vue Apartme...

Tart, tangy, saucy, bitter: “Like 20” Fernwood neighbors come together through a shared affinity for weird yard signs

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2019

As the country continues to become more divided by the day, neighbors seem increasingly reluctant to get to know one another. While communities debate trivial things on neighborhood Facebook pages and residents...

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