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East Side locksmith Badge Lock & Key closes (and locks) doors after 45 years

Matt Wild
March 10, 2023
It's the kind of place you don't think about until you need it, and the kind of place you don't appreciate until it's gone.On March 31, after 45 years of holding down a small storefront on the corner of Far...

Coming soon: The glorious return of Koppa’s deli

Matt Wild
February 28, 2023
For decades after it opened in 1982, Koppa's (1940 N. Farwell Ave.) served as both a quirky East Side grocery store and a quirky East Side deli. (Could it be considered a bodega? Maybe!) Kitschy decorations, fu...

North Avenue getting new sports bar, North Sports Bar

Matt Wild
February 7, 2023
After sitting empty for nearly a year, a storied North Avenue bar/restaurant/venue space on the East Side is set to get a new business.Local restaurant industry veteran Raymond Sanchez plans to open a sport...

The inexplicable ‘Medieval Madness’ pinball machine at East Side Maytag Coin Laundry: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild
January 26, 2023
Laundromats are quirky, liminal-space pockets of humanity, and the laundromats of Milwaukee's East Side are no different. There's that little laundromat on Murray Avenue, located between a convenience store and...

Upper East Bar set to reopen under new ownership

Matt Wild
January 2, 2023
East Side corner bar Upper East Bar (1732 E. North Ave.) has been closed for a few months, but that may soon change.License applications filed with the city indicate a new ownership group called Premier Clo...

The Jazz Estate will reopen in February with new cocktail program, “limited live music”

Matt Wild
January 2, 2023
East Side staple The Jazz Estate (2423 N. Murray Ave.) recently finished up its annual monthlong series of The Commercialists playing the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas. The club is now taking January off, ...

Revamped Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen now home to some of East Side’s best food, drinks

Matt Wild
November 10, 2022
It's a quiet Wednesday on the East Side, but inside Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen—née Hacienda Beer Co.—something is happening. Amidst pockets of folks sipping beer at the bar and a handful of tables taking pa...

East Side street between Hooligan’s and Crossroads Collective could become public plaza

Matt Wild
November 4, 2022
With talk still bubbling about partially closing Brady Street to vehicular traffic, another East Side street could soon become a traffic-less public plaza: Ivanhoe Place. Specifically, a half-block of East Ivan...

Witness the last call of Judge’s Irish Pub on the East Side

Matt Wild
October 25, 2022
Judge's Irish Pub (1431 E. North Ave.) is no more.Well, the classic/infamous East Side watering hole has been closed since 2013, but the Judge's building—built in 1905—is now no more. Crews were on site Tue...

East Side Bar And Grill planned for former Seoul space on Prospect Avenue

Matt Wild
September 8, 2022
A new bar and grill is planned for the East Side. It's called, appropriately enough, East Side Bar And Grill.The business is located in the former Seoul Korean Restaurant space at 2178 N. Prospect Ave. Lice...

East Side residents concerned about losing good restaurant seats object to proposed apartments

Matt Wild
August 21, 2022
An apartment building proposed for a site near Downer Avenue on Milwaukee's east side is getting some pushback from nearby residents. And that pushback is hilarious.Several condominium owners and homeowners...

Plant-based eatery and bar, Nice Times, coming to former Snack Boys/Hotel Foster

Matt Wild
December 21, 2021
It may not feel like it, but nice times are ahead, Milwaukee.Nice Times, a new plant-based restaurant and bar, is set to open in the old Snack Boys/Hotel Foster space at 2028 E. North Ave. on the city's eas...

Pizza Man is “genuinely sorry” about that plumbing thing, is temporarily closed for repairs

Matt Wild
September 28, 2021
Last Friday, we stumbled into quite the scene on the city's east side. It seems that the plumbing from longtime local pizza purveyor Pizza Man (2597 N. Downer Ave.) was leaking through the ceiling of the small ...

Pizza Man plumbing has been leaking into bar next door; Pizza Man employees “voluntarily resign”

Matt Wild
September 25, 2021
On Friday afternoon, the East Side location of Pizza Man (2597 N. Downer Ave.) posted a message to social media saying that the restaurant would be "open for carryout and delivery only." But the reason for that...

Let’s all chip in and buy Paddy’s Pub for $639,900 and not turn it into something awful

Matt Wild
September 23, 2021
Hey! Milwaukee! Let's all chip in, raise about $639,900, buy the iconic East Side bar Paddy's Pub (2339-2345 N. Murray Ave.), and not turn it into something awful like luxury apartments or whatever! How 'bout i...

Louie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers is open on the East Side and it’s good

Matt Wild
April 6, 2021
Back in February we hipped you to a place called Louie's Char Dogs & Butter Burgers, opening soon at 2336 N. Farwell Ave.—a.k.a. the little strip mall on the East Side where Blockbuster used to be. Well, th...

Black Cat Alley is seeking three artists (or artist teams) to create three new murals

Matt Wild
August 20, 2020
In a Mandatory Milwaukee piece from earlier this year, we had this to say about Black Cat Alley: The site may now shy away from any overt social or political statements, but the natural alley-ness of the alley...

The East Side is getting a nifty outdoor “Art Lot”

Matt Wild
July 22, 2020
Do you like Milwaukee's East Side neighborhood? Do you like art? Do you like eating and/or hanging out in once-underused parking lots that now feature colorful picnic tables painted by local artists? If you ans...

Summer Soulstice cancels 2020 fest, launches virtual “Tribute to Soulstice” for East Side businesses

Matt Wild
April 27, 2020
The organizers of the annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival announced on Monday that the 2020 installment of the fest has been canceled. The fest was previously scheduled for June 20. It would have been the 20...

Here’s how you can support a bunch of East Side and Downer Avenue businesses

Matt Wild
March 25, 2020
When you're finished perusing our up-to-date list of relief fundraisers for Milwaukee bars, restaurants, and venues, why not explore some ways to support a bunch of East Side and Downer Avenue businesses, too? ...
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