Tag: East Side

Nadi Plates will open brick-and-mortar Italian restaurant in full Crossroads Collective space

April 21, 2025

Last week, East Side food hall Crossroads Collective, 2238 N. Farwell Ave., announced its impending closure on May 8. Crossroads noted that an unnamed local restaurant was set to expand into the full space. A w...

New Panera on corner of North and Oakland will open November 19

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

The Milwaukee dining scene was sent reeling this summer when we reported that a Panera Bread was opening on the high-profile corner of North and Oakland avenues, 1800 E. North Ave., on the city's east side. And...

Food/Drink Roundup: Support East Side businesses in their construction time of need

Matt Wild

October 9, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: East Side businesses that need support while ...

New Panera Bread coming to corner of North and Oakland

Matt Wild

August 26, 2024

Is there any national eatery that inspires more excitement than Panera Bread? Well... A new Panera Bread is coming to the corner of North and Oakland Avenues on Milwaukee's East Side. At 1800 E. North Ave., ...

Open now: Taichi Bubble Tea, in the old Hotel Foster/Globe East space

Matt Wild

July 25, 2024

Taichi Bubble Tea is now open at 2028 E. North Ave. It's the first Wisconsin location for the national bubble tea and ramen chain, and the 8,000th new bubble tea and ramen joint in Milwaukee (approximately). He...

Scenes from Summer Soulstice Music Festival 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 17, 2024

The summer solstice isn't until this Thursday; this past Saturday, however, was the East Side's Summer Soulstice Music Festival. Five stages, one DJ alley, dozens of bands and artists, too many vendors to count...

Bubble tea place still coming to old Hotel Foster space, apparently

Matt Wild

June 11, 2024

Back in November 2023, we informed you that the old Hotel Foster space at 2028 E. North Ave. was participating in the federally and universally mandated program that all vacant or soon-to-be-vacant commercial s...

Shout-out to the old Chancery on Downer, which has been empty for 17 years

Matt Wild

May 10, 2024

On March 31, 2007, local restaurant chain The Chancery closed its location at 2575 N. Downer Avenue. The building has been empty ever since. Yep, this prime chunk of East Side real estate has been empty for ...

Here’s the musical lineup for Summer Soulstice 2024

Tyler Maas

May 2, 2024

On Saturday, June 15, the East Side will be alive for the 2024 Summer Soulstice Music Festival. In addition to the oodles of food vendors and retailers taking over various thoroughfares and side streets surroun...

Bullseye Records will close, reopen under new ownership as Irving Place Records

Matt Wild

February 1, 2024

After nearly 20 years, change is coming to a certain record store at 1627 E. Irving Pl. on the East Side. But don't worry—the change won't be too drastic. The venerable Bullseye Records will close its doors ...

That Culver’s mural/sign on the East Side: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

January 22, 2024

Milwaukee is currently in the throes of a mural renaissance. It seems a week can't go by without the unveiling of another gorgeous mural on a previously unadorned side of a prominent building. There are colorfu...

Bubble tea place coming to old Hotel Foster/Globe space, 132 steps from other bubble tea place

Matt Wild

November 28, 2023

Do you like bubble tea, Milwaukee? Yes, you LOVE bubble tea. How can we tell? Because bubble tea places have been popping up like, well, bubbles lately, especially on the East Side. There's Elite Boba MKE at 19...

Sip & Purr Cat Cafe will relocate to Brady Street in 2024

Matt Wild

October 12, 2023

Popular East Side "drink some drinks and pet/adopt some cats" spot Sip & Purr Cat Cafe, located at 2021 E. Ivanhoe Pl. since opening in 2018, announced Thursday that it will high-tail it to Brady Street in ...

East Side restaurant Tavolino closed “until further notice”

Matt Wild

October 3, 2023

According to a Monday-night social media post, Italian restaurant Tavolino, located at 2315 N. Murray Ave. on Milwaukee's east side, has closed. "It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Tavolin...

R.I.P. Louie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers?

Matt Wild

September 23, 2023

Two and a half years after opening in an East Side strip mall at 2336 N. Farwell Ave., sausage and burger joint Louie's Char Dogs & Butter Burgers appears to be closed. A sign informing customers that "we a...

East Side Maytag Coin Laundry will close August 27

Matt Wild

August 16, 2023

It's the final spin for a longtime laundromat on Milwaukee's east side. After 17 years in business, East Side Maytag Coin Laundry, 2009 E. Kenilworth Pl., will close its doors (and washers and dryers) on Sun...

Work has begun on protected bike lanes for East North Avenue

Matt Wild

August 8, 2023

If you've driven on the East Side stretch of East North Avenue in the last few days—you know, that stretch between Prospect Avenue and the east end of the Milwaukee River bridge—you've probably noticed that tra...

Here’s the lineup for Black Cat Alley’s free “Black Cat Rising” concert series

Matt Wild

June 27, 2023

If you dropped by Black Cat Alley during this year's Summer Soulstice Music Festival, you likely saw a block-long alley/outdoor art gallery teeming with people. That's because Black Cat—located between E. Kenil...

26 photos (and 1 video) from Summer Soulstice 2023

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 18, 2023

The East Side was alive on Saturday for the 2023 Summer Soulstice Music Festival. Three stages, oodles of food trucks, and oodles of vendors took over various thoroughfares and side streets surrounding the inte...

A look inside the future home of Pabst Theater Group’s upcoming East Side concert venue

Matt Wild

May 23, 2023

When the Pabst Theater Group opens its new East Side concert venue in early 2024, show-goers will find it has a lot in common with the venue it has replaced, The Back Room @ Colectivo. In fact, it's better to t...

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