Tagged East Side

Char’d owners will open new restaurant in former Yokohama

August 23, 2018

Remember East side ramen joint Yokohama? If not, don't worry: the thing came and went in fewer than nine months. The former restaurant has remained empty since February 2018, a wood-paneled blot on an otherwise...

The search for the missing East Side comic book shop iguana is heating up

Matt Wild

August 22, 2018

The story so far: Earlier this summer, a five-foot-long iguana named Nail escaped from the second-story window of East Side comic book shop The Turning Page. Nail owner/Turning Page owner Zach Hauser turned to ...

A five-foot-long iguana is on the loose on the East Side, and it gets goofier from there

Matt Wild

August 9, 2018

Last week, in a momentary break from a world gone ugly and insane, CBS 58 reported on a five-foot-long iguana on the loose in Milwaukee's Murray Hill neighborhood. It seems that a month and a half ago, a pet ig...

New East Side poke place is literally a stone’s throw from other East Side poke place. Let’s demonstrate

Matt Wild

June 28, 2018

Take a stroll around North Avenue on Milwaukee's East Side and you'll find a neighborhood almost completely made over. The empty storefronts and "For Lease" signs of a few years ago are mostly gone, replaced by...

What’s new, and what’s coming soon to the East Side

Matt Wild

June 7, 2018

Back in July 2016, we asked a simple question: Is the East Side dying? Alarmist and eye-catching to be sure ("Is the East Side slowly changing in order to better accommodate current and ever-shifting trends in ...

Milwaukee’s East Side: ramen, poke, cat cafes, axe throwing bars

Matt Wild

January 24, 2018

Still concerned about nightlife on Milwaukee's East Side? Still weirded out when you drive around North Avenue and see the once-busy BBC, Hotel Foster, and Rosati's dark and empty? Well never fear: in addition ...

The Eastsider is closing, turning into a “wine/craft cocktail bar with a soccer twist”

Matt Wild

November 20, 2017

And the North Avenue changes just keep on coming: Today, venerable East Side bar The Eastsider, 1732 E. North Ave., announced it will soon go to that big North Avenue bar crawl in the sky. Yes, The Eastsider is...

Let’s check the health of the East Side by seeing how many of these businesses still exist

Matt Wild

November 15, 2017

For the last year or so, many folks in Milwaukee (including us) have been bemoaning the death of the East Side. The pocket of E. North Avenue, in particular, has been hit hard by high-profile closing after high...

I experienced the magic of the “grown-up” East Side by eating at three ramen places in one night

Matt Wild

October 19, 2017

The strangest thing about the changing face of Milwaukee's East Side is that I should love it. I'm 39 years old, married, a father, and a longtime East Side resident who has long outgrown the beautiful dream of...

Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball about the changing face of Milwaukee’s East Side

Matt Wild

August 16, 2017

This past Sunday, all attendees at the Milwaukee Brewers/Cincinnati Reds game at Miller Park were gifted a truly incredible trinket: a Bob Uecker-themed magic 8-ball. Falling on the scale of promotional-item co...

Summer Soulstice 2017, a minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

June 26, 2017

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the arrival of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. On Saturda...

In Defense Of: The East Side

Matt Wild

June 20, 2017

In a city as relatively small as Milwaukee, certain people, places, or things can get saddled with bad reputations. Even if these reputations are somewhat deserved, Milwaukee Record strives to look past the neg...

Relive the magic of Oriental Drugs with this video from 1987

Matt Wild

May 18, 2017

Milwaukee's East Side, as you may have heard, is changing. Longtime businesses have been dropping off like flies; in the past year alone, BBC, The Hotel Foster, Rosati's, Yield, Rascals, The Winchester, and oth...

Longtime East Side restaurant Hotch is closing

Matt Wild

May 12, 2017

Another day, another East Side closing: Hotch, located at 813 E. Kenilworth Pl., is closing after an impressive 11-year run. Owner Angie Storm tells Milwaukee Record that the building's landlord gave ...

G-Daddy’s BBC is closed

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2017

More sad news for the East Side bar scene, as North Avenue stalwart G-Daddy's BBC, 2022 E. North Ave., abruptly closed today after more than 20 years in business. According to a reader tip, employees were notif...

Inside Black Cat Alley, the East Side’s new “street art destination”

Matt Wild

September 18, 2016

On Sunday, September 18, the East Side's new "street art destination," Black Cat Alley, celebrated its grand opening. The two-block alley, located between Kenilworth Blvd. and Ivanhoe Place between the Orie...

Let’s talk about the supposed death of the East Side some more

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 28, 2016

//Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none ...

A-side/B-side: Is the East Side dying?

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 27, 2016

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.Tyler Maas:&...

15 (mostly extinct) East Side institutions on that North Ave. “Compass” sculpture

Matt Wild

June 22, 2016

//Near the corner of North and Cambridge avenues on Milwaukee's East Side stands a curious piece of public art. A 22-foot-tall light pole juts out from a median in the middle of the road, its body adorned ...

Direct Hit! spots (and becomes?) the East Side Turkey in new video

Tyler Maas

June 8, 2016

//Just over two weeks from now, Direct Hit! will release Wasted Mind, its new full-length and debut record on Fat Wreck Chords, into the world. As one could maybe glean from the title, the album centers on...