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The Vanguard is making some menu changes this week

February 26, 2025

Since opening just over 10 years ago, The Vanguard has established itself as the pinnacle of tubed meat delicacies in Milwaukee. Even though the Bay View bar and restaurant has a winning mix of specialty sausag...

George Webb on Oakland is closed; building owner would like something that’s NOT George Webb

Matt Wild

February 26, 2025

After more than 15 years of dedicated service, affordable burgers, and eternally sketchy vibes, the George Webb at 2935 N. Oakland Ave. on Milwaukee's East Side has closed. The news was first reported on Tuesda...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (February 12-25, 2025)

Matt Wild

February 26, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to become “Wisconsin Frozen Pizzas” on June 12

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2025

A somewhat recent phenomenon in minor league, semi-professional, and summer league baseball has been the temporary team name transformation. It’s a fun and effective way to bring fans out to the ballpark and se...

No matter the season, Danny Arcane will heat things up with “Girl”

Matt Wild

February 26, 2025

Milwaukee singer-songwriter Danny Arcane largely travels in the indie-pop lane, but he's no stranger to some good old fashioned slow jams. Back in 2023, The U.S.- and U.K.-raised Arcane released the smooth "Do ...

Fuzzysurf does anything but blend in on ambitious, genre-jumping double LP, ‘Chameleons’

Tyler Maas

February 25, 2025

Since the band's 2017 origin, Fuzzysurf has become known for its tremendous, next-level music videos that are routinely paired with upbeat, indie-tinged surf rock compositions. It's been a pattern you could rel...

Orange two-sided anchor tied to the Milwaukee Boat: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

February 25, 2025

The beloved Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just "The Boat"—ran ashore on October 13, 2024. But this article isn't about who owns the thing or why it hasn...

The Catered Quiz: Mack Bates answers questions about Siskel & Ebert, Susan Sarandon, and Angela Bassett

Rick Katschke

February 25, 2025

Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, actor and film writer Mack Bates is this week’s guest on The Catered Quiz! On Mack’s episode, he answers questions about Siskel & Ebert and two of his favorite actress...

7 Wisconsin drinks deserving of a Sloppy Boys review

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2025

What iiiiiiiiiiiiis up? This Saturday, The Sloppy Boys—a podcast that "takes a deep dive into the drinks that you love"—will be coming to X-Ray Arcade for the penultimate stop on its winter tour. Beyond the lau...

Let’s vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile will melt this year (2025 edition)

Matt Wild

February 24, 2025

Hey! Guess what? It's time to vote on when the Marcus Center snow pile will melt THIS year! You know the pile. It's that big snow pile in downtown Milwaukee, at 929 N. Water St. The one on the side of the Ma...

Old 97’s to kick off Tosa Tonight’s 2025 season

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2025

Since 2000, the Tosa Tonight summer concert series has brought free and family-friendly live music to Rotary Performance Pavilion in Wauwatosa’s Hart Park. Thankfully, Tosa Tonight won't just be returning for a...

Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs has been uploading musical gems to YouTube since 2021

Matt Wild

February 24, 2025

In the history of Milwaukee bands that broke into the mainstream—albeit briefly—no group leaves a stranger mark than The Frogs. Brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion formed the aggressively lo-fi and subversive alt...

Watch Bob Uecker give a (wacky) tour of his home circa 1985

Matt Wild

February 24, 2025

It's been just over a month since Milwaukee/baseball/broadcasting/universe legend Bob Uecker passed away at age 90. Since then, we've been regularly revisiting the wealth of clips from Uecker's unique career: i...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Simone

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 22, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Sluggo’s Sports Pub & Grill is #2 sports bar in U.S., has fast fish fry

Caleb Westphal

February 21, 2025

broadstreet.zone(156201); Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week, fish fry #581: Sluggo's Sports Pub & G...

Wisconsin Taste Test: Purple Door’s “Wisconsin Brandy Old-Fashioned” and “Beer And Pretzels” ice cream

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 21, 2025

In Wisconsin Taste Test, two Milwaukee Record folks share their thoughts on two new-to-them "Wisconsin-y" food or drink items. Think raw beef sandwiches, Old-Fashioneds, and those giant bags of generic candy th...

The Keystones stay on the grind with synth-flavored “SHINJUKU”

Matt Wild

February 21, 2025

Everything's a grind, right? Eking out a living, maintaining our jobs, maintaining our relationships, releasing a new five-song EP that deals with the very concept of grinding and working and working some more ...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (January 2025)

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 21, 2025

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HERE. This month, Matt...

Avalon Theater will be one long smorgasbord at our March 19 screening of ‘Tremors’

Matt Wild

February 20, 2025

In a recent retrospective for The Reveal, Keith Phipps calls 1990's Tremors a "five-star three-star movie." "It doesn't aim as high as, say, Born On The Fourth of July, the 1989 holdover that topped the box off...

Women’s Beer And Spirits Collective to host more than 30 Milwaukee-area fundraising events in March

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2025

For many years, the beer and spirits industries were completely dominated by men. Male distributors sold products made by male brewers and distillers to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores that were typically ...

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