First Impression: Sticky Rice
This year has been an unprecedented one for restaurants. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, food purveyors have been forced to make drastic changes to their practices, overhaul their business model, retrain what's left ...
First Impression: Fuji Poké
Poké is sweeping the city. As recently as a couple years ago, the edible island dish was only available at a select few establishments in and around Milwaukee. However, the Hawaiian delicacy has quickly caught ...
First Impression: Pizza Pete’s (Cudahy)
On our various sojourns to our friendly neighbor to the south, Cudahy, we're always keen to explore the dining options on offer. We're especially interested in the many strip mall eateries—those clearly niche j...
First Impression: Damascus Gate Restaurant
The world could use some good news. Here, in what presently seems to be the darkest of timelines and at a point in which compassion and basic human decency seem especially scare, it's easy to drown in the delug...
First Impression: Sabor Tropical
This story begins in the final days of 2016. As one year drew to a close and gave way to 2017, Midwest Diner decided to call it quits. Unbeknownst to anyone, the sudden closure of the venerable 24-hour greasy s...
First Impression: Hemp World CBD Cafe
It's been quite a year for CBD in Milwaukee. After finally hitting store shelves this summer, Cannabidiol (better known as “CBD”)—a hemp extract that’s a distant relative of marijuana without THC—has become muc...
First Impression: Stock House Brewing Co.
Following a Kickstarter campaign, considerable construction, various delays, and approval from the City of Wauwatosa, Stock House Brewing (7208 W. North Ave., 414-739-9876) officially opened last week. Owned by...
First Impression: SmallPie
Last week, Bay View—a neighborhood that's already home to such dessert destinations as Babe's Ice Cream, Canfora Bakery, and Honeypie—got a little bit sweeter. SmallPie (2504 E. Oklahoma Ave., 414-763-7067) off...
First Impression: Pita Palace
Last month, Milwaukee’s first Golden Corral opened on Layton Avenue. For reasons we can't quite grasp, the franchise’s arrival on the airport-adjacent causeway—which is also home to some quietly great restauran...
First Impression: Vennture Brew Co
We've now reached a point in which there's a new brewery opening in Milwaukee every month. An incredibly busy 2017 in local microbrewing—the likes of which had never been seen before in Milwaukee—now looks to b...
First Impression: Component Brewing Company
Though Milwaukee craft brewing has yet to hit a point of oversaturation, the city has reached a place in which breweries are literally opening on top of each other. In early 2017, Eagle Park Brewing opened a ta...
First Impression: Pizza Di Famiglia
Bay View isn't exactly hurting for pizza. Even with the recent loss of Little DiMarinis, the neighborhood is still bursting with a wide variety of pizza purveyors to suit almost any 'za craving. Places like Dom...
First Impression: Oscar’s Winner’s Circle
In spring of 2011, Elisabeth Stoeger and husband Oscar Castañeda quietly opened Oscar's Pub & Grill on 17th and Pierce. It didn't take long for buzz to build around the bar and restaurant, its excellent sel...
Fat Dan’s Pizza & Sammiches brings a locally sourced touch to St. Francis
Last month, St. Francis welcomed a new carryout restaurant specializing in pizza and sandwiches made from locally sourced ingredients. Fat Dan's Pizza & Sammiches (4241 S. Packard Ave., 414-483-3287) opened...
Here’s every conceivable thing you need to know about Milwaukee’s (and Wisconsin’s) first Shake Shack
In case you missed it here and at virtually every other publication in town, a Shake Shack will open in the Third Ward at 11 a.m. tomorrow (December 6). We're not usually the type to go unjustifiably crazy when...
First Impression: Birch + Butcher
“Contemporary Midwest cuisine.” The chosen style of cuisine served at the new Birch + Butcher (459 E. Pleasant St., 414-323-7372) feels as amorphous and open a concept as the space the restaurant occupies. The ...
First Impression: Wisconsin Pizza Authority
If there’s one thing Milwaukee doesn’t need, it’s probably another pizza place. However, if there’s one thing Milwaukee will never get tired of eating, it’s probably pizza. Last month, we learned the city’s Eas...
First Impression: Izzy Hops
Whether you believe Milwaukee's East Side is growing up, in the midst of being whitewashed by developers, or simply changing, you're correct. Rising rent has resulted in the closure (or in the impending rebrand...
First Impression: Hungry Sumo Sushi Bar
Bay View isn't hurting for quality restaurants. Adding to the culinary acumen the neighborhood boasts is a wide-ranging cast of newcomers who are bringing a welcomed dash of variety to the bounty Bay View alrea...
First Impression: Sushi Go
It's safe to say the food truck trend is in full swing in and around Milwaukee. Most every outdoor event in town now includes an edible component provided by mobile restaurants. Moreover, food trucks are someti...