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On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 4: The road narrows

July 18, 2024

Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...

On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 3: Civil war and fictional podcasts

Tad Kriofske Mainella

July 17, 2024

Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...

On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 2: Honest Abe and Mother Jones

Tad Kriofske Mainella

July 16, 2024

Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...

On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 1: American giants

Tad Kriofske Mainella

July 15, 2024

Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...

RTDs in MKE: We evaluated a bunch of local canned cocktail brands

Rusty Drinkswell

July 9, 2024

As pretty much all of you know, summertime in Milwaukee is pretty much magical. The front page of this very site at any moment between the first 69 degree day (nice) and the Packers kicking off on a not-yet-fro...

Some semi-deep final thoughts on Summerfest 2024

Matt Wild

July 8, 2024

To paraphrase a great band that played Summerfest in 1983: it's the end of Summerfest 2024 and I feel fine. Of Summerfest 2024's nine days—divided into three consecutive Thursday-Friday-Saturday chunks—I att...

Take me back to Summerfest 2011: Alkaline Trio at U.S. Cellular Connection Stage

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2024

As strange as it sounds, I think one of my favorite aspects of Summerfest is just how not on the pulse of popular music it can be. There are a lot of moving parts involved with trying to book something for ever...

I invented a “Happy Gilmore” cocktail. Here’s the recipe

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2024

Since we're screening Happy Gilmore at Avalon Theater on Wednesday, I figured now might be a good time to tell you about a drink I invented that's named after that wonderful 1996 sports comedy. Much like most o...

Living in the city, getting lunch at Gyro Palace

Matt Wild

May 23, 2024

Years ago, I briefly worked for a guy who delivered free weekly newspapers and magazines to Milwaukee businesses. You know, the stuff you'd find scattered on the floor next to racks of The Onion and Shepherd Ex...

500 words about my favorite Milwaukee sandwich: Colectivo’s Turkey Club

Matt Wild

May 18, 2024

broadstreet.zone(160542); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Third Space Brewing. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy adventurous, odd, and elaborate coverage of all t...

Animal Well, and the pleasures of not knowing

Matt Wild

May 14, 2024

I was roughly two hours into Animal Well before I realized what was going on. The game had opened simply enough. Four pixelated flames appeared and disappeared. My pixelated player character—a little Meatwad...

I ate like Giannis Antetokounmpo for a weekend

Tyler Maas

May 13, 2024

broadstreet.zone(160542); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Third Space Brewing. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy adventurous, odd, and elaborate coverage of all t...

10 ways to help Milwaukee Record continue for (at least) 10 more years

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2024

In case you missed the news, Milwaukee Record celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, April 7, 2024. That day was declared to be "Milwaukee Record Day" throughout the city, as proclaimed by Mayor Cavalier Jo...

I ran the fast food gauntlet at Lake Forest Oasis

Tyler Maas

February 29, 2024

Today, the world got to enjoy an extra day. Due to an oversight in the Gregorian calendar thousands of years ago, earth is still granted a 29th day in February (or "Leap Day") once every four years. We don’t ...

How does Anodyne Coffee’s Milwaukee Record Blend pair with various types of booze? We found out!

Rusty Drinkswell

February 8, 2024

Below are the finest 900-ish words ever written about mixing airplane bottles of alcohol with Anodyne Coffee Roasting's Milwaukee Record Blend—which can be found at each of the Milwaukee-based coffee company's ...

Make it MKE scents: Here are some of my favorite Milwaukee smells

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2024

At the risk of sounding overconfident, I think Milwaukee Record manages to cover a lot of ground for a two-person operation with a great cast of freelance contributors. Over the span of almost 10 years, our nea...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Feeling optimistic about the city in 2024

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2024

Some feelings of early-year optimism come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Feeling optimistic about Milwaukee in 2024. In case you hadn't heard, we'r...

Silk Exotic on Silver Spring has closed, so here’s our story about seeing 2 Live Crew there in 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 2, 2024

Time's up, boss: After 20 years in business, the original Silver Spring Road location of Milwaukee gentlemen's club Silk Exotic has apparently closed. "#SilkMilwaukee on Silver Spring is CLOSED," reads an annou...

I built my dream Mexican fast food meal on Layton Avenue (and you can too!)

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2023

In case you haven't heard yet, allow me to be the bearer of good news. Milwaukee is home to a brand new Taco John's! The region's newest "West-Mex" purveyor—joining the recently opened Taco John's locations in ...

I went to the last Blimpie Subs in Wisconsin

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2023

Last weekend, I took to our social media accounts and reposted an October 2022 article where I went to the last Ponderosa restaurant location in Wisconsin. (Yes, it's the one in Wisconsin Dells and it's still o...

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