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Giannis has (almost) joined Yelich on Walker’s Point mural

April 23, 2019

The Milwaukee Bucks. Good grief, what can you say about the Milwaukee Bucks? Monday night, the Bucks defeated the Detroit Pistons to complete a four-game series sweep and advance to the second round of the play...

The Dark Horse Tavern is now open in former Junior’s Hook location

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2019

New year, new bars! (Yes, we know we're more than a week into 2019 now, but give us a few more days with these sort of intros, will ya?)Last fall, Milwaukee learned that Junior's Hook, which opened in Walke...

Check out Canni, Milwaukee’s first hemp and CBD specialty shop

Tyler Maas

October 2, 2018

In case you haven't noticed, availability of hemp and cannabidiol (better known as "CBD") products has gone up considerably lately. Recently, awareness of the versatile hemp plant and its naturally-occurring ca...

FieriCon will transform Walker’s Point into Flavortown on August 25

Tyler Maas

August 2, 2018

We've entered August, but Milwaukee's festival season isn't slowing down at all, even though we're now in the summer's last full month. In fact, there are some new events that are coming up in August, including...

Dream Lab aims to blur the line between coffee shop and artist studio

Matt Wild

January 23, 2018

"I want to be the creative hub. I want to have a hand in everything creative that goes on in this city. I want it to happen here."So says Shawn DeKay, owner, creator, and dreamer-upper of Dream Lab, a hybri...

La Perla leaves its mark on Walker’s Point

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2016

//Last night, word came that after 21 mostly-fruitful years in business, La Perla was sold, and the restaurant will be closing its doors for good this weekend. By closing time on Saturday night, the Mexica...

First Impression: Urban Harvest Brewing Company

Tyler Maas

July 11, 2016

//Once regarded for such amenities as its good-to-great Mexican restaurants, sustaining a pocket of night clubs, and, well, being pretty close to 2nd Street and all its nightlife, 5th Street in Walker's Po...

First Impression: Junior’s Hook

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2015

As unfair as it is, any business that opens shop at 1517 S. Second Street will inevitably draw comparisons to a legendary former tenant of the understated Walker's Point site. In early 2012, Bomb Shelter was fo...

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