Tag: Walker’s Point

Exterior of Ruta's Fresh Indian Fare in Walker's Point

Ruta’s Fresh Indian Fare will close Walker’s Point location April 30

April 17, 2026

Walker's Point is losing a terrific restaurant. On Friday, the always delicious Ruta's Fresh Indian Fare announced that it will be closing its Walker's Point location at 207 W. Freshwater Way. The restaurant...

Station 1846 brings new coffee shop, bar, event venue to Walker’s Point

Carmella D'Acquisto

August 20, 2024

Milwaukee's Walker’s Point neighborhood recently welcomed a new multi-hyphenated gathering space: Station 1846 (215 W. Bruce St.; 414-209-4808). The coffee shop, bar, co-working and event space celebrated its g...

New wine bar, Cork MKE, coming soon to Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

October 3, 2023

A new wine bar is coming soon to 1039 S. 5th St. in Walker's Point. The space was formerly home to Green Life Trading Co. and The Glass Pantry. Cork MKE will be owned and operated by Betty and Christopher Ho...

New raw bar planned for former Laughing Taco space in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

January 16, 2023

Just over a year after The Laughing Taco closed its doors at 1033 S. 1st St., a new raw bar is being planned for the Walker's Point space. A license application filed with the city reveal that 2A Wine Mercha...

Hen’s Deli is open, we tried it, and it’s great

Matt Wild

January 5, 2023

Last summer, Walker's Point soup staple Soup Bros. quietly closed its doors at 209 W. Florida St. Happily, the space wasn't empty for long: On December 22, Hen's Deli—a.k.a. the first physical location for Dail...

Hen’s Deli set to land at former Soup Bros. space in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

October 4, 2022

Roughly two months after the closure of Walker's Point staple Soup Bros. (and roughly two days after the closure of Soup Bros.' sister restaurant, Boo-Boo's Sandwiches), a new business has announced plans to se...

Indeed Brewing Company will open September 6 in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

September 3, 2019

Hey! Minneapolis' Indeed Brewing is just about ready to open its pilot brewery and taproom in Milwaukee. The new Walker's Point location, 530 S. 2nd St., will open to the public on Friday, September 6 with a ri...

Adventure Rock plans to open new location in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

August 20, 2019

Good news for fans of climbing stuff: indoor climbing gym Adventure Rock plans to open a third Milwaukee-area location. The new rock-climbing paradise will be at 613 S. Second St., a.k.a. the soon-to-be-former ...

35 pictures of NorthSouth Club, the giant new axe-throwing/shuffleboard bar in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

July 26, 2019

To paraphrase Douglas Adams, NorthSouth Club—a.k.a. the new axe-throwing/shuffleboard bar located at 230 E. Pittsburgh Ave. in Walker's Point—is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly b...

Please enjoy 22 pictures of the new Zócalo food truck park in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

July 13, 2019

Hey! Zócalo Food Park, a.k.a. the city's first food truck park, is celebrating its grand opening today! Zócalo is located at 636 S. 6th St. in Walker's Point, one block west of the former La Fuente! It's pretty...

Welcome…to the grand opening of that Walker’s Point food truck park (July 13)

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

File under "Milwaukee Finds A Way": Zócalo Food Park, a.k.a. the city's first food truck park, will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, July 13. Zócalo is located at 636 S. 6th Street in Walker's Point, one b...

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

Matt Wild

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...

Tagged Walker’s Point