Wisconsin Taste Test: Red Hot Pickled Eggs and Mild Polish Sausage from Bay...
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...
View ArticleHey! Here’s the 2025 Traveling Beer Garden schedule!
Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you’re in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks’ ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning for 2025. YES. The beer/park extravaganza...
View ArticleGreenfield’s best new cocktail bar is in a mini golf course’s clubhouse
In August 2023, a mini golf destination and family fun facility called Holey Mackerel (5401 W. Layton Ave.) officially opened in the former site of River Hills Family Fun Center, which had been a...
View ArticleYour Turner Hall Tiki Takedown winners are…
Saturday, a few hundred folks put on their finest Hawaiian shirt, donned some colorful leis, and made their way to the Turner Hall Tiki Takedown. The fifth installment of the sold out event brought...
View ArticleSouth Shore Terrace will open for the season on April 9
Spring has truly sprung. The weather is showing signs of being okay, Nite Owl is back in business, and the Marcus Center snow pile is doomed. Oh, and the South Shore Terrace beer garden (2900 South...
View ArticleSAGE is closed; former space available for lease, White House still for sale
In October 2024, news dropped that the historic White House building at 2900 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. in Bay View was for sale. The restaurant occupying the first floor of the three-story building, SAGE,...
View Article30 years of ‘Tommy Boy’: Celebrating all things Chris Farley at Farley’s Pub...
Mitch DeSantis is Milwaukee Record’s Rural/Northwoods Wisconsin Correspondent. Find his dispatches HERE. One of my earliest childhood memories involves watching Saturday Night Live. I don’t remember...
View ArticleMandatory Milwaukee/Wisconsin: Frozen Pizza
Some freezer section standbys come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: frozen pizzas! Wisconsin loves its frozen pizzas. Even though this...
View ArticleEnjoy boxing, beer, music, more at Michelada Fest, April 26 at Zócalo Food Park
Milwaukee summers are known for being absolutely loaded, but Milwaukee springs are no slouches, either. Need proof? Check out our recent list of 16 spring festivals. Need further proof? Read up on...
View ArticleA slingshot bar—yes, a slingshot bar—is coming to West Allis
Milwaukee bar business Bars & Recreation has spent the last decade bringing all sorts of “activity bars” to the city and beyond. Think indoor mini golf (Nine Below), axe throwing (AXE MKE),...
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