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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...
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Mandatory Milwaukee: Caroline’s Jazz Club hits all the right notes in...
Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they...
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203 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Moose Inn (Wautoma)
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. Each year in late November I have a tradition where I read books outside in the cold until I...
View ArticleBlack Friday is dumb, but at least there’s a Milwaukee Shake Shack opening soon
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Are you enjoying your Black Friday? Of course you’re not. It’s an awful...
View ArticleCity Lounge is celebrating a certain movie by transforming itself into “The...
A long time ago (April 2016), in a galaxy far, far away (Cudahy), gold record-certified rapper Bubba Sparxxx performed at City Lounge. During the show, Milwaukee Record spies managed to have a good...
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The science behind Wisconsin’s favorite food: cheese
The following piece by Palak Pujara was originally published by Milwaukee Area Science Advocates. Wisconsin is known for its cheese, and rightfully so. It’s at our sporting events and referenced on...
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Rocket Baby Bakery’s Bay View Satellite has closed
After years of success in its flagship location in Wauwatosa, Rocket Baby Bakery became a full-fledged local franchise in early 2014 when the area cafe and bakery opened a second location in May of...
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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...
View ArticleMonster Pizza MKE is closed, Oakland and Locust down to only four pizza places
Back in January, Milwaukee heralded the opening of Monster Pizza MKE. Finally! Pizza in the Oakland and Locust area! Big pizza! Our First Impression verdict at the time: Though Oakland Gyros isn’t at...
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204 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Club Tavern (Menasha)
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. The Friday after Thanksgiving became my third week in a row outside of Milwaukee for a fish...
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Tucked Away: Lala’s Place treats Cudahy to authentic Mexican food, replica...
Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can...
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Here’s every conceivable thing you need to know about Milwaukee’s (and...
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...
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We tried to eat a Wendy’s Go Wrap at every Milwaukee Wendy’s during ‘The...
Like you, we eat at Wendy’s sometimes. Okay, we eat at Wendy’s often. The fast-food staple is most famous for its freshly prepared burgers and that “Where’s the beef?” lady, but its spicy chicken...
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Tucked Away: Milwaukee’s original Coney Island hot dog lives on at a Mexican...
Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can...
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205 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Coach’s Pub ‘N’ Grill
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here. As I drove south on South 13th Street from Layton Avenue, I could see cars lined up on both...
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206 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Gard’s
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending quest here. This week I ventured to Gard’s (7170 W Burleigh St., 414-442-4280). The restaurant and lounge...
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The year in Milwaukee food & drink: openings, closings, beer
On January 1, 2017, Bay View’s venerable Midwest Diner closed. If there was a more fitting omen for the year to come, we’re not aware of it. For the next 12 months it seemed hardly a week would go by...
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Hanson’s Mmmhops and 14 other beers brewed for (or by) musicians
There are currently more breweries and more beers than ever before. As a result of the unprecedented growth the industry has experienced, more brewers are crafting new beer at a staggering rate, and...
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7 hidden and underrated Milwaukee-area coffee shops
Nearly every caffeine junkie in the Milwaukee area has sipped a latte at a Colectivo, imbibed a dark roast at Stone Creek Coffee, and drank a Starbucks Frappuccino that could put them in a sugar coma....
View ArticleMove over, ramen joints: 8,000 poke places are coming to the East Side
Back in October, we got bored one night and thought, “Why don’t we eat at three East Side ramen joints and write a thing about it?” The resulting thing, “I experienced the magic of the ‘grown-up’ East...
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