Westallion Brewing Company made an eggnog beer
Back in October, a West Allis-based brewery made national news and revived the debate about a polarizing Halloween treat by releasing a candy corn beer. Now, less than two months after Westallion...
View ArticleCafé Centraal will close for a month, renovate
One week you’re getting a (pretty great) fish fry at Café Centraal, the next the longtime Bay View restaurant announces it’s closing for extensive renovations. Yes, today, Lowlands Group revealed that...
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257 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Butch’s Red Mill (Brookfield)
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Have you ever gotten a fish fry in Brookfield? I hadn’t. Hell, I’ve barely ever done...
View ArticleUncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern will open December 17
After months of renovations, a handful of pop-up events, and loads of anticipation, Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern finally has an opening date. The Brewer’s Hill breakfast and lunch restaurant...
View ArticleGreat Job, Milwaukee! Money Inc. thinks the Third Ward is a “Midwestern mecca...
Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national...
View ArticleAt Random will reopen tonight
In June, we reported that At Random was for sale. With the fate of the longtime Bay View cocktail institution in question, Milwaukee breathed a collective sigh of relief when John Dye of Bryant’s and...
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First Impression: Hemp World CBD Cafe
It’s been quite a year for CBD in Milwaukee. After finally hitting store shelves this summer, Cannabidiol (better known as “CBD”)—a hemp extract that’s a distant relative of marijuana without THC—has...
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Take a look inside Crossroads Collective, which opens Monday
In just a few days, an iconic corner of Milwaukee’s East Side will return to life. Crossroads Collective, the much-anticipated food hall located in the old Oriental Drugs building (2238 N. Farwell...
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The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2018 (from a guy who ate one every...
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. In April 2017, he began writing a weekly column documenting and reviewing his latest fish fry destinations. Here are his top places for 2018...
View ArticleThe Uncanny Soup Company owners want to reopen, are “looking for a new location”
In late 2014, The Uncanny Soup Company—which had a location in Milwaukee’s historic Gas Light Building before leaving to turn its focus to locations in Cudahy and Kenosha, along with a slight...
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6 oversized Milwaukee beverage displays, ranked
Milwaukee is a city known for its drinks. Between our array of micro and macro breweries, our hundreds of bars, the various distilleries that have popped up in town in recent years, and our altogether...
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259 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Milwaukee Elks Lodge #46
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. “There it is!” I exclaimed, as Milwaukee Elks Lodge #46 (5555 Good Hope Rd.,...
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Burned-out neon letters in the Cudahy Arby’s sign, ranked
A city just isn’t a city without a trademark structure in its skyline. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, Seattle has the Space Needle, Dubai has that huge building from Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,...
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260 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: The Brown Bottle
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Beer and fish frys. Laverne and Shirley. Uecker and the Brewers. Streetcars and...
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Café Centraal will reopen as Centraal Grand Café & Tappery
Last month, Lowlands Group revealed that Bay View staple Café Centraal would close for renovations beginning January 2. Well, today is January 2, and now Lowlands has announced details of those...
View ArticleHere’s a list of upcoming Milwaukee ice bars. Learn it well, for it’s the...
What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age! And ice bars! Oh, excuse us…allow us to break the ice: Here’s a list of upcoming Milwaukee ice bars. Learn it well, for it’s the chilling sound of your doom. In...
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Mandatory Milwaukee: Hi-Fi Cafe has been a Bay View “time warp” since the...
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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261 Friday fish frys and counting: Light Palace Pub & Grill (Cudahy)
Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. I was supposed to be at a place in Milwaukee that doesn’t serve fish frys at 5 p.m. I...
View ArticleBay View’s Crafty Cow will try to have “Wisconsin’s Largest Bloody Mary Bar”...
It’s no secret that Milwaukee loves its Bloody Marys. Between the ever-present “beer chaser” that accompanies the savory breakfast cocktail and the epic garnishes that take the drink to elaborate...
View ArticleThe Dark Horse Tavern is now open in former Junior’s Hook location
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...
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