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I went to Kopp’s on Father’s Day and ate “Nuts For Daddy”: A minute-by-minute...
Yesterday was Father’s Day, a.k.a. Post A Picture Of Your Dad From When He Was In High School And Wonder Why Everyone Back Then Looked Like They Were 36 Years Old Day. It was a day of love and respect...
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Kwik Trip’s Glazers donut potato chips are very strange, pretty good
Kwik Trip—or “Kwik Star” if you’re nasty and/or from Iowa—is, rightfully, a point of upper Midwestern pride. Through the years, the regional gas station has taken great measures to set itself apart...
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We tried 9 new “food items” at Summerfest
A few weeks before the start of Summerfest 2019, the Big Gig invited the press to take a look at new vendors and foods that would be coming to the 11-day festival. As the 52nd installment of the...
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Dollars For Donuts: Sil’s Mini Donuts (Summerfest)
Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts,...
View ArticleHello Falafel will return (for one day only)
Like the old saying goes: some falafel-based restaurants are just too good for this world. Such was the case of Bay View’s Hello Falafel, a vegetarian lunch spot opened by the owners of Odd Duck in...
View ArticlePucker up! Jeppson’s and Ray’s Growler Gallery are joining forces on the...
People typically feel one of two ways about Jeppson’s Malört. They either hate it, or they absolutely love it…as something to buy for someone who’s never tried it before. Despite being the textbook...
View Article‘Milwaukee Kitchen’ is the antidote for modern cooking shows (and everything...
What do you think of when you think of cooking shows? Expert hosts. Exacting recipes. Perfect results. What you probably don’t think of are crowded kitchens, impromptu poetry readings, and occasional...
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Reminder: The dumpy Cousins on Oakland and Locust will return in less-dumpy form
Back in August 2018, Milwaukee lost a beautiful, dumpy landmark: the two-story Cousins Subs on the northeast corner of Oakland Avenue and Locust Street. The “Better Bread, Better Subs” emporium had...
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Hacienda Beer Co. is the latest and (arguably) the greatest example of the...
Almost exactly three years ago, we bluntly asked the following question: Is the East Side dying? Even at that time, we acknowledged the neighborhood was not quite on its death bed, but there were more...
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Welcome…to the grand opening of that Walker’s Point food truck park (July 13)
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...
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Andy Junk talks about his new Lakefront beer, “My Turn: Junk”
Tonight, Lakefront Brewery and Andy Junk will officially celebrate the release of Junk. The brewery’s 31st “My Turn” installment is unlike any beer previously released in the employee-focused series....
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Please enjoy 22 pictures of the new Zócalo food truck park in Walker’s Point
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!...
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Sweet Rings has abandoned plans to move into Kinnickinnic Avenue location
In early 2018, Bay View learned a new bakery would be moving to the former site of East Side Ovens at 2895-2899 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. In the year and a half since that news broke about Sweet Rings,...
View ArticleDon’s Diner will serve “boozy ice cream” at ‘Stranger Things’-themed Scoops...
By now, most of you have certainly made you way through the entire third season of Stranger Things. For those of you who haven’t, prepare for a small and mostly-insignificant spoiler: Steve Harrington...
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I got married at Pizza Shuttle
During a brunch at Honeypie in July of 2015, my boyfriend and I decided we wanted to get married. No, this wasn’t a regular engagement. I never wanted an engagement ring, so I had him put the jalapeño...
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Dollars For Donuts: Happy Dough Lucky lets you get a mini donut fix at...
Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts,...
View ArticleReminder: A new poké place is coming to Brady Street
Ever find yourself wandering around Brady Street on a beautiful early Sunday evening, thinking about how that big Walgreens used to be a creepy video store (there was porn on the second floor!), and...
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We teamed up with 88Nine to show you Milwaukee’s “Malört Face”
Earlier this month, we announced that Jeppson’s Malört and Ray’s Growler Gallery would be joining forces on Saturday, July 27 to bring the inaugural Ray’s Malört Fest to the “Rayborhood.” Upon posting...
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35 pictures of NorthSouth Club, the giant new axe-throwing/shuffleboard bar...
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,...
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One of the last remaining Kewpee Hamburgers locations still flourishes in...
Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life July 22-29 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. Down in Racine,...
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