WMSE’s 19th annual Rockabilly Chili is coming to a restaurant, cafe, and food...
If our records are correct, WMSE’s 18th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser—held on March 8, 2020—was one of the last big things we did before everything went down the drain. Thousands of people packed...
View ArticleRocky Rococo movie posters, ranked
Thousands of people dying terrible, isolated deaths each and every day as millions of selfish and/or brainwashed Americans blatantly and repeatedly show they simply do not care about others. The...
View ArticlePhobruary forges on with “Pho To Go!” format in 2021
Since 2014, VIA CDC (a community organization formerly known as Layton Boulevard West Neighbors) has organized a month-long celebration aimed at highlighting the abundance of excellent Asian-owned...
View ArticleMi Pais serves up hot dogs and mini tortas, snacks and shots, more
There are places that feel like home. They make you feel safe, there’s food, and there are people who remind you of your own family or warm memories. Mi Pais (1401 W. Greenfield Ave., 414-935-2567)...
View ArticleCarryout Chronicles: Gold Rush Chicken
It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. It’s especially tough for restaurants in Wisconsin, where COVID-19 numbers are currently off the charts. Wanting to...
View ArticleNew holiday alert: Celebrate the inaugural Friday Fish Fry Day on February 19
There’s a “national day” for just about everything. Hell, today alone is National Pizza Day, National Toothache Day, and Safer Internet Day. Isn’t it about time that the beloved Wisconsin tradition of...
View ArticleCarryout Chronicles: Bamboo Restaurant
It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. It’s especially tough for restaurants in Wisconsin, where COVID-19 numbers are currently off the charts. Wanting to...
View ArticleX-Ray Arcade is going to offer pizza bagel and virtual concert “combo meals”
Earlier this week, X-Ray Arcade celebrated two years in business. Unfortunately, the Cudahy-based arcade, bar, and music venue has been unable to safely host concerts or allow people inside to play...
View ArticleRay’s Wine & Spirits will make 2021’s Wückfinter into “a virtual Wückening”
In early 2019, Wauwatosa beverage bastion Ray’s Wine & Spirits and Indiana’s 3 Floyds Brewing joined forces to help metro Milwaukee battle the winter blues with an outdoor celebration of beer in...
View ArticleYep, a honky tonk bar called Nashville North is coming to the former Up &...
As first reported by Urban Milwaukee and then reported by OnMilwaukee and now reported by us, a honky tonk bar called Nashville North is apparently coming to the former Up & Under Pub, 1214 E....
View ArticleCentraal Grand Cafe & Tappery installs outdoor “streetcar” seating
What happens when you combine restaurants, winter, a pandemic, and heated outdoor seating partially inspired by Milwaukee’s favorite form of public transportation? “Streetcar on Lincoln,” of course, an...
View ArticleCarryout Chronicles: Classic Slice
It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. It’s especially tough for restaurants in Wisconsin, where COVID-19 numbers are currently off the charts. Wanting to...
View ArticleBrady St. honky tonk bar, Nashville North, will open this fall “post-pandemic...
As first reported by Urban Milwaukee and now backed up with a press release, we now know more about Nashville North, a.k.a. the “honky tonk” bar coming to the former Up & Under Pub on Brady Street....
View ArticleDrink Wisconsinbly made a booze-themed “Brandy Land” board game
If you’re anything like us, the number of hours you’ve spent playing board games has increased a great deal over the past [looks at wristwatch] 11-plus months. And if you’re anything like us (and much...
View ArticleLouie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers coming to East Side strip mall where...
Fans of gourmet hot dogs and butter burgers rejoice: A new restaurant called Louie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers is coming to 2336 N. Farwell Ave. The location—formerly occupied by Bee’s Cuisine—is...
View ArticleCarryout Chronicles: X-Ray Arcade
It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for bars and restaurants right now. Wanting to highlight local establishments who are keeping food quality high while also keeping its customers and...
View ArticleSecond annual Bloody Mary Festival is (tentatively) coming to the Deer...
Amidst a number of events that are canceling their 2021 plans, it’s been interesting to see a few events (tentatively) going ahead with their 2021 plans. Like the second annual Bloody Mary...
View ArticleI fought the winter blues (and won) in one of South Shore Terrace’s chalets
Even though it’s now March, it’s still technically winter. In Wisconsin. During a pandemic. Hell, even in “normal times,” winter is a long, arduous, dark, isolated, uncomfortable, and boring period of...
View ArticleCarryout Chronicles: Grebe’s Bakery
It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for restaurants right now. Wanting to highlight local establishments who are keeping food quality high while also keeping its customers and employees...
View ArticleCompany Brewing relaunches seasonal Milwaukee Day Lager as year-round...
In 2018, Company Brewing got in the civic celebration spirit by releasing Milwaukee Day Lager, a beer crafted in collaboration with founders of Milwaukee Day. Though availability was essentially...
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