East Side vegan restaurant Celesta has closed
Vegan eatery Celesta, 1978 N. Farwell Ave., has closed. Chef-owner Melanie Manuel shared the news on Facebook Thursday morning: It is with a heavy heart that I am sharing some news with you...
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Kevin Smith’s Mooby’s pop-up restaurant is coming to Milwaukee in June
Remember Mooby’s? The fictional fast-food joint from a bunch of Kevin Smith films? Well, it’s coming to Milwaukee. Yes, a Mooby’s pop-up restaurant is scheduled to pop-up…somewhere in the city…sometime...
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Carryout Chronicles: Rocket Baby Bakery (Wauwatosa)
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...
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The Vine Humboldt beer garden’s season begins May 28
We have some good news for fans of beer, the outdoors, and drinking beer outdoors! This morning, Milwaukee County Parks announced The Vine Humboldt—a wine and beer garden at Humboldt Park in Bay...
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Kevin Smith’s Mooby’s pop-up coming to Up-Down MKE June 7-14
Last week we told you that Mooby’s—the real-life version of the fake fast-food joint in a bunch of Kevin Smith films—would be popping up somewhere in Milwaukee, sometime in June. Today we have the...
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Lakefront Brewery will resume brewery tours beginning June 1
Have you been missing Lakefront Brewery‘s always informative, always enjoyable, “Time to sing the Laverne & Shirley theme song!” brewery tours? Of course you have. So here’s some good news:...
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Review: Those cookies from Milwaukee Public Market that Coach Budenholzer likes
Last night, the Milwaukee Bucks destroyed the Miami Heat 132-98. In the process, Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead in the first round playoff series, the team got one game closer to winning a title, and Mike...
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Carryout Chronicles: Triskele’s
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...
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My favorite taco trucks in Milwaukee
Summer is just about here, which means people are becoming nostalgic for eating food while standing in the sun. I get many requests for taco truck suggestions that will scratch that itch, so here are...
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The fruits on Wisconsin’s state flag, ranked
Today is Wisconsin’s birthday. Yes, on the 29th day of May way back in 1848, the land that was previously in the Northwest Territory (and briefly part of Massachusetts for some reason) became the 30th...
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Ventura’s Taco will open Bay View restaurant May 30
Those living in or around Bay View might know Ventura’s Taco as the popular taco truck that’s perpetually parked near the post office on Oklahoma Ave. Well, following months of planning, preparation,...
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Shah Jee’s on Downer Avenue is closed
Heads up, all 17 of you (including us) who frequented the Shah Jee’s on Downer Avenue: it’s closed. For good. “Closed. For good,” reads a sign on the front door: The Downer Avenue Shah Jee’s—located at...
View ArticleSafeHouse will begin new mission (a.k.a. reopen) June 9
The spy-themed SafeHouse (779 N. Front St., 414-271-2007) is one of those Milwaukee institutions that’s easy to take for granted. “Oh, I’ve already been to the SafeHouse,” you might sniff when turning...
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Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts has permanently closed its Milwaukee location
Since landing in the Historic Third Ward in August 2014, Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts quickly became one of the city’s most popular donut destinations and helped push the diversity of local breakfast...
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Big Boy Restaurant appears to be coming back to Wisconsin
Big Boy still holds a special place in Milwaukee’s heart. At one point, the classic burger chain and diner boasted more than 1,000 locations nationwide, and over 60 of those were Marc’s Big Boy...
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Third Space Brewing launches “beer fund” to give teachers free pints this summer
Teachers are nothing short of superheroes. That’s probably never been more apparent than it was this school year, as educators needed to find a way to shift their curriculum to virtual formats before...
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Comparing Riverwest Stein NA to R.L. Stine YA
Last week, the fine folks at Lakefront Brewery officially announced the release of a non-alcoholic version of Riverwest Stein, the delicious flagship beer it’s been making for 34 years. The new...
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If you send us Whiskey Kringle, we will absolutely write about it and eat it
We get a lot of things sent to us here at Milwaukee Record HQ: albums, books, bobbleheads, hate mail, etc. We write about some of the stuff we receive, and we don’t write about some of the stuff we...
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A West Allis bar is giving all-you-can-drink Spotted Cow to anyone who gets...
As the COVID-19 crisis continues and Wisconsin struggles to approach herd immunity levels because we’ve tragically managed to somehow make a pandemic into a political issue and society is doomed,...
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7 airport-adjacent Milwaukee bars that have plane-related names
Last month, a new bar and grill opened across from General Mitchell International Airport. Fittingly, the young business that took over the 700 E. Layton Ave. property that was most recently home to...
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