Author Carmella D'Acquisto

Station 1846 brings new coffee shop, bar, event venue to Walker’s Point

August 20, 2024

Milwaukee's Walker’s Point neighborhood recently welcomed a new multi-hyphenated gathering space: Station 1846 (215 W. Bruce St.; 414-209-4808). The coffee shop, bar, co-working and event space celebrated its g...

The cook of a lifetime: The four-course finale of ‘Top Chef: Wisconsin’

Carmella D'Acquisto

June 20, 2024

Welcome to the finale episode, cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, Chefs Savannah Miller, Danny Garica, Dan Jacobs, and Laura Ozyilmaz flew to the island of Curaçao to compete in the finals of season 21.Th...

Milwaukee’s Dan Jacobs moves on to tropical, penultimate ‘Top Chef: Wisconsin’

Carmella D'Acquisto

June 13, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, they wrapped in Wisconsin. That's right, the final four chefs—Laura Ozyilmaz, Danny Gacia, Milwaukee's Dan Jacobs, and Savannah Miller—left the dairyland and he...

All things Milwaukee (and blindfold taste test) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 12

Carmella D'Acquisto

June 6, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, Chef Laura Ozyilmaz was welcomed back into the fold after winning the final Last Chance Kitchen competition. The chefs participated in a quickfire competition a...

All things Milwaukee (and 20 Questions) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 11

Carmella D'Acquisto

May 30, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, two Sconnie traditions were transformed into competitions for the remaining six chefs. Their quickfire elimination was a meat raffle cookoff. The judges drew na...

All things Milwaukee (and fish boil) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 10

Carmella D'Acquisto

May 23, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, the remaining chefs had a cranberry-themed quickfire with more than a few surprises. Judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons announced they would be joining host ...

All things Milwaukee (and indigenous Wisconsin) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 9

Carmella D'Acquisto

May 16, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! We are about 65% of the way through this season and the competition is heightening. Last time on Top Chef, the contestants participated in this season's Restaurant Wars, a Top Chef tr...

All things Milwaukee (and Restaurant Wars) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 8

Carmella D'Acquisto

May 9, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, the remaining chefs (including reinstated Kaleena Bliss and newcomer Soo Ahn) had a battle of the brats at American Family Field, where their sausage-themed eli...

All things Milwaukee (and baseball) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 7

Carmella D'Acquisto

May 2, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants, we are officially halfway through the show! Last time on Top Chef, we had a pretty big shakeup. Chef Kaleena Bliss, who was eliminated during the Frank Lloyd Wright episode, fought he...

All things Milwaukee (and chaos) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 6

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 25, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, CHEF DAN JACOBS WON! Leading with the biggest news of the episode, yes, our hometown hero beat his colleagues to win the elimination challenge during last week'...

10 unconventional Milwaukee-area yoga classes

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 23, 2024

Are you burnt out on your usual yoga classes, or looking for new ways to incorporate movement? Switch up your asanas and get into a new flow with one of these unconventional and/or unexpected Milwaukee-area yog...

All things Madison (and supper club) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 5

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 18, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, viewers and contestants were given a history lesson about Frank Lloyd Wright. At the top of the episode the chefs were told that they would be taking a trip thr...

All things Wisconsin (and Frank Lloyd Wright) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 4

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 11, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, the contestants participated in a Door County cherry-themed quickfire challenge where they had 20 minutes to create a dish that married the cherry and one of se...

All things Milwaukee in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 3

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 4, 2024

Welcome back, cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, the 14 remaining chefs brewed up some hot competition during their hops-themed quickfire challenge. After Chef Laura Ozyilmaz won the challenge (and $5,000) fo...

Where (and how) to safely view the solar eclipse on April 8

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 3, 2024

For the first time since 2017, a solar eclipse will be visible from our backyards. You may have heard the April 8 eclipse is a full visibility eclipse—or total solar eclipse—but unless you're traveling to one o...

All things Milwaukee in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 2

Carmella D'Acquisto

March 28, 2024

The Top Chef gang was back Wednesday night with another jam-packed episode of fierce competition and Wisconsin lovin'. Last week we met 15 chefs who came to the dairy state to compete for first place and the ho...

All things Milwaukee in the premiere of ‘Top Chef’ Season 21

Carmella D'Acquisto

March 21, 2024

If you haven't heard the news—or this news, or that news—Top Chef Season 21 was filmed in Wisconsin. Each season, the popular Bravo cooking show goes to a different city or state to film the competition and lea...

No mystery here: ‘Clue’ at Marcus Performing Arts Center is an absolute blast

Carmella D'Acquisto

March 14, 2024

Gather your candlestick, lead pipe, and rope—a mystery is afoot. Clue, the schtick-y play-based-on-the-movie-based-on-the-game, is playing at the Marcus Performing Arts Center through March 17. It's a hit of no...

Student-run Newline Cafe offers real-world work experience at Escuela Verde

Carmella D'Acquisto

February 22, 2022

Newline Cafe (3618 W. Pierce St., 414-988-7960) is the only coffee shop in the Silver City neighborhood of Milwaukee. It's also a classroom for Escuela Verde, the adjoining high school that focuses on emotional...

Milwaukee’s ‘Bid Caller’ offers new perspective on old tradition of auctioneering

Carmella D'Acquisto

May 10, 2021

When filmmaker David Van Auken moved to Milwaukee, he was on a mission to find the city’s best tacos. But then he stumbled into a story that would shape his experience in Milwaukee, and inspire his new document...