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      December 10, 2024
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      December 3, 2024
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      November 21, 2024
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      April 18, 2022
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      December 22, 2024
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      November 26, 2024
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      November 22, 2024
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Author Juan Miguel Martinez

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Juan Miguel Martinez is a writer from the south side of Milwaukee. He only writes until he can land a role as the mechanic friend of the handsome lead in a telenovela. His favorite movie is Repo Man.

Smoker on a hitch: The DIY barbecue of Edward Woulard

Juan Miguel Martinez
May 6, 2020
What a lovely, warm, mid-spring day Saturday, May 2 was. The streets were semi-populated, and I was in my car running an errand for another publication I write for. After this, I was on the hunt for a corner ba...

R.I.P. Milwaukee journalist Mike Anderson, a.k.a. full-hearted soul singer Roshell Anderson

Juan Miguel Martinez
April 21, 2020
I was a child who grew up all over the city of Milwaukee. North side, south side, the west side over by St. Sebastian, the east side in one of those filing cabinets with a view of the lake. I would always see M...

Pronounced “past-ee,” not “pay-stee”: A tribute to Reynold’s Pasty Shop

Juan Miguel Martinez
March 26, 2020
It's a rainy Thursday night on the long, commercially dilapidated stretch of highway that is Layton. I'm driving around in my black jeep, my rideshare app turned on. I'm cruising up on St. Luke's Hospital when ...

Los Comales is a Milwaukee stalwart and a shining light of 16th Street taco joints

Juan Miguel Martinez
March 12, 2020
Sixteenth Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Home to the updated El Rey that took over the Burger King lot, casting a shadow on the smaller and underrated La Hacienda, another superb Mexican grocery store. The mai...
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