I hung out with the mayor of South Milwaukee

Tyler Maas
Way back in 1892, a small village came into existence along the Lake Michigan shoreline just a few miles south of Milwaukee. For reasons we can only speculate, the suburb was named South Milwaukee. The follow...

First Impression: Mango’s Cafe

Tyler Maas
For a while there, Milwaukee was a one tiki bar town. After Lucky Joe's Tiki closed shop last fall to focus on its Alchemy & Eatery offshoot in Wauwatosa, Foundation was pretty much the only truly dedicat...

I hung out with the mayor of St. Francis

Tyler Maas
A few months ago, I met up with the mayor of Cudahy and left with some new perspective on the south shore scapegoat and industrial city. A year earlier, I hung out with the mayor of West Allis, another much-m...

First Impression: Third Space Brewing

Tyler Maas
It's not outlandish to call 2016 the year of Milwaukee's brewery boom. Following decades with a microscopic microbrewery climate, at least for a metropolis that calls itself Brew City, this calendar year alon...

Here’s the Local Coverage 2017 lineup

Tyler Maas
After two years of fun philanthropy, Milwaukee Record’s Local Coverage benefit will return to Turner Hall Ballroom in 2017. On Friday, January 13, an eclectic cast of 10 local acts from all corners of the sty...