City Life

Here’s what Up-Down MKE arcade bar will look like when it opens later this year

March 7, 2018

A lot has happened since August 2017, when owners of the Des Moines-based Up-Down arcade bar announced plans to open a Milwaukee location at 615 E. Brady St.—a.k.a. the site of the old Comedy Cafe. Another arca...

Bayshore iPic, restaurant, and bowling alley are closing

Matt Wild

March 6, 2018

UPDATE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says "negotiations already have been opened with another potential theater operator."Sad news, cinema and reserving-your-seat-at-a-movie-theater-for-no-reason fans: the iP...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Koz’s Mini Bowl celebrates 40 years of pint-sized bowling, full-sized charm

Catherine Jozwik

March 5, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

FOX6 woke up to some UFOs that turned out to be a giant flock of seagulls

Matt Wild

March 2, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Every weekday from 4:30 a.m. until 9 a.m., FOX6 WakeUp does its best to enter...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about male masturbation toys

Lucky Tomaszek

March 2, 2018

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,Just before Valentine's Day, I made a little trip to an adult store to buy my girlfriend a vibrator. I didn't really know what I was looking for when I got there. I pi...

Welcome to March: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 1, 2018

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes and ...

Local developer buys BBC/Hotel Foster complex

Matt Wild

March 1, 2018

The G-Daddy's BBC and Hotel Foster complex on Milwaukee's East Side has been completely vacant for nearly a year, but it appears new life may be headed its way soon. BizTimes is reporting that the four building...

I had salt cave therapy in a suburban mini mall and all I got was this runny nose

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Milwaukee-area students will participate in March For Our Lives rally on March 24

Matt Wild

February 27, 2018

Students in Milwaukee and surrounding areas will participate in the nationwide March For Our Lives rally on Saturday, March 24. According to a press release from local organizers, the Milwaukee march will begin...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new hostels they’re building in Milwaukee (Feb. 18-24)

Matt Wild

February 26, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

No one wants to run Bradford Beach and Northpoint Custard this summer, apparently

Matt Wild

February 23, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Two of the many wonderful things about summers in Milwaukee are Bradford Beac...

Bounce Milwaukee will give free admission to students disciplined for March 14 school walkout

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 21, 2018

In its relatively brief existence, Bounce Milwaukee has done a number of things to let Milwaukee know where its owners stand on specific issues. In 2016, Bounce gave non-English-speaking customers a free scoop ...

11 notable Milwaukeeans with even more notable names

Tyler Maas

February 21, 2018

We're all trying to make a name for ourselves. Whether it's in the form of worldwide fame or just a good reputation among friends and co-workers, everyone wouldn't mind some positive attention from others. Fort...

Grand Avenue GameStop is closed and now the mall is (almost) dead to us

Matt Wild

February 21, 2018

Sad news for fans of buying new and used video games—and maybe a Funko Pop figure of Cartman or whatever—in cavernous downtown malls: the GameStop on the ground floor of the Shops of Grand Avenue, 275 W. Wiscon...

Wear your Milwaukee nostalgia on your sleeve with Remember The Tees

Matt Wild

February 20, 2018

It has never been easier to flaunt your Milwaukee pride. From the inescapable Milwaukee Home shirts to the nothing-says-Milwaukee-like-a-Corona-sunrise "People's Flag" apparel, it's practically a crime not to s...

Vote today, because the NRA endorses one of the candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Matt Wild

February 20, 2018

Hey! Milwaukee and Wisconsin! Quite the dystopian nightmare world we're living in these days, eh? If only there was something we could do about it...Well, there is! Today, February 20, Wisconsinites will ex...

Stormy Daniels (of allegedly-had-an-affair-with-Donald-Trump fame) is coming to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 19, 2018

It's hard to keep up with President Donald Trump's alleged affairs with adult film stars and Playboy models, so here it goes: Adult film star Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, is slated to appear at...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Boswell Book Company keeps the reading light burning on Downer Ave.

Matt Wild

February 19, 2018

Milwaukee Record’s comprehensive guide to Mama Tried

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2018

Later this week, throngs of local riders and motorcycle enthusiasts who have been cooped up since fall and whose choppers have been in storage for months will enjoy a brief escape from the cold, dark, dull bike...

Remembering the time (this past Monday) when we all freaked out about a nonexistent Riverwest strip club

Matt Wild

February 16, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If a week in Milwaukee goes by without some sort of strip club drama, is it r...