Food/Drink

Here are 19 photos from last weekend’s “Bartendo” pop up at The Sugar Maple

October 23, 2023

Fresh off its semi-recent transformation into an I Think You Should Leave-themed bar, The Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Ave.) really 1UPed themselves with their latest pop-up concept. From October 19 through Octo...

I went to the last Blimpie Subs in Wisconsin

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2023

Last weekend, I took to our social media accounts and reposted an October 2022 article where I went to the last Ponderosa restaurant location in Wisconsin. (Yes, it's the one in Wisconsin Dells and it's still o...

The Vanguard discusses anniversary, struggles, new chef, Halloween pop-up theme

Tyler Maas

October 18, 2023

This month marks The Vanguard's ninth year in business. Since opening in October 2014, the Bay View bar and specialty sausage emporium has earned oodles of local and national attention, has been a favorite dini...

Crafty Cow introduces new menu items, all you can eat Friday chicken and fish fry specials

Tyler Maas

October 12, 2023

Though Crafty Cow has been making specialty burgers and tasty fried poultry preparations for the entirety of its near-decade-long existence, the restaurant—which has locations in Milwaukee, Oconomowoc, and Wauw...

Barnacle Bud’s will transform into a “warm and inviting supper club” this December

Matt Wild

October 11, 2023

If you're looking for Milwaukee's best outdoor bar and seafood restaurant that's tucked behind a bunch of warehouses and nestled on the banks of the Kinnickinnic River, it's hard to beat Barnacle Bud's (1955 S....

C-viche’s Bay View location to close October 22

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2023

Today, C-viche (2165 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 414-800-7329) announced it will be closing its original Bay View location. In a message posted on Facebook and on Instagram, management announced the final day in the ...

Jason Momoa will sign bottles of vodka in New Berlin and Brookfield on Oct. 19 and we’re going

Matt Wild

October 11, 2023

We've published more than 10,000 articles in our nearly 10-year-existence, and one of those articles looms large in our legacy (such that it is). Yes, on July 30, 2015, we published "50 Cent vodka signing at Oa...

The Dragon’s Sandbox: Come to Walker’s Point for dinner and a dungeon crawl

Rob Wieland

October 10, 2023

Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. The current edition has sold millions of copies and is the most popular version in years, if not the entire 49-year history of the game. Actual play shows like ...

The last word on Archie’s Flat Top, a soon-to-be West Allis standby

Tyler Maas

October 10, 2023

Damn. Where did summer go? As always, the season was a crazy, busy, plan-filled blur that flew by in what seemed to be an instant. Now that fall has emphatically announced its presence and the action has (mostl...

Stuff We Missed: Big Boy coming to Sussex, leaving Germantown (eventually)

Matt Wild

October 6, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Back in 2021, beloved restaurant Big Boy returned to Wisconsin for the first...

Here’s the schedule for Sugar Maple’s Nintendo pop-up, October 19-22

Matt Wild

October 5, 2023

Grab your controllers, blow in your cartridges, and dial in the Komani code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start), because Milwaukee craft beer bar The Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Ave.) is...

RAYtoberfest to bring fall-focused beer, food to Ray’s Wine & Spirits

Tyler Maas

October 4, 2023

Last week, we rounded up a bunch of Oktoberfest events taking place in and around Milwaukee this fall. Well, we missed one! Not only did we leave one event off the otherwise-very-thorough list, it's quite possi...

New wine bar, Cork MKE, coming soon to Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

October 3, 2023

A new wine bar is coming soon to 1039 S. 5th St. in Walker's Point. The space was formerly home to Green Life Trading Co. and The Glass Pantry.Cork MKE will be owned and operated by Betty and Christopher Ho...

East Side restaurant Tavolino closed “until further notice”

Matt Wild

October 3, 2023

According to a Monday-night social media post, Italian restaurant Tavolino, located at 2315 N. Murray Ave. on Milwaukee's east side, has closed."It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Tavolin...

‘Holy Food’ isn’t a typical cookbook, but this sandwich recipe is divine as hell

Tyler Maas

September 29, 2023

As the headline of this article states, Holy Food technically isn't a cookbook. Rather, the brand new book—written by Milwaukee-based writer and independent food historian Christina Ward and published by Proces...

R.I.P. Louie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers?

Matt Wild

September 23, 2023

Two and a half years after opening in an East Side strip mall at 2336 N. Farwell Ave., sausage and burger joint Louie's Char Dogs & Butter Burgers appears to be closed. A sign informing customers that "we a...

We created $78 combo meals for some Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport restaurants

Tyler Maas

September 22, 2023

If you were online anytime between Wednesday night and this instant, there's a good chance you've seen the latest internet phenomenon distracting us from our jobs and the increasing number of horrors in the wor...

Wolski’s to host 115th anniversary block party October 15

Tyler Maas

September 21, 2023

Wolski's Tavern is nothing short of a Milwaukee institution. Since opening in 1908, the East Side establishment located at 1836 N. Pulaski St. has served as a trusty and timeless place to grab a drink, enjoy so...

Atwood Hwy BBQ out at Crossroads Collective, new egg roll vendor planned

Matt Wild

September 18, 2023

Keeping track of what's coming and going at East Side food hall Crossroads Collective can be challenging. Sure, turnover is the nature of the food hall beast, but the bustling dining hotspot at 2238 N. Farwell ...

Celebrate Negroni Week at a variety of Milwaukee-area bars and restaurants

Tyler Maas

September 18, 2023

Gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth. Name a more iconic trio of cocktail ingredients. We'll wait! That holy trinity of spirits—widely known as a "Negroni"—will be on full display in and around Milwaukee these next...