R.I.P. Wisconsin Pizza Authority?
If a disconnected phone line and an interior strewn with junk and debris are any indication, Wisconsin Pizza Authority has closed. The pizza purveyor at 1888 N. Humboldt Ave.—just across the street from Finks, ...
Stuff We Missed: Lakefront Brewery will ditch bottles, go “all cans” in February
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Remember that part in Beck's "Where It's At" where he says "Bottles and cans...
Stout Fest returns to MobCraft on December 10
Days with temperatures in the 70s are yesterday's news (literally). Shorter days are now here and colder days are ahead, which means that it's almost dark beer's time to shine! Yes, porters, stouts, and all thi...
Revamped Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen now home to some of East Side’s best food, drinks
It's a quiet Wednesday on the East Side, but inside Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen—née Hacienda Beer Co.—something is happening. Amidst pockets of folks sipping beer at the bar and a handful of tables taking pa...
Iron Grate BBQ will close November 20
After eight years in business, Iron Grate BBQ is calling it quits. Today, the Bay View-adjacent restaurant's owner/chef Aaron Patin announced in an email to its online mailing list that Iron Grate will be closi...
Good Soup MKE is open and already living up to its name
Even though these past few days have been unseasonably warm, fall is here, winter is on the way, and colder days are ahead. Thankfully, Milwaukee has some truly great soup spots to help warm your soul and nouri...
South Shore Terrace will close out its season this weekend
If the recent run of days in the 40s and the fact we're a couple days away from November didn’t already hammer the point home, allow us the be the bearer of bad news: summer is over. It’s sad, but it’s true. Fa...
Heads up! Nite Owl will end its season “this weekend or next”
Nite Owl is a spring and summertime staple that’s thrived on Milwaukee’s South Side since 1948. The iconic drive-in has been an important and widely-loved part of the city’s warm weather months for generations....
After years of delays, Bay View sushi spot may finally open (in 2023)
Believe it or not, the saga of perpetually delayed Bay View sushi spot Sushi Yuki stretches back to 2016."Sushi Yuki is on its way to Bay View," OnMilwaukee reported in August of that year. The story detail...
I went to the last Ponderosa in Wisconsin (and one of the last locations in the world)
In 1965, Dan Lasater, Norm Wiese, and Charles Kleptz opened a restaurant in Kokomo, Indiana. The steakhouse was called Ponderosa, named after the Ponderosa Ranch in the long-running Bonanza television series. B...
Triskele’s has closed, is selling its art and signage
After 15 years in business, Triskele’s has officially closed. The chef- and owner-operated restaurant that opened on the corner of 3rd St. and Maple St. in late 2007 quietly called it quits back on October 8, a...
Nessun Dorma will celebrate 20 years of greatness on October 23
In a time of all things new and flashy, it's easy to overlook the classics. Take Nessun Dorma, for example. The Riverwest restaurant has been quietly holding down its location at 2778 N. Weil St. since 2002, se...
The Vanguard to become “Paisley Pork, The Restaurant Formerly Known As Vanguard” for one night only
The Vanguard isn’t afraid to shake things up. On top of regularly adjusting its menu in new and exciting ways, the owners of the Bay View bar and sausage emporium have shown no hesitation to occasionally break ...
Culver’s CurderBurger is back, so here’s a two-minute video of a Culver’s CurderBurger
It's official: Beginning today, Culver's CurderBurger—a.k.a. the Deluxe ButterBurger topped with a cheese curd "crown" that started out as an April Fools' Day joke but then became a one-day-only reality but the...
The civic joys of eating at the Milwaukee County Courthouse Cafe
On a random Friday afternoon in September, the Milwaukee County Courthouse cafeteria is gloriously empty.The emptiness of the Milwaukee County Courthouse cafeteria is only amplified by its size: absurdly bi...
Sprecher is producing Pumpkin Spice Root Beer, Pumpkin Cream Soda, other experimental flavors in its “Soda Lab”
Founded in 1985, Sprecher Brewery is Milwaukee's oldest craft brewery still in operation. A few years after launching, the then-Milwaukee (now Glendale) brewery dabbled in soda by making root beer. They haven't...
Things currently found in Gardetto’s “Original Recipe” snack mix, ranked
As most of you probably already know, Gardetto’s—an iconic snack mix that boasts an "irresistible big, bold taste" and graces store shelves throughout the country—originated right here in Milwaukee. Almost exac...
Rejoice, for Culver’s CurderBurger will rise again, October 12-31
Back in the fall of 2021, beloved Wisconsin-based fast-food chain Culver's unveiled the CurderBurger, a.k.a. a Deluxe ButterBurger topped with a cheese curd "crown." It started as an April Fool's Day joke, but ...
Hen’s Deli set to land at former Soup Bros. space in Walker’s Point
Roughly two months after the closure of Walker's Point staple Soup Bros. (and roughly two days after the closure of Soup Bros.' sister restaurant, Boo-Boo's Sandwiches), a new business has announced plans to se...
403 words about the Kopp’s / “National Pro-Life Cupcake Day” controversy
On Monday, folks in the Milwaukee subreddit noticed that Kopp's Frozen Custard was planning to honor something called "National Pro-Life Cupcake Day" on October 9 with a "Hey Cupcake" custard flavor:Accor...