Food/Drink

First Impression: Karl Ratzsch Restaurant

May 26, 2016

//It seems silly and even a little arrogant in 2016 to be writing up a First Impression for an institution that predates the first World War, but the newest iteration of Karl Ratzsch's, and how it came to ...

Tuk’s Thai Kitchen is closed

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2016

//As first reported by OnMilwaukee, Tuk's Thai Kitchen—the latest in a long line of restaurants to try their luck at 1000 E. Locust—has closed its doors for good. The restaurant was opened in July of 2014 ...

Bounce Milwaukee is offering non-English-speaking customers a free scoop of Purple Door Ice Cream

Matt Wild

May 19, 2016

//In the wake of Leon's Frozen Custard's controversial "English-only" policy (and threatened alley fight), many Milwaukeeans are up arms, taking to the Internet to voice their pleasant, sensible, and toler...

Nick’s House is having a going-out-of-business “yard sale”

Matt Wild

May 16, 2016

//Earlier this month we brought you news that Nick's House—the former Y-Not III that was given a Bar Rescue overhaul in 2014—was, in the parlance of Bar Rescue host John Taffer, SHUTTING IT DOWN. Now, the ...

Urban Bay View will open next weekend

Tyler Maas

May 14, 2016

//Last May, we broke news that Tonic owner Paul Jonas would be opening a new Bay View bar called UC Jonas' in the site Gerry’s Diamond Tap (939 E. Lincoln Ave.) had occupied from 1987 through 2014. More th...

Help Purple Door Ice Cream and Bounce Milwaukee name new flavor

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2016

//Ever since Bounce Milwaukee opened two years ago, Purple Door has been the Bay View-adjacent inflatable fun zone's exclusive ice cream provider. Evidently the bond between the two young businesses is str...

Bar Rescue seemed to actually work for Campbell’s Irish Pub

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2016

//As we reported last week, Nick's House—the East Side dive formerly known as Y-Not III until Bar Rescue turned it into a '70s-themed bar and Smirnoff vodka emporium—closed its doors for good in the wee ho...

Bar Rescue can’t rescue Nick’s House from Bar Rescue

Tyler Maas

May 6, 2016

As first reported by OnMilwaukee.com last night, Nick's House is closing.Back in September 2014, we broke news that popular SPIKE TV "reality" series and thinly veiled Smirnoff commercial Bar Rescue was com...

Tucked Away: The Big Eazy

Tommy Ciaccio

May 3, 2016

//For much of the country, New Orleans is a city with an identity that lands somewhere within well-worn stereotypes of the glittery debauchery of Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras and the well-publicized tr...

Board game bender: 5 places to enjoy a game and a drink on International Tabletop Day

Rob Wieland

April 27, 2016

//Not long ago, playing a board game at a bar was an exercise in sadness. It was usually some beat-up old copy of Trivial Pursuit with 90 percent of the questions about Richard Nixon or Mork & Mindy. B...

Tracklist: 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 20, 2016

//If we Milwaukeeans seem overly patio-happy come springtime, can we really be blamed? The weather finally starts to get its shit together, the previous 8,000 years of winter begin to fade away, and the on...

First Impression: Wauwatiki

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2016

//Wauwatosa nightlife is changing. After long existing as Milwaukee's quiet and kind of uptight neighbor, recent years have seen the suburb's dining and drinking identity improve mightily and grow exponent...

Quintessential Tour brings world-class winemakers Milwaukee’s way

Kyle Cherek

April 18, 2016

//There was a time when Milwaukee was derided for its lack of culinary depth. We were long on Germanic food, nailed knackwurst, eintopf, and kartoffelpuffer, but according to the national food press, short...

‘Wisconsin Foodie’ eats through Bay View in latest episode

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2016

//It seems as if a new, exciting, and altogether delicious restaurant is opening up in Bay View on an almost monthly basis. To quote host Kyle Cherek, "You can't call it Bay View's renaissance, because it ...

Let’s talk about that whole Milwaukee Taco Fest thing

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 14, 2016

//Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none ...

Milwaukee Taco Fest is under fire for cultural appropriation

Matt Wild

April 12, 2016

//On Sunday, June 5, the third annual Milwaukee Taco Fest will set up shop at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Presented by SWARMM Events (creators of Milwaukee's Shamrock Shuffle), the fest aims to " together ...

“Mini-golf tavern” coming to vacant space below Beans & Barley

Matt Wild

April 11, 2016

//Earlier this year we rounded up eight "cursed" Milwaukee business locations—locations that, for one reason or another, can't seem to hold on to steady tenants. One of them was the space below Beans &...

Pizza Man is opening a new location in Oak Creek

Matt Wild

April 11, 2016

//Last month we rounded up 15 Milwaukee bars and restaurants with multiple locations. The venerable Pizza Man made the list with it's East Side location and its Tosa spot. Now, the Milwaukee staple that wa...

Maharaja owners review restaurant reviewers

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2016

//At a time in which people entrust their dining dollar on the opinions of strangers with Yelp accounts, Google usernames, or posting privileges on websites operated out of their mother's basement, the fat...

Try our “Milwaukee Wrecker” sausage at The Vanguard

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2016

//Mid-market regional web-only entertainment journalism can be a largely thankless industry. The pay isn't great, the hours are long, and the comments can be vicious. But every now and then, something happ...