Hmong Restaurant For Far Northwest Side
Hmongfusion plans to open next month inside Asian supermarket on Appleton Avenue.
8340 W. Appleton Ave. Photo taken Nov. 29, 2024 by Sophie Bolich
A new restaurant specializing in authentic Hmong cuisine is in the works on Milwaukee’s far Northwest Side. Delila Vang plans to open Hmongfusion at 8340 W. Appleton Ave., inside Hmong Town Market, according to a recent license application.
With an expected opening in late 2024 or early 2025, Hmongfusion would offer quick-service hot and deli-style items for dine-in and takeout. The restaurant plans to serve a wide variety of noodles, pho, fried rice and curries, along with an assortment of salads and appetizers such as egg rolls, crab rangoon, sweet chili chicken wings and spring rolls.
The menu also features house specialties like General Tso’s chicken, crispy pork belly, Lao sausage and nam kow, a mixture of deep fried rice, shredded coconut, pork skin, Spam and nam sausage mixed with lime juice and served with fresh greens.
Though not listed on the proposed menu, Vang noted plans to serve boba tea.
The 1,806-square-foot restaurant space is currently under construction, according to a license application, with a target completion date of Dec. 1. The finished space will include several tables for dine-in, though customers are also welcome to grab and go.
Hmongfusion will be housed within a larger building operating as Hmong Town Market, previously called Pacific Produce. The 61,924-square-foot building is home to additional food vendors including Pho 414, as well as others selling clothing, electronics and more.
Hmong Town Market, LLC, with Moses Thao as its registered agent, purchased the property in August 2024, according to city records.
A license application for Hmongfusion is pending before the Milwaukee Common Council. If approved, the business’s proposed hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Vang could not be reached for comment by the time of publication.
Update: After publication, Vang requested that a reference to her family’s previous restaurant be removed, and said the restaurant’s opening will be delayed.
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I am going to check this out when it opens. I have not been back to the neighborhood in years…probably since before the Kohls department and grocery stores closed in the early 2000’s. I am still impressed by the businesses started here in WI by the Kohl family. It was a neighborhood location for the Department store long before regional malls existed.
This is now one of the best Asian grocery stores in the city. Pho 414 serves excellent food and quickly became our favorite carry out. Both restaurants will share the same space.