Food & Drink

Now Serving: Pandemic Brings Restaurant Closings, Openings
Now Serving

Pandemic Brings Restaurant Closings, Openings

Fiddleheads and Fuddruckers, Bella, Betty's and Bounce, restaurants try to chart future in turbulent time.

Entertainment at a Distance: WMSE’s Annual Art & Music Festival Goes Virtual
Entertainment at a Distance

WMSE’s Annual Art & Music Festival Goes Virtual

Also, if you miss catching limited-release independent films, Milwaukee Film is streaming them for you.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Brothers Bar Expansion Takes Shape
Eyes on Milwaukee

Brothers Bar Expansion Takes Shape

Water Street bar will soon span three buildings, each a century old.

Help Us Expand Our Team!

Help Us Expand Our Team!

Urban Milwaukee will add a staffer but could use your help to make it happen.

Dining: New Mexican Restaurant for Bay View
Dining

New Mexican Restaurant for Bay View

Ventura's Tacos, a small eatery on Kinnickinnic, opens this weekend.

Now Serving: New European Restaurant For Hotel Metro
Now Serving

New European Restaurant For Hotel Metro

Plus: New taco restaurant downtown, Latin American restaurant in Greendale.

City Hall: Food Truck Ban for Downer Ave. Proposed
City Hall

Food Truck Ban for Downer Ave. Proposed

Business owners upset that trucks have loud generators, take up parking spaces.

Milwaukee Bakery Reopens Carefully

Milwaukee Bakery Reopens Carefully

Masks and social distancing required, sweets like chocolate-covered strawberries sold.

Now Serving: New Mexican Steakhouse Coming
Now Serving

New Mexican Steakhouse Coming

At Random opening ice cream garden. And say goodbye to Fauntleroy and (for now) Comet Cafe.

Entertainment at a Distance: Milwaukee Area Events That Are Social-Distancing Friendly
Entertainment at a Distance

Milwaukee Area Events That Are Social-Distancing Friendly

Drive-in theaters, virtual beer tastings, farmers markets and more.

Eyes on Milwaukee: 400 Businesses Will Split $4 Million For COVID-19 Readiness
Eyes on Milwaukee

400 Businesses Will Split $4 Million For COVID-19 Readiness

City grant program only allocates 20 percent of expected budget. Designed to retool businesses to adapt to COVID-19 dangers.

Why Are Bars Still Open?

Why Are Bars Still Open?

They are key spreaders of COVID-19. So why are city and county health officials okay with bars being open?