Food & Drink

Now Serving: You Shall Serve No Wine With Pizza
Now Serving

You Shall Serve No Wine With Pizza

Ian's Pizza faces questions regarding its application for wine license.

Weekly Happy Hour: Charlies is Perfect Pre-Fest
Weekly Happy Hour

Charlies is Perfect Pre-Fest

Club Charlies is great for grabbing a bite or having a few drinks before visiting the Summerfest grounds.

Bar Exam: Kruz, a Tavern on the Docks
Bar Exam

Kruz, a Tavern on the Docks

Near the lake, the RR tracks and a scrapyard, with one of the city's finest patios to take in the scene. What are you waiting for?

Now Serving: Two New Spanish Restaurants Opening
Now Serving

Two New Spanish Restaurants Opening

One downtown and one in Walker's Point. Plus, a new Benji's Deli comes to Tosa.

Now Serving: 10 Changes in Restaurants and Bars
Now Serving

10 Changes in Restaurants and Bars

Safe House, Wisconsin Pizza Works and Indulgence Chocolatiers lead the list.

Bar Exam: Zad’s Is a Relic of Old Milwaukee
Bar Exam

Zad’s Is a Relic of Old Milwaukee

Working-class bar with more than a century of history still opens at 6 a.m. You can feel the ghosts of its rooming-house era.

Now Serving: New Afro-Jamaican Restaurant Coming
Now Serving

New Afro-Jamaican Restaurant Coming

Plus a revamped John Hawks and Choco Bella will move.

Dining: New Indian Pakistani Restaurant Coming
Dining

New Indian Pakistani Restaurant Coming

K2 Restaurant, named after the huge mountain in Pakistan, will open around Christmas.

Local Sourcer: The Milwaukee Beer Float
Local Sourcer

The Milwaukee Beer Float

Combine Purple Door's Whiskey Ice Cream, made with Great Lakes Distillery Kinnickinnic Whiskey and Brenner Brewing's Imperial Stout. Result: delicious.

Taverns: The Standard Has a Strange History
Taverns

The Standard Has a Strange History

Just off Brady Street, it goes back to 1888, with a long list of owners and names.

Taverns: This Is It, Our Oldest Gay Bar
Taverns

This Is It, Our Oldest Gay Bar

Opened in 1968, across from Cathedral Square, the no-frills joint is the state's oldest continuously-operated gay bar.

Beer City: Rating Horny Goat’s Beers
Beer City

Rating Horny Goat’s Beers

The brew pub on S. 1st St. offers some wildly adventurous beers. Which are the best?