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Bar Exam: Coffeetails Is For Morning Drinkers
Bar Exam

Coffeetails Is For Morning Drinkers

Cozy cafe and tavern, sister bar of Y-NOT II, is open daily 6 am to 11 am.

Riverwest’s Iconic Fuel Café to open second location in Walker’s Point
Press Release

Riverwest’s Iconic Fuel Café to open second location in Walker’s Point

New 5th street location to include full service restaurant, café counter service and outdoor seating

Weekly Happy Hour: Comet Still Rocks the House
Weekly Happy Hour

Comet Still Rocks the House

A fun happy hour, good food, and a rock vibe: they promote and love WMSE.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Bublr Bikes Touts Big Expansion Plan
Eyes on Milwaukee

Bublr Bikes Touts Big Expansion Plan

New stations coming in 2016 to Bay View, East Side, Walker's Point, Harambee.

The Return of Holton Youth Center

The Return of Holton Youth Center

After closing for four months, youth center in Riverwest returns, in partnership with COA.

Eyes on Milwaukee: 9 Election Takeaways
Eyes on Milwaukee

9 Election Takeaways

Tom Barrett might be in trouble, Chris Abele definitely is. So is Puente.

Where Are Tonight’s Candidate Parties?

Where Are Tonight’s Candidate Parties?

Win or lose, today's primary candidates will be partying. But where? Here's the details.

Plenty of Horne: Kovac Raises Money for Reelection
Plenty of Horne

Kovac Raises Money for Reelection

Politicians, city officials and other notables chow down on food from Glorioso's.

Bar Exam: Drink Wisconsinbly Is Very Very Local
Bar Exam

Drink Wisconsinbly Is Very Very Local

Wisconsin beer, Wisconsin Culture, Wisconsin jokes -- only Badgers here, buddy.

Bar Exam: Conway’s Is Last Word in Smoked Meat
Bar Exam

Conway’s Is Last Word in Smoked Meat

Classic colorful Wells St. neighborhood bar also grills meats and plays the blues.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Mandel Starts Third Ward Apartments
Eyes on Milwaukee

Mandel Starts Third Ward Apartments

DoMUS, a six-story, 132-unit apartment complex, is on one of area's last riverfront lots.

Weekly Happy Hour: Juniper 61 Offers 17 Small Plates
Weekly Happy Hour

Juniper 61 Offers 17 Small Plates

And all $1 off, as are taps, wine and rail drinks, at Happy Hour six days a week.

House Confidential: Ald. Kovac’s “Adult” Home Is Very Modest
House Confidential

Ald. Kovac’s “Adult” Home Is Very Modest

The 1893 Riverwest home has just 1.5 stories and one bathroom with 10% ventilation.

Bar Exam: Klinger’s East Is a Time Warp
Bar Exam

Klinger’s East Is a Time Warp

Still with same owner after 40 years, it's very old Milwaukee -- modest, cozy, quaint.

Murphy’s Law: What Has Mayor Barrett Accomplished?
Murphy’s Law

What Has Mayor Barrett Accomplished?

After nearly 12 years in office, his impact can be seen -- if you look hard.

Bar Exam: Benelux Stars Where Speakeasy Stood
Bar Exam

Benelux Stars Where Speakeasy Stood

Once a dive with bootleg liquor, now a spectacular setting for world class Belgian brews.

Weekly Happy Hour: Safe House Does Do Deals
Weekly Happy Hour

Safe House Does Do Deals

Even if you’re not a spy, you get cut-rate wine and beer on week nights, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Best 15 Local Music Shows of 2015

Best 15 Local Music Shows of 2015

Milwaukee’s music scene keeps getting better, as this list suggests.

Riverwest Organizes a Credit Union

Riverwest Organizes a Credit Union

The credit union, also serving the Harambee neighborhood, already has $500,000 in pledges.

Band of the Week: King Courteen Is a Musical Explorer
Band of the Week

King Courteen Is a Musical Explorer

The singer and wood worker had a strong religious upbringing and explores that in songs.

Weekly Happy Hour: Highbury Has Morning Happy Hours
Weekly Happy Hour

Highbury Has Morning Happy Hours

Plus lots of soccer. And cider. And the best DJ night in town.

Weekly Happy Hour: Foundation Bar Becomes Cheap Tropical Isle
Weekly Happy Hour

Foundation Bar Becomes Cheap Tropical Isle

Tiki Bar has $3 draft beers and rail drinks but you might prefer splurging on tropical cocktails.

Bar Exam: Von Trier Is a Teutonic Treasure
Bar Exam

Von Trier Is a Teutonic Treasure

It abounds in such artifacts and boasts a huge selection of German tap beers.

Band of the Week: Thistledown Thunders Play Modern Bluegrass
Band of the Week

Thistledown Thunders Play Modern Bluegrass

Their lyrics are all about drinking and death. And love, sometimes.

Weekly Happy Hour: Zaffiro’s Has $2 Microbeers, Great Pizza
Weekly Happy Hour

Zaffiro’s Has $2 Microbeers, Great Pizza

City’s original thin-crust pie place has 2-for-1 rail mixers and great $2 micro-beers.

Program Will Improve Riverwest Park Snails Crossing

Program Will Improve Riverwest Park Snails Crossing

It's one of 12 parks and playgrounds being upgraded by private-public MKE Plays Initiative.

15 Named for Improving Central City Neighborhoods
Press Release

15 Named for Improving Central City Neighborhoods

“Unsung Heroes” Selected as Finalists for the 2016 Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation

City Business: La Lune Is Unique Furniture Business
City Business

La Lune Is Unique Furniture Business

The little company based in Riverwest has sold to Oprah, Ralph Lauren and Disney.

Riverwest Artists Association Hosts Free Paint Get Togather Exhibit & Community Painting Events
Press Release

Riverwest Artists Association Hosts Free Paint Get Togather Exhibit & Community Painting Events

The Free Paint Get Togather exhibit will consist of the many paintings left behind by their creators for the benefit of future participants.

Bar Exam: Hybrid Lounge, City’s Newest Gay Bar
Bar Exam

Hybrid Lounge, City’s Newest Gay Bar

In a building whose history goes back to 1890, it attracts a hybrid of gay and straight folks.

Important Meeting Information from Alderman Nik Kovac
Press Release

Important Meeting Information from Alderman Nik Kovac

Join me on Tuesday, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gordon Park Pavilion to learn about the MKE Plays process and share your input about improving Snail's Crossing Playground

Bike Czar: Santa Cycle Rampage is Dead. Not.
Bike Czar

Santa Cycle Rampage is Dead. Not.

The old one is dead, new one organized for December 5. Long live the new Santa Cycle Rampage!

Brady Street’s Delicate Balancing Act

Brady Street’s Delicate Balancing Act

Residents strive to keep a healthy mix of uses in their densely populated neighborhood.

Florentine Opera Company receives $50,000 Bader Philanthropies Grant to promote new program, Opera for All!
Press Release

Florentine Opera Company receives $50,000 Bader Philanthropies Grant to promote new program, Opera for All!

“Opera for All! will expand the Florentine’s reach in the community,” said General Director William Florescu.

NEWaukeean of the Week: Scottie Lee Meyers
NEWaukeean of the Week

Scottie Lee Meyers

"There’s a new generation of leaders here who are reverent about the past and devoted to the future."

Band of the Week: Piles Plays Rock With Skateboard Sensibility
Band of the Week

Piles Plays Rock With Skateboard Sensibility

Yet they cite Neil Diamond as a key influence. Go figure.

Bar Exam: Oscar’s Is a Classic South Side Pub
Bar Exam

Oscar’s Is a Classic South Side Pub

A century old, just below 16th St. Viaduct, known for its hamburgers and reasonably priced micro beers.

Milwaukee Running Festival: Coming Home to Run
Milwaukee Running Festival

Coming Home to Run

A Milwaukee native returns for last weekend’s marathon and revisits the city’s beautiful neighborhoods.

Band of the Week: Pay The Devil is Not a Metal Band
Band of the Week

Pay The Devil is Not a Metal Band

Says the band. In fact they are a local band that delivers their own take on traditional old time music.

NEWaukeean of the Week: Tony Giron
NEWaukeean of the Week

Tony Giron

"Milwaukee has such grand potential to become a leading bike friendly city. "

Weekly Happy Hour: High Dive, Riverwest’s New Hangout
Weekly Happy Hour

High Dive, Riverwest’s New Hangout

Modeled on Bremen Cafe, High Dive offers lots of live music and low prices.

Friday Photos: Behold the Belay Apartments
Friday Photos

Behold the Belay Apartments

E. North Ave. project has 46 apartments and climbing gym you can see in 45-foot-tall windows.

Bar Exam: Major Goolsby’s, Still a Great Sports Bar
Bar Exam

Major Goolsby’s, Still a Great Sports Bar

One of nation's first, where Charles Barkley and Reggie Jackson, among others, hung out.

City Business: How Bliffert Lumber Got Into Hardware
City Business

How Bliffert Lumber Got Into Hardware

The lumber company, which goes back to the 1870s, now has a popular hardware store in Riverwest.

House Confidential: CEO Alex Molinaroli’s Riverwest Townhome
House Confidential

CEO Alex Molinaroli’s Riverwest Townhome

What's a millionaire doing in a Reservoir Ave. town house? A divorce and legal problems will do that.

Preview: The Rise of Three.Stacks.Eliot
Preview

The Rise of Three.Stacks.Eliot

Sam Lewis talks about the Milwaukee jazz and hip hop band, which plays at Garibaldi’s tonight.

Danceworks Performance Company delves into the mysterious for season opener:  Footsteps, Shadows and Whispers
Weekly Happy Hour: Hotel Foster (The Sequel)
Weekly Happy Hour

Hotel Foster (The Sequel)

East Side bar has a special happy hour for Milwaukee Film Festival goers, plus film/drink pairings.

Now Serving: GarageToberFest, Fun for the Whole Family
Now Serving

GarageToberFest, Fun for the Whole Family

Show up wearing lederhosen or a dirndl to get a free bratwurst and a beer.

Bar Exam: Lakefront Brewery
Bar Exam

Lakefront Brewery

This popular attraction is not just for tours anymore.

Dining: Beer Bistro Cooks Everything With Beer
Dining

Beer Bistro Cooks Everything With Beer

The Travel Channel will feature the place. So how’s the food?

Plenty of Horne: Hillary Clinton Comes to Town
Plenty of Horne

Hillary Clinton Comes to Town

UWM Union once again site of presidential candidate visit and a tribute to the late Art Elkon

Friday Photos: Taxi Parking to Urban Living
Friday Photos

Taxi Parking to Urban Living

Deregulating taxicabs will pour at least $172,000 into government coffers annually.

Weekly Happy Hour: Horny Goat’s Year-Round Outdoor Fun
Weekly Happy Hour

Horny Goat’s Year-Round Outdoor Fun

Their riverside Hideaway has an enclosed and heated bar that stays open through the winter.

The 82nd Season of World Class Opera From the Florentine Begins With Giacomo Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Thirteenth Cycle of Fellowship Program for Visual Artists Announced
Press Release

Thirteenth Cycle of Fellowship Program for Visual Artists Announced

Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists Program to Recognize Five Artists in 2015

Weekly Happy Hour: Public Beer Gardens Are Great Fun
Weekly Happy Hour

Public Beer Gardens Are Great Fun

County now boasts four permanent and two traveling beer gardens.

Bar Exam: Jamo’s, a 1950s Time Warp
Bar Exam

Jamo’s, a 1950s Time Warp

A quiet corner bar of long vintage with velvet paintings of misty-eyed beauties, it's not easy to find.

Happy Hour: Company Brewing is Top Brass
Happy Hour

Company Brewing is Top Brass

New Riverwest microbrewery offers discounted pints, cocktails and wine seven days a week.

A Study in Light
Press Release

A Study in Light

The artwork of Dave Niec and Todd Mrozinski

Milwaukee Comedy Festival Offers Laughs

Milwaukee Comedy Festival Offers Laughs

10th annual fest offers huge line-up of comics over four days with most shows at Next Act Theatre.

Bike Ride Unites Riverwest and Harambee

Bike Ride Unites Riverwest and Harambee

More than 100 participants join 53212 Unity Ride.

Profile: The Musical Journey of Jay Anderson
Profile

The Musical Journey of Jay Anderson

The leader of Foreign Goods, just 23, is a deep thinker and musician.

Review: The Maniac Named Juiceboxxx
Review

The Maniac Named Juiceboxxx

MIlwaukee's rising star, the subject of a new book, was as crazed as ever at Riverwest show.

Now Serving: The Return of River Horse?
Now Serving

The Return of River Horse?

New bar coming to Riverwest. New empanadas place opens on Brady.

Weekly Happy Hour: Hi Hat Garage Is Quite a Scene
Weekly Happy Hour

Hi Hat Garage Is Quite a Scene

One of the best deals in town: half-off taps, rail mixers and wine.

Riverwest 24 Bike Race Live Blog – 2015

Riverwest 24 Bike Race Live Blog – 2015

Follow the action on (and off) the race course.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Locations of Next 35 Bike Stations Announced
Eyes on Milwaukee

Locations of Next 35 Bike Stations Announced

New Bublr stations will blanket East Side with other locations in 12 neighborhoods. Here is complete list.

House Confidential: The House That Launched Riverwest 24
House Confidential

The House That Launched Riverwest 24

Jeramey Prach founded the 24-hour bike race and his modest, 19th century home, now greatly expanded, is the race's start and finish line.

Weekly Happy Hour: Nessun Dorma Is Great For $2 Beer
Weekly Happy Hour

Nessun Dorma Is Great For $2 Beer

Riverwest Stein and a Czech pilsner are $2 seven evenings a week. Good food, too.

Band of the Week: The Hubbard Hustle
Band of the Week

The Hubbard Hustle

A new band that's funky, folky and funny. But they haven't earned enough money to buy Jet Skis.

Murphy’s Law: Why Bucks’ Entertainment District May Fail
Murphy’s Law

Why Bucks’ Entertainment District May Fail

Across the country these mega-projects have hurt cities with generic development that banishes local charm.

Band of the Week: The Fatty Acids
Band of the Week

The Fatty Acids

No, they're not the Fatty Asses. And they're getting increasing love from rock fans of all weight classes.

Photo Gallery: Suburbs’ Day in Milwaukee
Photo Gallery

Suburbs’ Day in Milwaukee

Who are all those suburbanites that camp out in the city for the July 3rd fireworks?

NEWaukeean of the Week: Sergio Piraino
NEWaukeean of the Week

Sergio Piraino

"I see Milwaukee having a title contending NBA franchise in the Milwaukee Bucks that will be playing in a state of the art new arena..."

Corridor of Dreams: How to Design a Public Space
Corridor of Dreams

How to Design a Public Space

Officials meet with residents about proposed greenway, and the citizens’ suggestions are a surprise.

Plats and Parcels: 1,449 New Apartments Coming
Plats and Parcels

1,449 New Apartments Coming

And more are on the way, all within a two-mile radius of City Hall.

Will the East Side Go Solar?

Will the East Side Go Solar?

City’s solar program, previously launched in Bay View and other neighborhoods, now targets the East Side.

Mandel Group breaks ground on Adventure Rock climbing gymnasium and apartments
Press Release

Mandel Group breaks ground on Adventure Rock climbing gymnasium and apartments

Mixed-Use Development at Commerce Street And North Avenue

Milwaukee Arts Board awards $213,500 to 33 organizations
Press Release

Milwaukee Arts Board awards $213,500 to 33 organizations

Steve VandeZande and Lori Bauman named Friends of the Arts

Bike Czar: New Bike Trails Coming
Bike Czar

New Bike Trails Coming

Beerline Trail from Keefe to Capitol Dr. will be completed in July and Phase 4 of Oak Leaf Trail north from Estabrook Park in November.

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