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Feb 10, 2021 · Remembering Milwaukee’s Classic Restaurants New book by Jennifer Billock recalls old German restaurants, Mafia-connected Italian places and much more. By Cari Taylor-Carlson - Feb 10th, 2021 06: ...
6 days ago · With Repeal, Jordan began working in saloons including the Sportsman’s Bar on Plankinton Avenue then the Empire Cocktail Lounge, at 716 N. Plankinton, from 1940 to ‘53, Jordan’s Restaurant ...
7700 Harwood Avenue. Wauwatosa, WI 53213. (414) 271-7700. Hours & Directions. thebuckatabon.com. The Lowlands Group includes 4 unique restaurants including Café Hollander, Buckatabon Tavern & Supper Club, Café Benelux, and Centraal Grand Café & Tappery.
May 24, 2023 · C. 1880 opened at 1100 S. 1st St. in Walker's Point in 2012. The fine-dining restaurant closed in March 2018, with chef-owner Thomas Hauck citing “changes in the Milwaukee restaurant market ...
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There have been quite literally dozens of custard stands dotted around the Milwaukee landscape since Joe Clark introduced the delectable egg-infused ice cream to Brew City at his eponymous Capitol Drive custard stand in 1935. Folks who remember them remain loyal even decades after the Custard King machines have stopped extruding ribbons of goodness...
Located in the Wisconsin Hotel, 720 N. Old World 3rd St., the Blackamoor Room (named for a controversial style of European decorative artthat depicts people of color) was, according to a 1940s postcard, "the cafe lounge where smart people are entertained." Another ad noted that the Blackamoor Cocktail Lounge was "where soft music, refreshing cockta...
The Circus Room appears to have operated in the Wisconsin Hotel at the same time as the Blackamoor Room and looking at the image above, I wonder if it became the C-Club (which would explain the "C" part of the name) in the hotel's lower level. According to an ad for the place, the Circus Room was "where a gay and colorful setting compliments a deli...
This one (which I have mentioned here before) seems alarming to me now, but I have to think it must have appeared less so (hard as that is to imagine) back when this ad ran in the early 1960s, because even respected pianist and singer Martha Artis performed there. The place, on 22nd and Capitol, was run by former amateur boxer Billy Goodsitt and hi...
(PHOTO: Courtesy of OldMilwaukee.net) Opened in 1979 in the former near South Side indoor swimming hole designed in 1894 by architects Schnetzky and Liebert, the Public Natatorium Restaurant, 1646 S. 4th St., was best known for keeping dolphins in the old pool and offering five dolphins shows a day. An old menu from the place notes that the dolphin...
Skelly's was located at 622 W. Wisconsin Ave. and served breakfast, lunch and dinner in its four dining rooms. It also was a popular place for meetings and banquets. There was also a bakery and a soda fountain inside. For a while a second location was at 7022 W. Greenfield Ave. in West Allis. Though the places are gone, a sign remains painted on th...
Frenchy's was an East Side landmark, which was run by Paul LaPointe, at 1901 E. North Ave., where Beans and Barley now stands. There was also an attached Bulldog Pub below. The restaurant served a mix of French and American specialties and featured waitresses dresses as French maids. A 1960 menu shows a variety of unexpected items, including racoon...
Stouffer's, now best known as a frozen foods brand, began as a restaurant in Cleveland in 1924 and slowly expanded to other markets. In the 1960s, it opened a series of "Top of" restaurants, including the Top of the Marine in Milwaukee's then-new Marine Bank (now Chase) Building, 111 E. Wisconsin Ave. The verso of the postcard pictured above noted ...
Christine Cuddy. Children. 2. Harry Gittes (May 6, 1936 - September 2, 2017) was an American film producer. He was known for collaborating with Jack Nicholson in such films as Drive, He Said (1971), Goin' South (1978) and About Schmidt (2002). Gittes was also the namesake of Nicholson's character in Chinatown (1974). [1][2]
Oct 4, 2017 · Shorty’s Pine and Desert Rooms, 3411 W. Villard Ave., opened as a nickel burger joint in 1930 by Isaac (Shorty) Sader. After stints in two other locations, Shorty built his own place at 3411 W ...
