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Birch
Seasonal dinner and happy-hour restaurant led by co-owners Kyle and Meghan Knall.
Visit venue →Milwaukee tables
Supper clubs, breweries, destination cooking and the late-night staples that give Milwaukee its particular appetite. Every card opens an independently maintained venue source.
24 researched stops across six Milwaukee food-and-drink lanes. Restaurant hours, reservations and menus can change—confirm directly with each venue.
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Seasonal menus and tasting experiences around the East Side, Bay View and downtown.
Seasonal dinner and happy-hour restaurant led by co-owners Kyle and Meghan Knall.
Visit venue →Long-running fine-dining restaurant with a seasonal menu in a former grocery-store building.
Visit venue →Downtown French- and Italian-influenced restaurant from chef Adam Siegel.
Visit venue →Intimate Bay View tasting-menu restaurant from chef Dan Jacobs.
Visit venue →Around the world
American-Chinese, global small plates and German tradition—all in the city core.
American-Chinese cooking from the DanDan team, a few blocks from the riverwalk.
Visit venue →Small plates with a global point of view in a converted warehouse district.
Visit venue →Ever-changing, locally inspired small plates; the bar runs Tuesday–Saturday.
Visit venue →Classic German restaurant in the historic Old World Third Street district.
Visit venue →Supper-club DNA
Steaks, fish fry, thin crust and custard are Milwaukee staples, not throwbacks.
A Milwaukee steakhouse and supper-club classic dating to 1946.
Visit venue →Supper-club-style steaks, seafood and Friday fish-fry tradition.
Visit venue →Milwaukee thin-crust pizza institution on Farwell Avenue.
Visit venue →Frozen custard and burgers from a local classic.
Visit venue →Beer city
Taprooms are a central part of Milwaukee’s food culture; check each brewer’s current schedule.
Milwaukee brewery with tours, beer hall food and riverfront views.
Visit venue →Taproom brewery with a large patio and regular food-truck programming.
Visit venue →Independent brewery with a food menu and a rotating beer lineup.
Visit venue →Milwaukee taproom from the Minneapolis-based independent brewery.
Visit venue →Cocktails after dark
A historic lounge, a retro den and two elevated hotel bars.
Historic, menu-less cocktail lounge known for bartenders who guide the order.
Visit venue →Vintage cocktail lounge from the Bryant’s family.
Visit venue →23rd-floor cocktail lounge in The Pfister with city views.
Visit venue →Indoor-outdoor rooftop restaurant and bar at the Kimpton Journeyman.
Visit venue →Easy crowd-pleasers
A certified pizzeria, Bay View favorite, indoor market and hotel wood-fired cooking.
Neapolitan pizzeria certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana.
Visit venue →Neighborhood restaurant and bar with a changing menu, cocktails and late-night energy.
Visit venue →Indoor market with independent merchants, prepared food, local products and seven bars.
Visit venue →Mediterranean-inspired, all-day hotel restaurant with a wood-fired grill and oven.
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