The past 6 months or so has seen an influx of ethnic eateries on the southeast side of the Metro area. Here are a couple of highlights. Pakastani & Middle-Eastern At Layton Avenue just east of S. 13th Street a couple of new eateries have opened in recent weeks including Dera Pakistani Grill, […]
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Kohler Food & Wine Experience tickets are now on sale for a weekend full of flavor with celebrity chef presenters Jacques Pépin, Andrew Zimmern, Marcus Sammuelsson and Lidia Bastianich among others on October 22-25, 2009. Interested food and wine connoisseurs are urged to purchase tickets now as this year’s event features one of the “Just […]
Cucina, a great Italian restaurant located in the Shops At Woodlake in Kohler, Wisconsin is celebrating it 20th Anneversary this year with a special three-course meal for $20. I have eaten there once and everything was spectacular. Cucina could best be described as upscale Italian. With items such as porcini-crusted scallops with grilled asparagus and roasted red beet […]
Bacchus – A Bartolotta Restaurant has been honored as one of only five Wisconsin establishments to receive the AAA Four Diamond restaurant designation for 2009. They join Milwaukee’s Sanford and Dream Dance along with Gilbert’s of Lake Geneva and The Immigrant Room in Kohler as Wisconsin’s ither Four Diamond restaurants. According to the AAA, a Four Diamond […]
Bartolotta Restaurants Invites Dogs (and Their People) for “Pup & Sup” Dinner Milwaukee – On Sunday, July 19th, Pier Wisconsin welcomes dog guardians and their best friends – as well as a human guest or two – for a very special wine tasting dinner. Prior to dinner the Wisconsin Humane Society will provide games, […]
Pho Hai Binh, a new Vietnamese Restaurant recently opened up shop at 3881 S. 27th Street in Milwaukee (S. 27th and Howard) in the space formerly occupied by S&P Thai Cuisine. The restaurant specializes in Pho with several varieties available. There are also numerous rice and noodle dishes and a decent appetizer menu. The bowl […]
OnMilwaukee.com reports that Paul Bartolotta will do battle with Mario Batali on Iron Chef this Sunday. I think if the secret ingredient is fish or seafood related Bartolotta will have a good chance at an upset. Also appearing with Bartolotta is none other than Adam Siegel from Bacchus and Lake Park Bistro. Siegel has also […]
You may have noticed that there haven’t been many restaurant reviews on here as of late. Its because I really haven’t eaten out much and the meals I have eaten haven’t been worth blogging about. I plan on writing up some mini reviews of places I visited on a recent trip to New Orleans. Speaking […]
A visit to Minocqua wouldn’t be complete without a stop at Ann Marie’s Fine Coffee and Tea in downtown Minocqua. Its hard to miss this unique store because it is setback from the street and the front yard has a very impressive garden, as you can see by the photo above. As you approach the […]
The Journal is just filling space until a new food critic is hired. Today is an article about the explosion of sushi in the US and its impact on fish populations. I think that sushi restaurants are in a tough situation. People love tuna, but the populations are being depleted so what are they to […]
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