| By Andy Tarnoff Publisher Photography by Jennon Bell E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Andy Tarnoff |
| Published Nov. 2, 2005 at 5:15 a.m. |
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The Bradley Center may be one of the oldest venues in the NBA, but at least its concessions will receive a facelift this season. Bradley Center President and CEO Steve Costello introduced a new food partnership with Chicago's Levy Restaurants Tuesday, and hungry fans will notice the difference right away.
"We couldn't be more excited about the upcoming season and what fans will experience," said Costello at a media tasting event at The Bradley Center. "We think the fans will embrace the new menu."
Levy Restaurants, which already lists the Midwest Airlines Center, The Milwaukee Theater and The U.S. Cellular Arena among its clients, will develop a slew of new menu items for the Bradley Center at new concession stands like "Grill 71," "6th Street Sausages" and "Zipza."
In Chicago, Levy runs Spiaggia and Bistro 110. Overall, they manage 95 locations nationwide.
According to Executive Chef David Picou, some of the new menu items were created especially for Milwaukee.
The Bradley Burger, for example, is a double-decker sandwich, with a bratwurst and a hamburger patty, topped with caramelized onions and American cheese. The Brew City Dawg is a 1/3 pound, foot-long hot dog covered with chili, cheese and onions. Their two new paninis will be grilled "right in the stands," said Picou.
Levy Restaurants will also offer favorites from Chicago, like Italian beef and the Windy City Dawg, as well as healthier options, like chopped salads.
"It's all about the food for us," said Picou.
Unlike the Friday's Front Row Sports Grill at Miller Park, Bradley Center officials said they don't plan on opening a sit-down restaurant at the venue. But the new food options are certainly a step up from the arena's somewhat non-descript fare fans have come to expect.
"It's going to be really good for all of us," said Picou.
The new selections will be in place for the Bucks season opener on Sat., Nov. 5.
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Posted by OMCreader on Jan. 18, 2006 at 12:47 p.m. (report)
Chef Jerry Garcia said: It's very encouraging to see new food at the Bradly. The same old brat and pretzel just dosen't cut it anymore.
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Posted by OMCreader on Nov. 15, 2005 at 3:31 p.m. (report)
Bucks Fan said: I agree with Cyn. I am a season ticket holder, and I found the food to be worse than before. Also, the menu's at the consession stands are almost impossible to read from a distance. By the way.....what happened to the freshly baked cookies outside of section 206?
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Posted by OMCreader on Nov. 9, 2005 at 11:43 a.m. (report)
Cyn said: It was not very good, I went to the Bucks good and the food was even more overpriced than before and did not taste good at all. They should focus on lowering beer prices.
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Posted by OMCreader on Nov. 6, 2005 at 4:52 p.m. (report)
Triple Bypass said: I'm posting this from Outpost now! But they don't play the Bucks in the store or on the patio, so I guess I'm gonna be stuck with my Bradley Burger with a side of angioplasty
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Posted by OMCreader on Nov. 5, 2005 at 2:22 p.m. (report)
Downtown Girl said: A hamburger patty and a bratwurst with cheese all on one sandwich sounds absolutely disgusting. If the Bradley center wanted to go upscale why not support some of the upscale milwaukee restaurant owners and allow them to see their food there. Johnny V and the Mo's restaurants recently partnered with the Riverside theatre and I was very impressed by the service at the Lone Star concert last week. Kudos to the new owners of the Riverside for supporting Milwaukee restaurant owners!
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