Dining - Oct. 24, 2009
Milwaukee's best use of local food, 2009: Roots
Roots Restaurant and Cellar was one of Milwaukee's first dining destinations to actively pursue the use of local ingredients. Using only naturally raised meats and fresh seafood from the start, they've evolved to mainly use produce grown in Wisconsin, too.
Tags: roots restaurant, local food, slow food, comet cafe, crazy water, hinterland, kil@wat, la merenda, transfer, riverwest co-op

Bars & Clubs - June 3, 2009
Kaña is Milwaukee's first mojito lounge
The new Kaña (a Spanish word for "sugar cane") is Milwaukee's first mojito lounge, located at 201 W. Mitchell St. Like martini bars before it, Kaña offers a lengthy menu of mojitos mixed every way imaginable.
Tags: kaña, mojitos, mitchell street, sugar cane, transfer, juan solano

Bars & Clubs - Jan. 2, 2009
10 bars / restaurants I want to frequent in 2009
I just made a list of places I want to check out -- or spend more time in -- during the New Year. Here are my '09 destinations, and feel free to add your own.
Tags: BD MOngolian Grill, Botanas, Burnhearts, Blackbird, Sugar Maple, Bryant's, Juniper 61, Transfer, Two

Dining - Aug. 28, 2008
A pizza takeover?
Within the last year and a half I have witnessed four new pizza places open up within a five-minute bike ride (less than a mile) of my Walker's Point home.
Tags: pizza, classic slice, marchese's olive pit, transfer, times square bistro & pizzeria, rustico

Dining - Dec. 20, 2007
Transfer gets the go-ahead
In the historic building at 101 W. Mitchell St. -- on the borders of both Bay View and Walker's Point -- once known as the Transfer Pharmacy will be a diner/music club/tavern called, appropriately, Transfer.
Tags: Transfer, Scrambled Ed's, Walker's Point