Dining - May 19, 2008
Thai Palace is not flashy, but the food is fabulous
While the interior, and certainly the exterior, at Thai Palace are not nearly as glamorous as what one may find at neighboring Thai restaurants, the food here is sublime and the atmosphere is comfortable.
Tags: thai palace, thai, amy carlson

Travel & Visitors Guide - Feb. 13, 2008
Independent group works to revive Bay View Bash
When the BVNA announced this weekend that it was putting the festival on hold this year, and potentially indefinitely, Carlson -- who's also the OnMilwaukee.com dining critic -- is trying to revive the Bash.
Tags: bay view bash, festival, amy carlson, bvna

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 10, 2008
Bay View Bash shelved
The Bay View Neighborhood Association announced Friday that its board of directors has shelved the popular Bay View Bash event indefinitely.
Tags: Bay View Bash, South Shore Park, Bay View Neighbrohood Association, Amy Carlson, Anne Fisher, Humboldt Park

Dining - April 24, 2007
Viva delivery!
I have done just about everything in a restaurant from serving, bartending and expediting to washing dishes and mopping floors, but I have never been a delivery driver before, so I boldly determined to go where I had not been before; quite literally in some cases: I spent a few nights moonlighting as a delivery driver for a local restaurant.
Tags: delivery, amy carlson

Dining - March 3, 2007
Let them eat snow
All right, I know a lot of people do not want their kids to eat the things we did as children. Mouthfuls of turf, raindrops on our tongues, and does anyone remember that book, “How to Eat Fried Worms” (Thomas Rockwell; Random House, 1973)?
Tags: snow, Amy Carlson

Dining - Nov. 22, 2006
Calories be damned; it's Thanksgiving!
Pre-Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of year as we all gear up to stuff ourselves with turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberries and just about every other kind of fixing you can fathom. This year we will eat our way through the Thursday of Thanks with friends and family in a glorious feast and fete of gluttony.
Tags: Thanksgiving, Turkey, Amy Carlson

Dining - Oct. 23, 2006
Capitalism eats another small business owner
How do you define the line between capitalizing and expanding on an already successful business and retaining the unmatched qualities that made your business successful to begin with? And is it fair for me, as a customer, to even question such things? I want all local, small business owners to be successful, but at what price?
Tags: Sobelman's, Amy Carlson, The Social, burgers