Movies & TV - Oct. 1, 2007
MIFF attendance up
With more than 30 sold-out screenings, it's little surprise that the Milwaukee International Film Festival announced a 26 percent increase in attendance over last year.
Tags: MIFF, Oriental, Times Cinema, Downer, Jon Jackson, Milwaukee International Film Festival

Dining - Sept. 17, 2007
A great first trip to Cafe Hollander
Have you ever been meaning to try a new restaurant, but months later, haven't had the time to get there? That was my experience with Café Hollander, which isn't really new anymore.
Tags: cafe hollander, diablos rojos, gil's, downer

Movies & TV - Sept. 4, 2007
"Primo Levi's Journey" comes to Downer
For much of the world, Primo Levi's voice is the only one we've heard from Jewish Italy. A new film uses his long journey to explore modern Europe.
Tags: Primo Levi, Holocaust, Nazi, Germany, Ferrario, Turin, Piedmont, The Truce, Downer

Bars & Clubs - July 8, 2007
Henry's is back, grand opening is Saturday
Though the doors have been open since June 19, Henry’s celebrates its Grand Opening on Saturday, July 14 with a block party for the neighborhood on Belleview Place.
Tags: Henry's, Downer, Nader Pakroo, Christen Pechman, Christian Bartley, John Roush

Marketplace - April 26, 2007
Schwartz expands on Downer
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, 2559 N. Downer Ave., is getting bigger. The shop will spread north as far as 2567 N. Downer Ave. into spaces that formerly housed Time to Kiln and Einstein's Bagels.
Tags: Schwartz, Downer, New Land

Milwaukee Buzz - April 21, 2007
Downer development draws attention of National Trust
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Midwest Director, Royce A. Yeater sent a letter to the City of Milwaukee’s Plan Commission Wednesday expressing the group’s opposition -- spurred by neighborhood complaints -- to the proposed development of the parking lot at Downer and Belleview.
Tags: Downer, New Land, D'Amato, National Trust, Historic Preservation

Marketplace - April 18, 2007
New Land Downer development takes another step
Expect New Land’s plans for development on Downer Avenue to take another step forward next week when the City Plan Commission holds a public hearing on the zoning of the parking lot on Downer at Belleview Place Monday, April 23 at 1:45 p.m. in the first floor boardroom at 809 N. Broadway.
Tags: New Land, D'Amato, Downer

Bars & Clubs - April 2, 2007
East Side institution, Henry's, is closed "temporarily"
It's sad on this glorious Opening Day to report the temporary closing of, in my humble opinion, one of the East Side's favorite stops, Henry's.
Tags: Henry's, Downer, East Side

Dining - March 16, 2007
A tasty $5 sandwich, delivered to your car
I drove up to OPH, called again, Josh came out and for $5 ($4.72 plus tax) I got an egg and jack cheese sandwich and a large coffee
Tags: Original Pancake House, delivery, egg sandwich, breakfast, Downer, OPH, coffee, drive up, Bartolotta, Chancery, Hollander, CVS

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 19, 2006
Cafe Centraal to become Cafe Hollander
The new bar and restaurant that's slated to replace Gil's Lounge, 2068 N. Downer Ave., is going through a slight name change before it opens this fall.
Tags: downer, eitel, cafe centraal, cafe highlander

Bars & Clubs - Aug. 17, 2006
Cafe Centraal eases into old Gil's space
Mike Eitel remembers driving from Cedarburg to Downer Avenue as soon as he got a driver's license, and two decades later, is psyched to be a part of the scene again. Eitel - along with the "Diablos Rojos" restaurant group -- will open Café Centraal in the former Gils' Cafe.
Tags: Eitel, Scott Johnson, Montemurro, Hi-Hat, trocadero, Comet, Fuel, Balzac, Gil's, Downer

Milwaukee Buzz - July 15, 2006
Adios, Gil's Cafe!
Downer Avenue's Gil's Cafe closed for good last week.
Tags: Gil's Cafe, Downer

Dining - July 11, 2006
The last bagel
I wasn’t sure why I felt so deflated last night as I thought about the Downer Avenue Einstein’s closing today. It’s a chain bagel shop, and there are a handful in Metro Milwaukee.
Tags: bagel, einstein's, downer

Milwaukee Buzz - July 10, 2006
Downer Einstein’s closing Tuesday
East Side bagel aficionados will be left with one fewer option this week when the Downer Avenue Einstein Bros. Bagels closes quietly Tuesday afternoon.
Tags: bagel, downer, einstein's

Dining - July 1, 2006
The Original Pancake House: Super slapjacks; craptacular coffee
The Original Pancake House serves Superior Coffee -- which tastes watery and average -- when they could be slinging something more satisfying.
Tags: pancakes, downer, coffee trader, pancake house, superior coffee