Dining - Oct. 9, 2009
Milwaukee's best comfort food, 2009: Kopp's
Milwaukee can be a real home-grown kind of town. We appreciate a warm, hearty meal just about any time of year, so it comes as little surprise then that when it came time to pick our favorite comfort food restaurant, we had plenty from which to choose.
Tags: dining month, best of dining, kopp's frozen custard, comfort food

Dining - June 8, 2009
It's curtains for the Cheesy Grill
John O'Hare opened the Cheesy Grill, 2155 Miller Park Way, in early 2008 and closed the diner last week "due to the economic conditions in the world today."
Tags: cheesy grill, grilled cheese, comfort food, west milwaukee, sonic

Dining - April 22, 2009
Oh, Honeypie
After months of working hard to rehab the former Annona Bistro space at 2643 S. Kinnickinic Ave., restaurateur Scott Johnson (Fuel Café, Comet Café, Balzac, Palomino, Hi Hat Garage) says he and his business partners -- Leslie Montemurro, and Adam and Val Lucks of Comet -- are almost ready to unveil the goods.
Tags: honeypie, comet cafe, scott johnson, comfort food, pie

Dining - Jan. 19, 2009
Old Fashioned delights with modern comfort food
Although the demise of The Social marks the end of an era when it comes to modern-day comfort food in Milwaukee, a recent visit to the Old Fashioned, 23 N. Pinckney St., next door to the acclaimed L'Etoile, on the capitol square, suggests that in Madison, familiar favorites are as comforting as ever. While the wind whistled around the capitol and temps grew colder and colder, the Old Fashioned was packed to the gills, lights down low, conversation humming.
Tags: Old Fashioned, comfort food, Madison, Capitol Square, L'Etoile

Dining - Dec. 23, 2008
Johnson, Montemurro plan cafe in Annona space
If you were bummed out when Annona Bistro closed in October, take solace in knowing that a new restaurant will soon take its place. Though the new restaurant doesn't have a name yet, chances are it'll be good -- because it's set to become the latest venture from Scott Johnson and Leslie Montemurro.
Tags: scott johnson, Leslie Montemurro, annona bistro, Fuel Café, Come Café, Balzac, Palomino, Hi-Hat, Garage, comfort food