Bars & Clubs - Oct. 10, 2009
Uncorked: The worst bartender in Milwaukee
What's so special about bartenders? They're just people cowering behind the safety of a 4-foot barrier who tip a bottle of liquid upside down and pour it into a glass. Your total interaction with them can be as little as a minute or two. How hard can it be? Well, with all the average or below-average bartenders you've experienced, apparently it's harder than it looks. What is it that differentiates good bartenders from bad?
Tags: bartenders, bad bartenders, Jaime O'donoghue, county clare, odonoghue's

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 25, 2009
Draft Magazine honors local bars
Draft Magazine picked their top 200 beer bars in the country, and six Milwaukee bars were included. Bars were judged according to beer, ambiance, service and food.
Tags: fat abbey biercafe, county clare, sugar maple, milwaukee ale house, draft magazine, diablos rojos group, mike eitel

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 10, 2009
Milwaukee's best Irish bar, 2009: County Clare
Every year, two Irish bars duke it out to be the number one pick from the OnMilwaukee.com readers. This year, the top prize once again goes to the venerable County Clare, and its traditional foe, Paddy's Pub, finishes second. Meanwhile, the OnMilwaukee.com editors pick Brocach.
Tags: County Clare, Brocach, Paddy's Pub, Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Mo's Irish Pub, Slim McGinn's, Brocach, The Harp, Irish Pub, McBob's, Mc Gillicuddy's, Champions Pub, Packy's, Derry Hegarty's, O'Donoghue's, House of Guinness, Fitzgibbons Pub, Halliday's

Bars & Clubs - Jan. 16, 2009
Take the chill out of your nightlife
Whereas in the summer you'd find people hopping from one bar to the next, grabbing snacks from vendors on the street and walking between neighborhood destinations, in January, February and March you're lucky if friends will escape the confines of the couch for a quick beer at your local pub.
Tags: at random, county clare, tracks, two, balzac

Dining - Feb. 10, 2008
Romantic restaurant guide
Cupid has his arrows ready for Valentine's Day, and it's time to come up with the perfect place to pitch some woo, while tossing back some satisfying wine and savoring tasty vittles. After love, there's nothing more sensuous than food, is there?
Tags: romantic, valentine, bartolotta, pasta tree, roots, pizza man, balzac, Eddie Martini's, mo's, lake park bistro, county clare, bacchus, andrew's, delafield hotel, la merenda, hinterland, heaven city