Dining - Oct. 28, 2009
Milwaukee's best Middle Eastern, 2009: Casablanca
What began as a family-owned restaurant on Mitchell Street evolved into a Brady Street emporium of Middle Eastern delights. Following in their parents' footsteps, brothers Alaa and Nasser Musa opened the second generation of Casablanca, serving traditional kabobs, falafel, stuffed grape leaves and shawarma.
Tags: casablanca, abu's, sharazad, shiraz, aladdin, shah jee's, 2 sweet, mona's, sahar, tuplip, middle eastern, hookah, vegetarian buffet, falafel, shawarma

Dining - Aug. 5, 2009
Playing favorites with falafel
When my fiancé and I met, he was living in Chicago and I was here in Milwaukee, a situation that sometimes made for long, lonely weeks, but that also opened the doors for a dual citizenship of sorts when the weekends rolled around. The start of each new week brought with it the choice to remain in Brew City or hop the Megabus down to the Windy one.
Tags: falafel, sahara cafe, sultan's market

Dining - July 15, 2009
Pita Brothers take lunch to the streets
There are late-night sausages on Old World 3rd Street, Satellite Crepes for breakfast and post-bar pizza trucks. The latest "street food" to roll into town are the Pita Brothers, otherwise knows as real-life brothers Vijay and Manoj Swearingen.
Tags: pita brothers, falafel, street vendors

Dining - Jan. 27, 2009
Mona's dishes authentic Turkish cuisine
Farwell Avenue's ethnic dining landscape expanded at the start of the new year, with the opening of Mona's Turkish Shawerma House, 1814 N. Farwell Ave. The small dine-in and carry-out restaurant adds to the diverse row of restaurants along the 1800 block, including Ethiopian Cottage Restaurant, Chopstix Chinese Restaurant and EE Sane Thai Cuisine.
Tags: mona's turkish shawerman house, falafel, shish kabob, turkish food

Dining - Dec. 31, 2007
Shahrazad scores with new vegetarian lunch buffet
Shahrazad Middle Eastern restaurant opened almost 15 years ago, but it only recently added a daily vegetarian lunch buffet.
Tags: Shahrazad Middle Eastern restaurant, Middle Eastern food, falafel, lentil soup, hummus, couscous, bab ganouj, buffet, all-you-can-eat, vegetarian

Dining - Aug. 28, 2008
Yummy lunch at Yaffa
I urge everyone to get out of the office for an hour to grab some lunch and take a stroll on Milwaukee's beautful Rverwalk while the weather is still nice. The rejuvenating effects are innumerable. I'll just save you some time and tell you the best place  to eat - Yaffa. Lu...
Tags: Yaffa, Riverwalk, John Chitko, Downtown lunch, falafel