’Tis Dining Month, the tastiest time of year! This means we’re dishing up fun and fascinating food content throughout October. Dig in, Milwaukee! OnMilwaukee Dining Month is served up by Potawatomi Casino Hotel.
It’s as important as ever to support the amazing collection of local restaurants that we have in our beautiful city. And there’s no better way to do so than committing to patronize them throughout the year.
To guide you on your journey, I’ve composed a list of 52 amazing restaurants. Try just one of these every week and you’ll have visited them all by the end of 2024. View the full list OR download an abbreviated printable PDF file for your fridge or wallet.
Flour Girl & Flame / Everyone’s Table
8121 W National Ave, West Allis, (414) 662-7921
flourgirlandflame.com
Wood-fired pizza
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There are a few more weeks before Flour Girl & Flame reopens the doors at their brick-and-mortar dining room, Everyone's Table on Nov. 1. But this week you can catch the wood-fired pizza-slingin' maestros at a variety of events around town.
Thursday, Oct. 17
Egg & Flour Girl Collab
Ray's Butcher Shoppe, 4640 W. Loomis Rd.
4 to 8 p.m.
Stop by to see if Adam Pawlak can find his way around a wood-fired oven (and eat pizza!).
Thursday, Oct. 17
Night on the Farm, Stone Bank Farm Market
N68 W33208, Cty Trunk Hwy K, Oconomowoc
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Purchase tickets ($15 for adults; $5 for kids 3+)
Enjoy live music by Myles Wangerin, beer, SBF burgers, Mr. P's Grilled Cheese, Troublemakers Taco Truck, Leduc's custard and Detroit-style pizza slices from Flour Girl & Flame. The Market will be open for farm snacks, bottles of wine and shopping!
Chairs and blankets are encouraged.
Friday, Oct. 18
Detroit Slice Night at Scout Wine Merchants
4512 N. Oakland Ave., Shorewood
5 to 8 p.m.
Grab slices of wood-fired Detroit-style pizza and pair it up with great wine from Scout.
Saturday, Oct. 19
Flannel Fest
The Cooperage, 818 S. Water St.
2 to 10 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Stop by for live music all afternoon and evening long, plus great shopping from local vendors including BB Cakes, Canni Hemp Co., Cival Collective, The Dome Swap, Margaret Muza Photography, Paloma Wilder Bonded Bar, Shock Treatment Tattoos, and more. Grab delicious fare from Ay Chihuahua Coffee, Dooby Dogs, Flour Girl & Flame, Pete’s Pops, Roll MKE, Taco Moto and Tots On The Street. Boone & Crockett will be slinging delicious drinks indoors & out. [More info here.]
As a passionate champion of the local dining scene, Lori has reimagined the restaurant critic's role into that of a trusted dining concierge, guiding food lovers to delightful culinary discoveries and memorable experiences.
Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with every dish. Lori is the author of two books: the "Wisconsin Field to Fork" cookbook and "Milwaukee Food". Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club. In 2024, Lori was honored with a "Top 20 Women in Hospitality to Watch" award by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or planning for TV and radio spots, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.