Now, plans for a second Milwaukee-area location have surfaced. Amy Weisenburger, director of marketing and public relations for Restaurant-America (the parent company) says, "Yes, Bar Louie is looking at the Bayshore Town Center in Glendale and we are hoping to open in November of this year."
Other Bar Louie franchises have opened this summer in Cleveland, St. Louis and Grand Rapids, Mich. Currently, most (12) of the Bar Louie franchises are in the Chicago area. Roger Greenfield and Ted Kasemir -- who own Restaurants-America, Inc. -- opened the first Bar Louie in Chicago's River North neighborhood in 1991.
The company has also announced that it will open one of its Red Star Taverns in the first floor of the eight-story River Renaissance condominium development in the Third Ward.
Of late there have been rumors that this project was not moving forward. When asked, Weisenburger said, "As for the Red Star deal, we are moving forward and plan to open in 2007."
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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