The votes are in and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best: Bars & Clubs, 2010. Find readers' results in 50 categories, including an editors' pick, in this series of articles that run daily in the Bars and Clubs section of OnMilwaukee.com.
The definition of "yesteryear" clearly is open to interpretation.
Though it's been closed for less than two years, The Social -- which operated at 114 E. Pittsburgh St. -- remains a "sentimental" favorite among OnMilwaukee.com readers.
Maybe it was the mac 'n' cheese or the s'mores. Maybe it was the tasty cocktails. Whatever the reason, for a second straight year Kevin Sloan's The Social bested other choices like Timer's, Shorewood Inn, Century Hall, Club Marilyn and Luke's Sports Spectacular.
In the editorial office, the pick was L.A. Freeway, which may have gotten the nod because it's successor, Cush Lounge, burned in the Pizza Man fire earlier this year. Then again, maybe it's because much of our staff killed a lot of brain cells there. We don't remember ...
OnMilwaukee.com editors' choice: L.A. Freeway
Runners up:
2. Club Marilyn / Metropolis
3. Timers
4. Luke's Sports Spectacular / 1225 Water
5. Shorewood Inn
6. The Unicorn
7. Century Hall
8. Avalanche
9. Gas Light East
10. Shooters
11. Morry's on Prospect
13. Park Avenue
14. London Bridge
15. City Club
16. Train Bar
17. Café Voltaire / Odd Rock
18. Someplace Else
19. Reed St. Station
20. Frenchie's
21. Brubaker's
22. Zak's
23. Café Melange
24. L.A. Freeway
25. Bogie's
26. Bailey's
27. The Starship
28. Pritchett's
