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C-viche, 2165 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., in Bay View will be making a comeback this week after a month-long closure.
The restaurant, which has been offering select dishes prepared and offered to-go at their sister restaurant, Kompali on Brady Street, will launch a new concept called C-viche Express beginning today (April 23) at 2:30 p.m.
The C-viche Express concept will offer guests the opportunity to order a variety of the restaurant's most popular pan-Latin menu items including fresh housemade ceviche, Argentine churrasco with house chimichurri, lomo saltado, and polla a la brasa (Peruvian rotisserie chicken), for pick-up at a brand new pick-up window located on the enclosed C-viche patio.
Even better, every day is "Taco Tuesday" and will feature a selection of tacos -- from Baja style fish and blackened shrimp to chorizo and Argentine steak – along with cerveza, margaritas and mojitos.
C-viche Express will be open Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 2:30 to 9 p.m. View the menu and order online or call the restaurant for curbside window pick-up. Tacos are also available at the on a walk-up basis.
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.
