Milwaukee restaurants, taverns and grocery stores may soon start quaking in their boots. That's because the City of Milwaukee has made its health inspection reports available online and in an easily searchable database.
The searchable site can be accessed from the City of Milwaukee homepage or by clicking here.
You'd be surprised at some of the places that have had violations in the City of Milwaukee Health Dept. Food Establishment Inspection Reporting System; everything from Palomino to Zayna's Pizza. Grocery stores like Whole Foods have also had violations.
In addition to a name search, users can access reports via zip code or aldermanic districts.
If you enjoy eating in local restaurants, it might be best to avoid looking at the reports altogether. Rare was the inspection I found that contained no violations. On the other hand, to their credit, most restaurants appeared willing and able to correct problems in a timely manner and most reinspections found that issues were rectified.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
