Like every city, rumors fly around this town like spaceships on "The Jetsons," and most of the time, they simply aren’t true.
For years, I’ve heard through the poison grapevine that certain restaurants use dog or cat meat in their food, as well as countless questionable tales of certain sports figures getting wild on Water Street.
But my favorite Milwaukee rumor is that At Random is closed.
I hear this rumor frequently. Recently, an acquaintance insisted that the kitschy lounge shut down for good, and about twice a year, someone e-mails OnMilwaukee.com, inquiring if At Random has finally shattered the Tiki Love Bowl. But in reality, the dapper drinkery is alive and well in beauteous Bay View.
Have you heard -- or started -- other Milwaukee rumors?
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
