Milwaukee's often used in conjunction with "surprise." "Wow, I didn't know that Milwaukee was that cool," and the like.
Today comes another shining example as Tasting Table, the big hitting "free daily email about the best of food and drink culture," toasts Milwaukee's own Ardent with the headline "Milwaukee Surprise."
Anthony Todd of the company's Chicago bureau uses the sub headline of "Ardent serves some of the most progressive food in the Midwest" and starts his piece like this, "We never expected to find some of the most interesting food in the Midwest hiding in Milwaukee, but that's exactly what we discovered down the short flight of stairs to the non-descript basement that is the contemporary American restaurant Ardent."
Hats off to Chef Justin Carlisle and cheers to the continued explosion of the Milwaukee dining scene.
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.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
