By Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer Published Jun 19, 2012 at 4:20 PM

Several times per week, someone asks me for a restaurant recommendation. I always offer a list of my favorites and love talking about the ever-changing dining business.

Yesterday, though, a friend asked me for a list of the "hottest" restaurants in the area. An easy answer on the 94-degree day was "all of them," but after thinking a bit and interpreting "hottest" to mean "most recently opened and still generating good buzz" I came up the following list:

C. 1880
Braise
Rumpus Room
The Noble
Odd Duck

I'm sure 8-twelve and Kanpai will be "hot" once they open and, of course, there are several other places around town that are always "hot."  We all have our favorites.  

What's your answer to this question? Chime in and tell us what's "hot" in your Milwaukee dining world.

Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer

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.