Restaurants
Explore restaurant openings, closures, and trends shaping the Milwaukee-area dining and hospitality scene.
Cousins Subs navigates COVID-19 challenges, seizes opportunities
The past six weeks has been a trying time for local full-service restaurants, many scrambling to launch curbside and delivery service to survive or closing up shop all together as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced dining rooms to shut down.
Ninja Japanese Steakhouse owner buys downtown building for new location
The owner of Ninja Japanese Steakhouse in West Bend and Menomonee Falls has purchased a downtown Milwaukee building where he plans to open a new restaurant.
Paul Bartolotta named James Beard Award finalist
Paul Bartolotta, chef, owner and co-founder of Milwaukee-based The Bartolotta Restaurants, is a finalist for the 2020 James Beard Awards, the James Beard Foundation announced Monday afternoon.
Good City Brewing opens drive thru at Mayfair Mall
Good City Brewing has taken over a former bank drive thru at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa to operate a second curbside pick-up location while its taprooms remain closed due to COVID-19.
Bartolotta carefully aims for one shot at reopening
As curbside pick-up and delivery emerges as a means of survival for a restaurant industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, one of Milwaukee's most prominent restaurant groups remains on the sidelines-- much to the dismay of diners, but all in the name of flattening the curve.
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Buying back beer and kegs it can’t sell costs Molson Coors $50 million
Molson Coors Beverage Co. says the cost of reimbursing bars for untapped kegs and not being able to sell finished kegs soon enough will cost it around $50 million.
Hospitality Democracy’s downtown restaurants to reopen for curbside, delivery service
After closing for six weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Milwaukee-based Hospitality Democracy is reopening four of its restaurants...
Jennifer Bartolotta investing in NEWaukee’s entrepreneurial hub The Beacon
Jennifer Bartolotta is the latest investor in NEWaukee's $4.3 million endeavor to redevelop the historic Schlitz Tivoli Palm Garden...
Tavern League pushes for bars, restaurants to reopen by May 1
The Tavern League of Wisconsin wants bars, restaurants and supper clubs across the state to reopen about three weeks before Gov. Tony Evers' extended Safer at Home order expires.