Ok, after reading some of my recent blog entries I realize that I haven't written many positive reviews lately, so I am going to write about one of my favorite places: THE HARP.

This is THE place to go for bar food. I think that Hooligans on North Ave. has excellent food, including great salads, but the atmosphere inside is not great, and sitting outside looking at the traffic on North Ave. is also not thrilling. However, the Harp sits right on the river across the street from the new Trinity Bar, and Rudy's. Besides the fantastic back porch atmosphere, the food is outstanding. Here are some of my favorites:

Reuben Rolls: These are likely store bought, but I could be wrong. Regardless they are great. Egg-Roll skin deep fried around corned beef and sour kraut, served with Thousand Island dressing for dipping. They are probably mini-artery cloggers, but oh so tasty.

The Pesto-Chicken Salad Wrap: It isn't chicken salad as the name implies, rather strips of grilled chicken covered in a great pesto sauce, and accented by slices of fresh buffalo mozzarella. The wrap is wram and cripsy, and the mozzarella really makes this dish. I can not recommend this with any more passion.

The Sriracha Chicken Sandwich: If you like Sriracha Chili Sauce, hot and spicy, this sandwich is great. It is smothered in Sriracha, and makes you sweat under the sun on the porch.

The Beef Tenderloin Sandwich: Served on an onion roll with fried onions on top, and a garlic-mayo sauce this sandwich was my favorite until I met the Pesto Wrap. Again, as far as steak sandwiches go for the price the best tasting I have ever had. 

Their wings are above average, their burgers are great, and there is another wrap I love that is southwestern or spicy something like that. The denouement for each dish is the Harp Chips. The Harp Chips are homemade potato chips with Parmesan cheese crumbs covering each deep fried delight.

Really the only cons to the Harp is that most of the tables on the porch are wood benches that aren't very comfortable especially if you are tall, the drinks are a little higher priced than they should be but that is for the view of the river, and sometimes the waitresses are a little slow because they are dealing with a lot of tables. However, all that aside it is, and will be, one of my favorite bars to eat at in Milwaukee, and one of my favorite restaurants at that.