Dining - Oct. 14, 2009
Milwaukee's best local fast food, 2009: Culver's
OnMilwaukee.com readers picked Culver's as their favorite local fast food joint. Culver's is a chain that's based in Prairie du Sac, Wis. The first hamburger-and-ice-cream eatery opened in 1984 in Sauk City, and today, there are 390 Culver's restaurants all over the country.
Tags: fast food, culver's, oakland gyros, sped queen, rocky rococo, night owl, gilles, sil's, kitt's, the kiltie, packing house

Dining - Oct. 13, 2009
Milwaukee's best hot dog, 2009: The Dogg Haus
Grilling Vienna Beef links on poppy seed buns, you can choose from the Tex-Mex (salsa, cheddar cheese, sour cream and jalapenos), Berlin's Best (sauerkraut, onions and mustard), The Hollywood (nacho cheese and jalapenos) or the Atlantic City (sauerkraut, onions, mustard and relish).
Tags: dogg haus, sammy's, jake's deli, hot dog, best of, doggfather, stonefly, real chili, gilles, real dogs, judy's red hots, fratelli's, cafe hollander, maders, karl ratzsch, martino's, miller park, milwaukee brat house, old german beer hall

Sports - Dec. 2, 2008
Not everything in the wide world of sports is wrong
OnMilwaukee.com sports columnist Dave Begel spends much of his time looking for problems and writing about them. That's part of his charm. Believe it or not, there are some things that Begel enjoys in the sporting world, including high school basketball, which was immortalized in the movie "Hoosiers" and several other things.
Tags: pga tour qualifying tournament, mee-kwon park golf course, brown deer park golf course, red arrow park, palermo's pizza, bob harlan, herb kohl, bud selig, bango buck, gilles, mckinley courts, craig counsell

Dining - Aug. 13, 2008
Get it while it's cold: A custard and ice cream guide
Even outside of the national chains such as Dairy Queen and Culver's, Milwaukeeans have a plethora of shops to satisfy their ice cream and custard needs. Here are just a few of many city highlights.
Tags: ice cream, custard, frozen yogurt, kopp's, leon's, robert's, babe's, cold stone creamery, bella's fat cat, gilles, murf's, lixx, scoopz

Dining - June 13, 2008
Gilles Frozen Custard turns 70 this weekend
Gilles Frozen Custard, 7515 W. Bluemound Rd., turns 70 this weekend.
Tags: Gilles, frozen custard, Bob Linscott, Tom Linscott, Paul Gilles, Bud Selig