Dining - Oct. 26, 2009
Open Table salutes Il Mito and Ristorante Bartolotta
Tosa takes the cake. Well, at least two Italian restaurants in Wauwatosa are the only two Wisconsin eateries on Open Table's 2009 list of Best Italian Restaurant Award winners.
Tags: Il Mito, Ristorante Bartolotta, Open Table, Best Italian Restaurants, Michael Feker

Dining - Oct. 20, 2009
Rapid review: Il Mito Enoteca
Although Il Mito started out in Walker's Point, it's really come into its own in Wauwatosa, where Chef Michael Feker serves lunch, dinner and brunch. Next door is his School of Culinary Magic, which offers classes, demonstrations and chef's table events at which Feker himself -- a great showman -- is the main attraction.
Tags: Il Mito, Michael Feker, School of Culinary Magic, Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse

Dining - July 3, 2009
A tasty Fourth of July recipe for beer barbecued chicken
If you're looking for a Milwaukee-perfect barbecued chicken recipe, look no further than this one, dished up by Chef Michael Feker of Il Mito Enoteca in Wauwatosa. Happy Fourth of July!
Tags: Il Mito, Michael Feker, beer barbecued chicken

Dining - April 5, 2009
Chef Feker's gourmet cheese and veggie panini
This recipe is a true classic with my gourmet twist. Furthermore, in one of my previous blog you were given the direction to roasted vegetables.
Tags: il mito, chef michael feker, panini

Dining - March 29, 2009
Welcome spring through seasonal cooking
As foodies and lovers of flavor, we can do our share to welcome spring. As Mother Nature wakes up so do our cravings for things that she will be bringing in her basket.
Tags: chef michael feker, il mito, seasonal cooking, spring vegetables

Dining - March 21, 2009
Preparing a family favorite
This week I am sharing a recipe that is a great family and friend pleaser. Serve this dish with some good French baguette bread cut at a 45-degree angle (aka "bias" in culinary terms), toasted crisp, rubbed with garlic cloves and drizzled with EVO (extra virgin olive oil.)
Tags: chef michael feker, il mito

Dining - March 18, 2009
Join me at my Chef's Counter
It has always been my dream to bring people together for unique dining experiences. At my exclusive cooking school, I invite guests to dine with me at my Chef's Counter. It is this experience that I hope you will treasure as much as I do.
Tags: chef michael feker, il mito, cooking classes, culinary school, chef's corner

Bars & Clubs - March 7, 2009
Milwaukee nightlife: Are you a suburban drinker?
Home of dozens of theaters, neighborhoods of restaurants and recognized bar districts; suburbanites have been graciously coping with the 20-minute drive Downtown for years. But, as plenty of newly opened suburban bars prove, the flow occasionally switches and there's reason for city dwellers to venture west, north or south for a sip of something different.
Tags: suburban bars, il mito, maxies, firefly, piano blu, jojo's martini bar, club paragon, leff's, silver spring house

Dining - Nov. 17, 2008
Feker takes Il Mito to Piemonte
While I might quibble a little with the menu -- being a Piemontese purist and all -- I'm happy that Il Mito Enoteca hosts a "Regional Tour of the tastes of Piedmont" dinner on Friday, Nov. 21 beginning at 7 p.m. I bet Chef Michael Feker will uncork some great barberas for the occasion.
Tags: Piemonte, risotto, ossobucco, Il Mito, Chef Michael Feker

Dining - Oct. 26, 2008
Classes can turn the heat up on culinary skills
A few years ago if you wanted to learn to cook in a classroom -- as opposed to in the kitchen with your mom or grandma -- there were few options. Now, thanks to a boom in the foodie culture in Milwaukee, there is a full menu of options from the casual to the intense.
Tags: Il Mito, Milwaukee Public Market, MATC, UWM, Braise Culinary School, Chef David Swanson, Sherry Bantug, Chef Michael Feker's School of Culinary Magic, MBTI, Bryant and Stratton

Dining - Sept. 2, 2008
Il Mito brunch is both slick and satisfying
Who says a delicious, hearty breakfast can't be classy and well-presented, too? Always on the quest for a great West Side breakfast, we checked out Il Mito Enoteca's Sunday brunch on 69th and North.
Tags: Il Mito, brunch, Michael Feker

Dining - June 24, 2008
Feker's passion fuels Il Mito cooking school
For more than a decade Chef Michael Feker has worked his magic in the kitchens of Il Mito away from the public eye. Now Feker realizes his dream of creating a space where he can share his passion for food and for cooking.
Tags: Michael Feker, Il Mito, Chef Michael Feker School of Culinary Magic

Dining - June 17, 2008
Il Mito kicks off lunch menu today
Il Mito Trattoria and Enoteca, 6913 W. North Ave. in Wauwatosa, is adding lunch from Tuesday through Saturday, according to an e-mail from Chef Michael Feker.
Tags: Il Mito, Feker

Dining - May 17, 2007
Il Mito won't close, after all
According to yet another e-mail from Chef Michael Feker, Il Mito won't close, after all.
Tags: Il Mito, closings, restaurant buzz, Milwaukee dining, Los Mitos, Il Mito Enoteca

Milwaukee Buzz - March 26, 2007
Chef Michael Feker announces Il Mito closing
Chef Michael Feker announced today in an e-mail that he will close his Il Mito restaurant, 605 W. Virginia St., this spring.
Tags: Il Mito, Michael Feker, Virginia's, Walker's Point, Los Mitos, 605 W. Virginia St., restaurant scoops, Il Mito Trattoria and Enoteca