Dining - Dec. 14, 2009
My healthy week isn't off to a good start
As the year comes grinding to a halt, I know enough to realize that unhealthy eating temptations are lurking around every corner. So I walked into work today, pledging to eat well this week. I found myself derailed by 10 a.m.
Tags: mcdonald's, brat, apple pie, johnsonville

Dining - Nov. 9, 2009
Free breakfast tomorrow at McDonald's
McDonald's restaurants throughout Southeastern Wisconsin will offer all customers a free hotcakes and sausage platter from 6 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Tags: McDonald's, free breakfast, hotcakes and sausage, Ronald McDonald House, 25th birthday

Dining - Feb. 18, 2009
Rejected by two fast food places
Eric Paulsen writes about his recent rejection at two fast food stops. Maybe it's a sign that he should be eating healthier.
Tags: Subway, HWY 100, McDonald's, Hales Corners, drive through, fast food

Dining - Jan. 29, 2009
Make health a dining priority
I was listening to another local media outlet yesterday discussing McDonald's recent release of 2008 earnings at an 80 percent increase and how this enables many Americans to make themselves become both poorer and fatter.
Tags: mcdonald's, healthy dining, economy, betty crocker

Dining - Dec. 5, 2008
Ronald, where's my Downtown McDonald's?
I just might eat a few more Egg McMuffins if the Golden Arches had a location in Milwaukee's Downtown. Ronald, do you hear me?
Tags: McDonald's, Downtown Milwaukee, Fast food, development, Wisconsin Ave., Mickey Ds, Golden Arches

Dining - Oct. 11, 2008
Milwaukee's best drive-through, 2008: Culver's
Milwaukee is an underrated restaurant town with literally hundreds of places to sit down for an intriguing, satisfying meal. Sometimes, there just isn't time. Sometimes, you need to grab something to go. Because so many of us are pressed for time, we decided to include drive-through restaurants in our Best Dining poll for 2008. The winner, with nearly 25 percent of the vote, was Culver's.
Tags: culver's, oakland gyros, packing house, serb hall, speed queen, burger king, mcdonald's, taco bell, kfc, sil's

Music - July 1, 2008
Verona Grove hopes to make it big with Big Mac
Wisconsin's Verona Grove covers the Big Mac jingle. Find out why...
Tags: verona grove, mcdonald's, big mac chant

Milwaukee Buzz - June 28, 2008
A pedestrian South Side morning
I'm waiting for new tires to get installed, so I've spent the last hour wandering around the South Side by foot.
Tags: Blackberry, Goodyear Tire, HOBO, McDonald's

Bars & Clubs - Dec. 19, 2007
Vegetarians: Beware of Guinness beer
I thought I was on a strict veggie diet, but I might have ingested dead fish particles. Oh well.
Tags: Guinness, stout, vegetarian, isinglass, dead fish, McDonald's

Dining - Oct. 21, 2007
Sunday Sound-off: McDonald's Big Mac or Burger King's Whopper?
OK, fast foodies, here’s your chance to weigh in on your big ol’ sandwich of choice.
Tags: McDonald's, Burger King, The Whopper, Big Mac, Whopper, fast food

Dining - Sept. 14, 2007
Breakfast at McDonald's
If you haven't been to a McDonald's on a weekday morning lately, it's worth it to take a look at an interesting slice of Americana.
Tags: mcdonald's, breakfast, super size me, alterra, fast food

Dining - Aug. 10, 2007
McDonald's brands again
Stanford has released a study about McDonald’s branding and how the fast food giant’s marketing to children has basically ingested our pre-schoolers.
Tags: McDonald's, Stanford, fast food nation

Dining - March 17, 2007
Subs so fattening you'll freak!
Did you know that a veggie club sandwich at Jimmy John's has more fat and calories than two McDonald's Quarter Pounders?! Amy Carlson didn't.
Tags: Jimmy John's, sub, gluten, McDonald's

Marketplace - Jan. 10, 2007
Would you like fries with that Wi-Fi?
After a frustrating search for wireless access nearly spoils a suburban Saturday night, our author begins a search for hot spots that leads to a renovated McDonald's, a convenience store and other locales. Read about the quest and help expand the list.
Tags: wi-fi, mcdonald's, open pantry, wireless, Internet access, hot spots, digital divide, free downloads, Road Runner

Dining - Aug. 2, 2004
Chains go all out to cater to Atkins devotees
Are you on the Atkins diet but still want to eat out? No problem! Although fast food places have eagerly jumped on the low-carb bandwagon, local restaurants are making dining out without the guilt of cheating as easy as cooking "Steak Ums."
Tags: Burger King, McDonald's, Barley, Atkins, diet, carbs, TGI, Chancery, Flannery's, Ale House, Fischer's