Dining - Oct. 25, 2009
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Butter burgers, Kopp's vs. Culver's
OnMilwaukee.com's ongoing "Take the Milwaukee Challenge" series takes on a plethora of locally-made products, everything from custard and coffee to wine and water (Milwaukee vs. Waukesha). This time 'round, we pit Milwaukee's beloved butter burger against the one offered by the Wisconsin-born Culver's fast food chain.
Tags: butter burger, milwaukee challenge, kopp's, culver's

Dining - May 6, 2009
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Whole Foods veggie burgers vs. Boca / Gardenburger
OnMilwaukee.com's ongoing "Take the Milwaukee Challenge" series takes on a plethora of locally-made products, but each time summer comes around, we like to put the various components of a backyard barbecue to the test. In this latest segment, we're going veggie and comparing Whole Foods' chef-prepared vegan barbecue burger to frozen brands.
Tags: veggie burger, milwaukee challenge, whole foods market, boca, gardenburger, vegan, bbq

Marketplace - July 17, 2008
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Schlitz vs. Pabst
In this edition of the Milwaukee Challenge, OnMilwaukee.com's editorial staff pits two Brew City legends against each other: Pabst Blue Ribbon versus the beer that made Milwaukee famous, Schlitz.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, pabst, pbr, schlitz, comet cafe

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 29, 2008
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Hi-Hat vs. Elsa's martinis
When surveyed about Milwaukee's best martini shakers and stirrers, OnMilwaukee.com's readers chose Hi-Hat Lounge and Elsa's on the Park. We sent our editorial staff to put each establishment to the test. Here are the results.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, martini, hi-hat lounge, elsa's on the park, cosmo, vermouth

Marketplace - Feb. 13, 2008
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Kehr's Candies vs. Indulgence Chocolatiers
In this edition of OnMilwaukee.com's "Milwaukee Challenge," the editorial staff went for the sweet stuff and tempted its taste buds with two varieties of locally made truffles.
Tags: truffles, chocolate, indulgence cholatiers, kehr's candies, milwaukee challenge

Bars & Clubs - Aug. 13, 2007
Take the Wisconsin Challenge: Miller Lite vs. Leinenkugel's Light
You chose Miller Lite and Leinie's Light as your top two light beers. So we, the thirsty OMC editorial staff, took the taste test, too.
Tags: beer, light beer, miller lite, leinenkugel's light, milwaukee challenge

Bars & Clubs - July 25, 2007
Your picks for Wisconsin's best light beer
For this latest Milwaukee (or in this case, Wisconsin) Challenge, we provided you with 16 beers to choose from, and hundreds of you voted on your top picks. Here are the results.
Tags: miller lite, leinie's, beer, light beer, pabst, milwaukee ale house, milwaukee challenge

Bars & Clubs - May 24, 2007
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Cempazuchi vs. La Fuente margaritas
For this latest Milwaukee Challenge, we brought the readers of OMC right into the fray, letting you tell us who to pit, head-to-head, for Milwaukee's best margarita. That's all we needed to hear, and guess what, it was no contest.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, margarita, cempazuchi, la fuente

Bars & Clubs - May 4, 2007
Your picks for Milwaukee's best margarita
Saturday is Cinco de Mayo. What does that mean to you? So many margaritas, so little time … That's why before we unleashed our thirsty writers on this latest Milwaukee Challenge, we opened up the voting to the readers of OnMilwaukee.com.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, margarita, mexican, hector's, la fuente, Cempazuchi, tequila

Dining - Oct. 4, 2006
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Klement's vs. Usinger's brats
The OMC staff doesn't need much of an excuse to grill out, but this latest Milwaukee Challenge gave us one, anyway: Who makes Milwaukee's best brat? It may be a debate even greater than who brews the city's best beer, but our carnivores were up to the challenge.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, brat, usinger's, klement's, sausage, bbq

Bars & Clubs - June 1, 2006
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Cedar Creek vs. Vetro Wineries
Pitting Milwaukee's best wines against each other in a taste test was particularly challenging -- because Milwaukee doesn't have any wineries within city limits. But after expanding our search radius a bit, all five testers tepidly picked the same winner.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, wine, cedar creek, vetro

Dining - Jan. 9, 2006
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Pizza Man vs. Zaffiro's
Who makes Milwaukee's best pizza? It's a question we've debated in our office for years. In this latest Milwaukee Challenge, we compare the top two vote getters in the 2005 OMC Best Of Milwaukee reader's poll: winner Pizza Man and runner up Zaffiro's.
Tags: milwaukee challenge, pizza, pizza man, zaffiro's

Dining - Aug. 1, 2005
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Kopp's vs. Leon's
When we picked frozen custard as the subject of our latest "Milwaukee Challenge," our editorial staff expected the competition to be fierce. Between Kopp's and Leon's -- the two Milwaukee custard heavyweights -- how could we pick just one?
Tags: milwaukee challenge, custard, kopp's, leon's

Milwaukee Buzz - June 15, 2005
Take the Milwaukee Challenge: Sprecher vs. Lakefront
Schlitz may be the beer that made Milwaukee famous, but that brew's long gone. In terms of small breweries, the two that our city hangs its hat on are Sprecher and Lakefront. But which is better? Take the Milwaukee Challenge and find out!
Tags: sprecher, lakefront, beer, milwaukee challenge, brew, contest, experts