Oakcrest knows how to fry the fish
Published March 26, 2012
Then, in our own backyard almost, we stumbled into the Oakcrest Tavern on Oakland and Capitol Drive. And it was a great and pleasant surprise.
Published March 26, 2012
Then, in our own backyard almost, we stumbled into the Oakcrest Tavern on Oakland and Capitol Drive. And it was a great and pleasant surprise.
Published March 13, 2012
With Lent now in full swing, it seems every restaurant in town is hyping its fish fry or offering one especially for the season. Among the latter is is Le Reve, 7610 Harwood Ave., in Tosa Village, returns a traditional fish fry to its menu every Lent. This year it's back, offering beer-battered Atlantic cod with pommes frites, caraway rye bread, coleslaw and house-made tartar sauce.
Published Feb. 26, 2012
Joe Halser ran the Landmark 1850 from 1983 until 2007 when he closed the business due to family illness. He reopened it last September after a four-year hiatus. Like the sign in front of the building reads, the restored bar and restaurant truly is an "adventure to the past."
Published Feb. 22, 2012
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. You don't have to be observant of any religion to rejoice at the explosion of fish fries around town for the next 40 days.
Published Feb. 8, 2012
Motor dishes up its fish fry every day, and all day Fridays it's all you can eat, for $12.95. We went down in the valley recently to give it a try.
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Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to win a free fish fry dinner at Port of Call Bistro & Beer Garden located on Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee. I had been meaning to try this restaurant and though I went there with no intention of writing about it, it soon became clear that I had t...
Since living in Milwaukee I have noticed that Milwaukeeans enjoy their Friday fish fry. I must admit that I feel a bit left out since I do not enjoy fried food and therefore have never been to a Friday fish fry. Last Friday a friend of mine introduced me to fabulous alternative to the fish fry......
Bay View is heading south, right down Kinnickinnic Aveue, right into St. Francis. Just last week the St. Francis Brewery opened on the corner of Howard Avenue and KK. Cardinal Stritch is set to open up a campus in what is now the Cousin's Center. And, I was recently presented ...