Dining - Oct. 1, 2009
Diablos Rojos Restaurant Group goes smoke free until 10 p.m.
I stopped at Cafe Hollander on Downer Ave. for lunch today, and noticed signs promoting a new smoke-free policy.
Tags: Diablos Rojos Restaurant Group, smoking ban, trocadero, hollander, Cafe Centraal, smoke free, no smoking, dining

Bars & Clubs - Aug. 24, 2009
After renovation, Blu will be smoke-free
Blu, atop The Pfister Hotel in Downtown, is finally going smoke-free. It will also close at the end of September for a "complete renovation."
Tags: Blu, Pfister, smoke free, smoking ban, night life

Dining - April 9, 2009
Diablos Rojos set to change smoking policy
Milwaukee restaurants and bars edge closer to a smoke-free existence today as Diablos Rojos Restaurant Group announces its new "no-smoking inside" policy for Saturday and Sunday brunches.
Tags: Diablos Rojos, smoke free, smoking, policy, ban, trocadero, Hollander, Eitel, Wagner

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 21, 2009
New bar trends beget fresh takes on old tradition
In the last year, "luxury ultra lounges" opened on Milwaukee Street and Old World Third Street. Wine bars are pulling corks both downtown and in the suburbs. We're still tapping our fair share of hometown breweries but more and more beer stops are opening imported bottles. And, of course, the push for smoke free establishments continues.
Tags: bar trends, smoke free, lounge, luxury lounge, badger liquor

Dining - Oct. 24, 2008
Water Buffalo goes smoke free
As of yesterday, smoking is gone completely from Water Buffalo, the Joe and Angie Sorge restaurant and bar at 249 N. Water St. in the Historic Third Ward.
Tags: smoke free, smoking ban, water buffalo, joe and angie sorge, swig, thief wine

Dining - Sept. 9, 2009
#BURGERCHALLENGE Rd-1 results are in!
#BURGERCHALLENGE Rd-1 results are in! @Stackedbar 50.14pts - @ajbombers 115pts. WINNER and MKE's BEST BURGER = @ajbombers 
Tags: AJ Bombers, Milwaukees Best Burger, Burger, bar, smoke free

Dining - Sept. 3, 2009
#BURGERCHALLENGE Round 1 - AJ Bombers v. Stacked Bar
AJ Bombers v. Stack’d Bar: Milwaukee’s Best Burger Challenge – Round 1 Tweeps will decide who has the better burger! MILWAUKEE, WI – (August 2009) After a twitter proposed “burger off” between AJ Bombers and Stack’d Bar, the city’s ...
Tags: AJ Bombers, Milwaukees Best Burger, Burger, bar, smoke free

Bars & Clubs - Sept. 30, 2008
City Lounge - Cudahy
In response to "greengiant's" comment, this person said it in a nutshell, "it's not a downtown nightclub" "it ain't no Water Street". Thank God it's NOT. First of all, if you let a person that has grammar like that sway your opinion, then maybe it's not a pla...
Tags: City Lounge, Cudahy, Smoke free