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Unaffordable Care
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Taverns: Belmont Tavern, Cathedral Square’s Upscale Lounge
Mike Vitucci opened Belmont Tavern (784 N. Jefferson St.) in May 2012 just three months after he planned it. His goal was to give Cathedral Square a lounge. He had opened the nearby Whiskey Bar in 2009...
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Taverns: Mamie’s Has the Blues
Mamie’s Bar and Grill. Photo by Mrinal Gokhale. Debbie Mickey opened Mamie’s Bar and Grill (3300 W. National Ave) in 1981 and has established it as one of the Silver City neighborhood’s longest...
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The Pho Capital of Milwaukee
Traditional Pho dish Thai BBQ. Photo by Mrinal Gokhale. For the entire month of February, the Pho Capital of Milwaukee — the Silver City neighborhood — is promoting its authentic signature dish: a...
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Startup City: Zero Locus
Zero Locus Data analytics is becoming big business, and a new Milwaukee startup in this field, Zero Locus, hopes it can become an important player in this field. Data analytics interprets data into...
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Startup City: Rent College Pads
Dominic Anzalone and Patrick Anderson of Rent College Pads. Photo by Srijan Sen. Rent College Pads is a startup company that began because some college students found it so hard to find places to live....
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Taverns: Who’s On Third, the New Downtown Bar
Bar at Who’s on Third. It was back in the 1930s that Abbott and Costello created one of the most famous comedy routines, “Who’s on First,” in which the first baseman is named Who. Milwaukee’s new bar,...
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City Business: Rochambo Coffee & Tea House
Rochambo Coffee & Tea House. Photo by Mrinal Gokhale. Rochambo Coffee & Tea House, 1317 E. Brady St., has been known as the little yellow coffee shop building on Brady Street for more than 18...
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City Business: Amaranth Bakery
Inside Amaranth Bakery. Photo by Mrinal Gokhale. Before David Boucher and his wife Stephanie Shipley opened Amaranth Bakery (3309 W. Lisbon Ave) in 2006, the Washington Park neighborhood was crime...
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Hundreds March for Professional Soccer in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Cup March. Photo by James Moran. The Milwaukee Cup March attracted about 300 attendees who want professional soccer in Milwaukee. The march was a fundraiser hosted by the Milwaukee Soccer...
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Remembering Transgender Murder Victims
Trans’ Lives Matter Because… The organizational power of Milwaukee’s LGBT community continues to grow. That could be seen last week, as almost 100 people attended the Transgender Remembrance Day...
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City Business: Ma Baensch Food Products
Ma Baensch Food Products Co. Photo courtesy of Ma Baensch Food Products Co. When Kim Wall purchased Ma Baensch in 1999, the long-time Milwaukee purveyor of herring tidbits had seen better days. “The...
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Dining: Taste of Third Coast is Delicious
Michael McDonald, Tom and Laura van Heijiningen, Ashley Brandt, and Matt Kerley. Photo by Mrinal Gokhale. The Blue Jacket restaurant held their first annual Taste of the Third Coast event on Sunday...
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Dining: New Bel Air Cantina Opens Kitchen
Bel Air Cantina. Photo courtesy of Bel Air Cantina. A third Bel Air Cantina location officially opened last week, after first attracting around 250 people through word of mouth at a soft Tuesday...
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Theater: Are We All Racists?
Defamation, a play by Todd Logan. Photo by Megan DuFrane Defamation is not your usual sort of theatrical production: the courtroom drama uses audience participation to educate people about the judicial...
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Visual Art: Show Celebrates Native American Culture
Murals. Photo by Mrinal Gokhale. The Native American Awareness Project (NAAP) launched its first art show in City Hall (200 E Wells St) on Friday, November 7, featuring a Native American art gallery...
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Taverns: Whiskey Bar’s NYC-Style Cocktail Lounge
Mike Vitucci, whose family has owned Vitucci’s Cocktail Lounge for over 75 years, opened Whiskey Bar in 2009 on something of a hunch. “I’m a risk taker and took the gamble because I felt that a whiskey...
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City Business: Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company
The bar at Anodyne’s Walker’s Point location. Photo by Nick Brown of Daily Coffee News. Matt McClutchy opened Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company, 224 W. Bruce St., in Walker’s Point this September because...
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City Business: Ben’s Cycle
Vince Hanoski, owner of Ben’s Cycle, 1018 W. Lincoln Ave., is the third-generation owner in his family and has overseen the store’s tremendous growth since 1992. Sales have totaled half a million...
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Unaffordable Care
President Barack Obama Citizen Action of Wisconsin held a media conference call yesterday which released new numbers showing the impact of how Wisconsin is handling Medicaid and the Affordable Care...
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