Kolek planning to go pro
Does Mad Rooster serve alcohol? More specifically, do they have bloodies?
For southern cuisine, I'd take Palomino (Bayview) over Maxie's every night of the week and twice on Sat/Sun (when they are open for brunch). Maxie's has good food but also gets packed, whereas I've rarely had to wait at Palomino. There isn't a ton of menu overlap, so maybe I just prefer the options at Palomino. Maxie's is the place if you're looking for seafood (although Palomino often has specials that incorporate fried catfish and they are awesome). Palomino's fried chicken and sandwiches blow Maxie's out of the water. Palomino is also an underrated brunch spot IMO. Can't go wrong with the chicken & waffles, biscuits & gravy, or chicken fried steak. Beer list isn't extensive, as their specialty is whiskey, but they have good options and rotate the taps frequently.All things considered, I'd reccommend trying both places if you like comfort food.
Palomino sucks now compared to when it was straight hipster fare. The reboot of the menu & concept ruined the place. The food is just ok now and the place just isn't fun. If you're in that hood go to Goodkind or even better go to Pastiche.
Your tag line indicating you take your Real Chili with "noodles and sour cream" undermines your gastronomic credibility...[/quoteSo the Marquette Special at Real Chili undermines my thoughts on food - good to know. Thanks for the heads up.
Looking for a lunch spot to take the wife in a couple weeks. Considering both Alem and Ethiopian Cottage but wondering what other options. Looking for something that is open around noon.
Just a day trip to Milwaukee on Wed July 29. Going to the art museum for the Jackson Pollock exhibit. Any cuisine will do. Mentioned the two Ethopian places since they were mentioned in this thread and they are both relatively close to the museum. But we live in Madison so any places out in the western suburbs that is on our way home works too.
Going to Manny's tomorrow night. Haven't been there in years. Got my eye on the 85....yes, 85 day aged bone in ribeye. Anyone try it yet?
One of the larger than life figures at Marquette back in the day was Nestor Figueroa. He did public radio in Milwaukee but was proud to work at the Danish World smut shop on Wisconsin Avenue.Nestor was Ed Figueroa's cousin and he would get us player tix at Will Call when the Yankees were in town. We watched in stunned silence one night as Nestor pounded six Hot Bean's at Real Chili after a hard night at the 'Lanche. Somehow, the world was different after that event. There were gas lines, the prime rate was north of 20%, and a peanut farmer was President but we had watched a man down six bowls of Real Chili in less than 30 minutes. We knew that America would be all right after that night.
wow-you knew nestor?? 1977-78 9th floor mccormick. nestor was DA MAN. he had one of the what we called the suites of the floors. great guy. he had an elevator key so he always drew a crowd at the 'vator. b/c of his, umm girth, space was a little limited and you had to be assertive. he got us hooked on "one life to live" a bunch of us scheduled our 2nd semester classes around it's noon or 1:00 show to watch and see if/when samantha would lose her virginity-what a gas i'll never ever forget and can still hear him say...wait for it...most famous line on the floor... "i don't geeeeve a flyin f**khe had a standing offer to anyone who would get him the cbs sports banner $100 and i was 1 inch from getting it at old county stadium after a brewers game. it was hanging right there wire tied to the fence separating the fans from the field nesdt to the visitors dugout. as the game ended, i made it down to the banner and started to untie it thinking this was the easiest C-note i've ever earned. then an usher came. he didn't really prevent me from taking it, but kinda asked what i was doing...i wasn't drunk enough, so i just laid off and the rest is just a woulda coulda shoulda story. $100 at that time bought a lot of red white and blues at the 'lanche-hey i woulda splurged and got myself an andeker or two