HELP WANTED - Restaurants

[wojosdojo]

I am going on a first date tomorrow and looking for some restaurant options. I'll take all the help I can get!!

[Eldon]

Not sure where to eat (I'm far from being a foodie), but I would highly recommend going out to At Random for drinks (a little Rat Pack lounge in Bay View), if it's still there.  It's a great date place.  Good luck.

[real chili 83]

Real Chili

Great ambiance.

[Tommy Brice for Coach]

Not sure where to eat (I'm far from being a foodie), but I would highly recommend going out to At Random for drinks (a little Rat Pack lounge in Bay View), if it's still there.  It's a great date place.  Good luck.

It's still there - great place. Major +1 for drinks and atmosphere. There's lots of trendy places to eat on KK just a five minute drive or less from there.

[jficke13]

In Milwaukee? Barbierre's by Hawley and Bluemound is the perfect 1st date spot.

[mugrad2006]

Meritage.

[MU82]

Go to Chicago. I hear they have a couple good restaurants there!

[Skatastrophy]

The Taco Bell on Hwy 100 & National is excellent.

[Galway Eagle]

Water buffalo in the third ward.  Was my date spot of choice when I lived in MKE.

[Spotcheck Billy]

the kids are pimping a place called Honeypies lately (Bay View)

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Blumpy's is shockingly good.

[Coleman]

The first date I had with Mrs. Bleauteux was at La Perla. Can't go wrong with tequila.

Bottom line, don't take yourself, or the date, too seriously. You are in college (I assume). Get a pizza, a 12 pack of beer, and have fun. Don't use a credit card to impress her and take her somewhere you can't afford.

[shiloh26]

It's still there - great place. Major +1 for drinks and atmosphere. There's lots of trendy places to eat on KK just a five minute drive or less from there.

At Random would be a great place for a date, though I'd go there after dinner (dessert drinks are more their thing)  - enjoy the short walk from Honeypie (good food in a relaxed environment). 

[4everwarriors]

Depends what you figure this broad's potential is. Either blow your wad on Bacchus or take her to the Public Market.

[Skatastrophy]

Found this handy guide in the depths of marquette.edu! This has to be from the late 90s to early 00s.

http://www.marquette.edu/pgsa/food.htm

[reinko]

Found this handy guide in the depths of marquette.edu! This has to be from the late 90s to early 00s.

http://www.marquette.edu/pgsa/food.htm

West on Wells

* Angelo's (16th) - pizza, Italian specialties and beer
* Annex (16th) - A grill and bar where you can wet your whistle and fill up on appetizers, pizza and salad.
D* Big Apple Bagels (between 15th/16th) - coffee and bagel shop - bagel sandwiches

Dairy Queen (16th)
JB's Barbeque (between 16th/17th)
* Jimmy John's (between 15th/16th) - sub sandwiches
* Louie D's (between 15th/16th) - Greek-style fast food: gyros, burgers, chicken, fries.
* Marquette Gyros (between 16th/17th) - various kinds of burgers, fries and, yes, gyros
Real Chili (between 16th/17th)
Taco City (between 16th/17th)

East on Wells

*China Garden (14th) - all you can eat buffet with a lot of variety
*Cousin's Subs (13th) - Subs Milwaukee style - longer than Subway's
Subway (between 14th/15th)

Other Nearby Places

* Ziggy's (On Wisconsin Ave., between 16th & 17th Streets)
* Miss Katie's Diner (19th and Clybourn Ave.) - classic 50's style diner -
President Clinton and Chancellor Kohl ate here
* Starbuck's (16th/17th and Wisconsin)

On-Campus Coffee and Pastry Bars

* Brew Lagoon (basement of Cudahy building)
* Brew Bayou (bottom floor of Alumni Memorial Union)

[warriorchick]

Not sure where to eat (I'm far from being a foodie), but I would highly recommend going out to At Random for drinks (a little Rat Pack lounge in Bay View), if it's still there.  It's a great date place.  Good luck.

It's still there.  And so are the same waitresses and tacky plastic decorations from 30 years ago.

The place has its kitschy charm, but it's a one drink and leave. I was there with my daughter last year and our server made us pay after every round.  

Bryant's is much, much cooler.

[Coleman]

West on Wells

* Angelo's (16th) - pizza, Italian specialties and beer
* Annex (16th) - A grill and bar where you can wet your whistle and fill up on appetizers, pizza and salad.
D* Big Apple Bagels (between 15th/16th) - coffee and bagel shop - bagel sandwiches

Dairy Queen (16th)
JB's Barbeque (between 16th/17th)
* Jimmy John's (between 15th/16th) - sub sandwiches
* Louie D's (between 15th/16th) - Greek-style fast food: gyros, burgers, chicken, fries.
* Marquette Gyros (between 16th/17th) - various kinds of burgers, fries and, yes, gyros
Real Chili (between 16th/17th)
Taco City (between 16th/17th)

East on Wells

*China Garden (14th) - all you can eat buffet with a lot of variety
*Cousin's Subs (13th) - Subs Milwaukee style - longer than Subway's
Subway (between 14th/15th)

Other Nearby Places

* Ziggy's (On Wisconsin Ave., between 16th & 17th Streets)
* Miss Katie's Diner (19th and Clybourn Ave.) - classic 50's style diner -
President Clinton and Chancellor Kohl ate here
* Starbuck's (16th/17th and Wisconsin)

On-Campus Coffee and Pastry Bars

* Brew Lagoon (basement of Cudahy building)
* Brew Bayou (bottom floor of Alumni Memorial Union)

Wow. MU has really wreaked havoc on the independent businesses in the area.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

It's still there.  And so are the same waitresses and tacky plastic decorations from 30 years ago.

The place has its kitschy charm, but it's a one drink and leave. I was there with my daughter last year and our server made us pay after every round.  

Bryant's is much, much cooler.

Bryant's is better with a group, for sure.

If you going on a date, and you want to get lucky, A Tiki love bowl from At Random is a sure thing.

[warriorchick]

Bryant's is better with a group, for sure.

If you going on a date, and you want to get lucky, A Tiki love bowl from At Random is a sure thing.

Not if she is worried that dust from that giant plastic poinsettia stapled to the ceiling is going to float down into it.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Not if she is worried that dust from that giant plastic poinsettia stapled to the ceiling is going to float down into it.

With the amount of alcohol in that drink, she won't notice... PLUS, it comes with FIRE, which is distracting. 

[mu03eng]

I'd start with a drink at At Random, dinner at Honeypie, and if it's going well an after dinner beer at Sugar Maple.  Tour de Force of Bayview awesomeness.  Good people watching too

[MUfan12]

I am going on a first date tomorrow and looking for some restaurant options. I'll take all the help I can get!!

For a first date, a place like one of the Cafe Hollander/Benelux/Trocadero types might not be a bad option. Broad enough food and drink menu to have options, and it won't be dead silent in case the conversation lulls. Honeypie has been mentioned, and that's a good spot, but I've found the service there isn't great.

A hidden gem is Triskele's in the 5th Ward. Tiny place, not really near any other bars/restaurants. But the food is very good.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

A hidden gem is Triskele's in the 5th Ward. Tiny place, not really near any other bars/restaurants. But the food is very good.

Shhhh....

Don't tell anybody.

[MUfan12]

Shhhh....

Don't tell anybody.

Sorry.

Dojo- I WAS KIDDING. DON'T GO THERE.