What to do in Milwaukee?? Lavern and Shirley Brewery?

[Uncommon_Sense]

@Joey P

Safehouse was mentioned and shot down. If you want to go to a bar that’s hard to find, look for Wolski’s. (Besides, it’s owned by a friend of mine)
PS Don’t look for Wolski’s, ask someone how to get there.

I closed Wolski’s.

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

@Joey P

Safehouse was mentioned and shot down. If you want to go to a bar that’s hard to find, look for Wolski’s. (Besides, it’s owned by a friend of mine)
PS Don’t look for Wolski’s, ask someone how to get there.

The Safehouse is high camp, to be certain, and it’s definitely not a local’s bar (although I know the original Miss Moneypenny), but if you’re touring Milwaukee, it’s worth going in just to get your Spy’s Demise glass (try to pitch the actual drink) and bring a quarter for the back alley escape. Plus, it leads you onto Water Street if you want to do the high style tour, and you can finish up at Trocadaro, which opened up just a few months before I left but has expanded.

Wolski’s is nice in an authentic, blue collar, neighborhood bar way, but you have to close Wolski’s. It’s best to start out at Paddy’s for a couple of early beers, work your way down North Ave. From Lankmark to The Uptowner (or maybe Judges), take a cab to the west end of Brady Street and work your way up from The Roman Coin ($1 draws of Blatz, which you have to order just to say you’ve done it) up to Nomad, have a late night bite at Apollo, and then walk over to Wolski’s to close.

Do not let anyone talk you into going to the Uptowner. You’ve been warned.

@Phlosphr

We’re going to some Irish Pub this evening with the corporate jimjam so It’ll probably be a hair better than Applebees. But who knows the guy bringin us is a like long Milwaukeeite.

Would that be County Claire? Because if it ain’t, it should be. And it’s a wee bit more than a hair better than Crabapplebee’s, with Murphy’s Stout and Smithwick’s on tap. If you get there early grab a table in the snug, else, sit along the west windows. I like the pork tenderloin (which I rarely get otherwise) but the Irish stew and the pot roast are also highly recommended. Mostly, though, I go for the mashed potatoes.

Stranger

[Uncommon_Sense]

Wow, that’s quite a memory there Stranger. Once again, you do not fail to impress…
I can’t remember what bars I went to last Friday. You’ve got the Downtown-Walker’s Point-Water Street pub crawl all figured out.

Ever been to Pigsville?

[Phlosphr]

@Stranger On A Train

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Would that be County Claire? Because if it ain’t, it should be. And it’s a wee bit more than a hair better than Crabapplebee’s, with Murphy’s Stout and Smithwick’s on tap. If you get there early grab a table in the snug, else, sit along the west windows. I like the pork tenderloin (which I rarely get otherwise) but the Irish stew and the pot roast are also highly recommended. Mostly, though, I go for the mashed potatoes.

Stranger

Well we are not really going to be bar hopping all night, well I won’t be, but thee are some younger people in the group who went out last night and looked like death warmed over this morning… Oh do I remmber those days…no more thank you!

Yes, we are going to County Clare, I believe there are some people staying there and they really like it. As long as they have Sheperds Pie and good smashed potatoes I’ll be fine.

[N9IWP]

I hope this isn’t considered a zombie thread. I’m just curious if teh Tolkien collection was visited and what the impressions were. (yes, I visted, but that was at the old location)

Brian