Milwaukee this Sunday

Bars: Hit up Bay View district and visit Sugar Maple, Romans, and The Palm Tavern.

 

I always stop at either Burnhearts or Palomino when I come through Milwaukee.

 

Might I suggest a Lakefront Brewery tour? I go about once a year and always have a good time. Also, right down the street from Lakefront is Stubby's Pub & Grub, 40+ beers on tap and solid food.

http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com/details_details.html
http://stubbyspubandgrub.com/

 

Zaffiro's if you like cracker crust pizza

 

I second the Lakefront tour and then stubbys afterwards. If you're just around for a day, the tour will be the most interactive and fun in my opinion. Burnhearts and Romans are great beer bars, but I wouldn't skip out on a new brewery tour

 

The Lakefront tour is usually a good time, though it seems like every time I go with out of town friends, there's more and more and more people going on them. Will eternally back Burnhearts, always some good taps and bottles.

 

Just want to memtion that the Lakefront tour is a great idea but I dont think they do tours on Sundays. If for some reason they do, try the Pumpkin and Oktoberfest. Both are excellent.

 

I just checked out their website and they do tours on Sundays.

http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com/details_details.html

 

I was in Milwaukee twice this year, and while I wasn't able to do the Lakefront tour either time I was there, I didn't miss it too much after spending some time at the Milwaukee Ale House. Great selection of beer (brewed onsite) and food, friendly staff, nice location on the river. Definitely worth checking out if you have some time after the Lakefront tour.

 

Not sure if they are still running this "late" in the year, but this is ridiculously awesome and will give you a good idea of what Milwaukee is about... http://www.riverwalkboats.com/Sunday-Brewery-Tour.html Personally, I would stop at Stubby's for brunch, do the boat tour, then hit up Burnheart's/ Sugar Maple/ Palomino/ The Palm Tavern. Stay away from Roman's unless you love being berated for not being a beer snob.

 

A few more to add to the list.....
Best Place at the old (closed) Pabst Brewery. If the weather is nice, it is relaxing to sit in one of their two outdoor areas and just chill. Nice old architecture. Not a large tap list, but usually a couple decent choices. Open 11:30am-6:00pm Sundays. On the northeast end of downtown.
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Cafe Benelux, in the "Third Ward" area just to the south of downtown. Nice selection of Belgian taps. A couple of blocks from The Milwaukee Ale House. Or, try any of the bar/restaurants related to Cafe Benelux for a similar experience...Trocadero, just north of downtown and across the so called "marsupial" pedestrian bridge that practically connects to Lakefront Brewery on Commerce St., Cafe Hollander on the eastside, and Cafe Centraal which is next door to Sugar Maple in Bay View (Bay View being a neighborhood, not a suburb).
http-::www.cafebenelux.com:
http-::ztrocadero.com:
http-::www.cafehollander.com:
http-::www.cafecentraal.com:

Also, a nice German bar is Von Trier, located on E North Av at N Farwell Av. Great decor, decent selection of beer. Von Trier is less than a mile due east on E North Av from Stubby's. And Stubby's is very close to Lakefront Brewery.
http-::www.vontriers.com:

And a World of Beer has recently opened in Milwaukee on E Brady St. Forty taps. 500 bottles. I have been everywhere else on this list, but not here.
http-::wobusa.com:Locations:BradyStreet.aspx
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