Each week on This Bites , dining critic Ann Christenson from Milwaukee Magazine and Radio Milwaukee’s resident foodie Tarik Moody dig into the city’s culinary and restaurant culture to help you find new spots, old favorites and the best ingestibles around Milwaukee.
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We find ourselves in the midst of navigating the highs and lows of Milwaukee’s food scene, and unfortunately this episode starts down a valley with the recent announcement that Mother’s has permanently closed. The Bay View spot hadn’t even been open for a full year, but it was quite an almost-12-months considering owner Vanessa Rose was named a James Beard Award semifinalist in the category of…
This episode starts at the tail end of Halal Restaurant Week, which runs for a couple more days as it helps bring awareness to the options around Milwaukee that meet Islamic dietary guidelines while also inviting non-Muslim customers to try halal dining and encouraging restaurants to have halal choices on their menus year-round. What makes this a unique cultural food event is how it cuts across…
A little char on certain foods can add some nice flavor complexity to a dish. On this episode, we’ve got the podcast version of that, with two char-related news items right at the top. Because we like to start with the positive, our first chat is about Uncle Wolfie’s next pop-up dining event happening this Saturday: Chard Soul , a Southern soul food and barbecue experience from the mind of chef…
Resilience is a non-negotiable in the restaurant business. If you’re not ready to rebound from a setback — even a literally devastating one — you probably won’t last long. We’ve got two examples of that bounceback-ability in this episode, starting with a new home that rose from the ashes of disaster.
One of the ways you can tell a city’s food scene is worth its (ahem) salt is how easily you can order a dish that takes you someplace far away. Milwaukee has grown into a hallmark for culturally diverse cuisine, evidence of which is all over this episode. It starts with a chat about the return of Milwaukee Asian Restaurant Week and continues with exciting news about the city's first Nigerian…
On this episode, Tarik and Ann dive deep into the rich culinary landscape of Milwaukee, and the biggest dive of all is fueled by the Italian-themed takeover of Milwaukee Magazine . Ann gives us a glimpse of what’s in the pages of the April 2026 issue by sharing the fascinating history of Italian immigration in the Third Ward and Brady Street, explaining how food in those areas evolved from "red…
On this episode, our food-loving duo kicks things off with the return of Tables Across Borders , a heartwarming dinner series at Amilinda and Tricklebee Cafe that highlights the talents of refugee and immigrant chefs from communities such as Ethiopia, Eritrea, Syria and Burma. Next, they dive into the newly debuted chef counter at EsterEv , offering an intimate six-seat tasting menu that brings…
Milwaukee lands five James Beard Award finalists, MKE Wine Weekend returns, Nite Owl fires up for season 78, Rare Steakhouse closes and Eagle Park acquires SoulBoxer.
James Beard Finalists, MKE Wine Weekend, Steak House news & more....
We talk about good food on the podcast pretty much every week, but every once in a while we get the chance to combine that with a good cause — as in the case of our first bit of chit-chat for this episode. For the seventh time, Dan Jacobs and Dan Van Rite of EsterEv/DanDan fame will throw their Dim Sum Give Sum event, which raises money for the Kennedy’s Disease Association. Jacobs was diagnosed…
