Milwaukee: Brady Street Lunch Food Tour
Taste your way through Brady Street on a guided food tour in Milwaukee. Try Italian specialties, Mexican street food, local beer, and more across 5 to 6 stops.
What to order at Carson's Prime Steaks and Famous Barbecue
- Must order
- Full slab of baby-back ribs with garbage salad and a Carson's potato.
- Signature dishes
- Baby-back ribs, Garbage salad
- Editor tip
- Reservations on OpenTable; the bar takes walk-ins. Close to Fiserv Forum on event nights.
Signature dishes: Baby-back ribs, Garbage salad
Must order: Full slab of baby-back ribs with garbage salad and a Carson's potato.
Tip: Reservations on OpenTable; the bar takes walk-ins. Close to Fiserv Forum on event nights.
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Location
Address: 301 W Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203
Also in downtown
Kil@Wat ★ 4.2
Kil@Wat inside the Saint Kate Arts Hotel on East Kilbourn Avenue runs an all-day American gastropub menu with Wisconsin cheese curds, burgers and craft.
Signature: Wisconsin cheese curds, Burger
Order: Fried Wisconsin cheese curds with house buttermilk ranch and the Kil@Wat burger.
Tip: Bar takes walk-ins; gallery hotel lobby spills into the dining room.
Louise's Trattoria ★ 4.2
Louise's on North Jefferson Street downtown is a casual Italian room with wood-fired pizzas, hand-rolled pastas and Italian wines near the Pabst Theater.
Signature: Lasagne, Wood-fired pizza
Order: House lasagne with bechamel and a wood-fired Margherita to share.
Tip: Pre-theater dinner books on OpenTable; the bar runs late after Pabst shows.
Izumi's ★ 4.3
Izumi's on North Prospect Avenue on the East Side runs a sushi bar, yakitori counter and hot-plate Japanese menu since 1988, with omakase by reservation.
Signature: Sushi omakase, Yakitori
Order: Omakase at the sushi bar and a yakitori sampler off the binchotan grill.
Tip: Reservations on OpenTable; the omakase counter has six seats only.
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Kil@Wat ★ 4.2
Kil@Wat inside the Saint Kate Arts Hotel on East Kilbourn Avenue runs an all-day American gastropub menu with Wisconsin cheese curds, burgers and craft.
Signature: Wisconsin cheese curds, Burger
Order: Fried Wisconsin cheese curds with house buttermilk ranch and the Kil@Wat burger.
Tip: Bar takes walk-ins; gallery hotel lobby spills into the dining room.
Louise's Trattoria ★ 4.2
Louise's on North Jefferson Street downtown is a casual Italian room with wood-fired pizzas, hand-rolled pastas and Italian wines near the Pabst Theater.
Signature: Lasagne, Wood-fired pizza
Order: House lasagne with bechamel and a wood-fired Margherita to share.
Tip: Pre-theater dinner books on OpenTable; the bar runs late after Pabst shows.
Crossroads Collective ★ 4.3
Crossroads Collective food hall on North Farwell Avenue runs eight vendors including Frida Mexican, Heaven's Table BBQ and a craft cocktail bar in East Side.
Signature: Frida Mexican, Heaven's Table BBQ
Order: Frida tacos al pastor and Heaven's Table brisket sandwich.
Tip: Walk-in food hall with order-at-counter; lots of seating in winter, patio in summer.
Izumi's ★ 4.3
Izumi's on North Prospect Avenue on the East Side runs a sushi bar, yakitori counter and hot-plate Japanese menu since 1988, with omakase by reservation.
Signature: Sushi omakase, Yakitori
Order: Omakase at the sushi bar and a yakitori sampler off the binchotan grill.
Tip: Reservations on OpenTable; the omakase counter has six seats only.
Lakefront Brewery ★ 4.7
Lakefront Brewery on North Commerce Street, Russ Klisch's 1987 brewery, runs the city's defining Friday fish fry with a polka band and free brewery tours.
Signature: Friday fish fry, Cheese curds
Order: All-you-can-eat perch fish fry with the polka band on Friday night.
Tip: Friday fry fills by 17:30; reservations recommended on the brewery site for groups of 6 or more.
Comet Cafe ★ 4.2
Comet Cafe on North Farwell Avenue runs a 24-hour-style diner with meatloaf, vegan mac and cheese and a long beer list for UW Milwaukee weekend nights here.
Signature: Meatloaf, Vegan mac and cheese
Order: Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and the vegan mac and cheese for the table.
Tip: Kitchen runs late on weekends; the bar takes pre-show walk-ins from the Pabst Theater.