Bobby Tanzilo

Milwaukee

Senior Editor and Writer at WISN-TV (Milwaukee, WI)

Managing Editor at OnMilwaukee

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Voodoo Brewing's Delafield pub is open

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo

A franchised location of Pennsylvania's Voodoo Brewing opened last month in the new mixed-use development called The Grain at 705 Genessee St. in Delafield. With the beer brewed at Voodoo's Pittsburgh brewery, the Delafield location is a taproom and restaurant. X In addition to serving more than a dozen Voodoo brews, a number of local and regional beers are also available including ones from Badger State and Illinois' Mikerphone.
Chef Adam Pawlak's nonprofit Cooking for Kids will benefit Children's Wisconsin

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Andy Tarnoff

Chef Adam Pawlak, who owns Egg & Flour and was a contestant on Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” was inspired to cook when he was a kid. “By my mom and great aunts and uncles and grandparents,” says Pawlak, who recently competed with Bobby Flay on Food Network. “It’s 75 percent Sicilian family – always cooking and eating.” Now, Pawlak wants to inspire kids today to hit the kitchen – and raise money for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin at the same time – via his new Cooking For Kids.
8 questions for Alton Brown who is coming to the Riverside, Boswell Books

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Molly Snyder |Michail Takach |Bobby Tanzilo

Alton Brown – chef, television personality, writer, food scientist and videographer (he directed R.E.M.’s 1987 music video for “The One I Love”) – says his 10th and newest book was “a happy accident.” The first of 39 essays that would later appear in “Food For Thought: Essays and Ruminations” emerged while Brown was repairing one of his manual typewriters. "I sat down at my typewriter and noticed it had a sticky J," says Brown.
Crossroads Collective is closing on the East Side

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Lori Fredrich |Molly Snyder

According to a social media post on Tuesday, the Crossroads Collective Food Hall at 2238 N. Farwell Ave., on the East Side will close on May 8. The food hall opened in the former Oriental Drugs and Twisted Fork space in 2018. "Since opening, we’ve had the honor of hosting passionate vendors, welcoming thousands of guests, and helping launch businesses that have gone on to grow in big ways," the post noted.
3 Sheeps Brewing drafts Packers' star LeRoy Butler for NFL Draft tailgate

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo

This Saturday, 3 Sheeps Brewing hosts a tailgate party at its Sheboygan taproom celebrating the 2025 NFL Draft at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The April 19 event, in the parking lot at the brewery and taproom, 1837 North Ave., features an appearance by Packers legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler, who is an endorser of 3 Sheeps’ Wisconsinitis Cream Ale.
NEAT beverage catering business launches with a 414 Day giveaway

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Lori Fredrich |Andy Tarnoff

On Monday, 41Fork Hospitality, which owns Noble Catering & Events and Vault cocktail bar, announced that it has launched NEAT, a beverage catering business. NEAT can bring curated wines, local craft beers and custom cocktails to events at any location via its mobile bar service. In addition to tapping professional bartenders to create custom cocktail menus for events, NEAT can also set up interactive drink stations for tastings, garnish-your-own Bloody Mary bars and other participatory fun.
Light the Hoan announces illumination of the bridge's east side

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Molly Snyder |Jeff Sherman |Steve Jagler

Light the Hoan will begin work to add lights to the east side of the iconic Milwaukee bridge this month, so that both sides of the span will be illuminated. The new lights won’t only be visible to boaters and ships out on Lake Michigan, but also to folks along much of the lakefront, including from Veterans Park, Lakeshore State Park, Discovery World, the Summerfest grounds, South Shore Park and more.
Urban spelunking: A rare Art Moderne house with some interesting stories to tell

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo

If there’s one thing you don’t find very often in a Milwaukee-area real estate listing it’s the use of the description “Art Moderne.” There are few vintage residential examples of this style, popular in the 1930s and ‘40s, around here. One of them, a 1937 house at 1251 N. 86th St., at the end of Tosa street next to some woods, is currently on the market.
The Mothership got a makeover

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Molly Snyder |Bobby Tanzilo

At the end of this month, The Mothership, 2301 S. Logan Ave., celebrates six years of service with a fresh look and new cocktails. We swung by last night to check it out and, at first, didn't notice much of a difference. However, the renovations were revealed throughout the evening. The bar now stretches wall to wall in the main area and features a third cocktail station and draft system designed to improve speed and service.
Engine 14 becomes Engine 414 for a day to honor 414 Day & MFD's 150th birthday

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Molly Snyder |Matt Mueller

On Monday, April 14, in honor of Milwaukee Day and its own 150th birthday, Milwaukee Fire Department will temporarily re-designate Engine 14 to Engine 414. Fire Chief Aaron Lipski and Mayor Cavalier Johnson will join the crew of Station 14 – home to Engine 14 and Truck 3 – at 6074 S. 13th St. on Monday at 10 a.m. to host a temporary renaming ceremony that also marks the two special occasions.