For the seventh straight year, October is Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com, presented by the restaurants of Potawatomi. All month, we’re stuffed with restaurant reviews, delectable features, chef profiles and unique articles on everything food, as well as the winners of our “Best of Dining 2013.” For years, Chef Brian Frakes said he would move back […]
Café at The Pfister Refines Menu You talked, and the Café at The Pfister listened. The menu is updated to focus more solidly on the restaurant’s popular soup, salad and sandwich offerings. Executive Chef Brian Frakes has expanded the sandwich options to include a buttermilk fried chicken sandwich and firecracker guacamole burger. A brand new […]
Marcus Hotels to feature Single Barrel Jack Daniel’s for Harley-Davidson Anniversary Marcus hotel venues, The Pfister Hotel, InterContinental Milwaukee, and Hilton Milwaukee City Center, have announced they will feature exclusive Single Barrel Jack Daniel’s Whiskey at select food and beverage outlets during the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary celebrations. The spirits were acquired during a June trip to the Jack […]
Your Bun Runneth Over Ready to put on five pounds next week? Oh, click you know what I mean. Green bean casserole topped with French’s fried onions, pumpkin pie smothered with Cool-Whip. Oh, wait. That’s my family. But once the turkey is gone from the bird, it may seem sad. Consider, check however, that from […]
Sourcing products locally is an expectation these days, but when it comes to finding lobster and crabs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that’s not possible. So, Mark Weber, executive chef at Mason Street Grill in the Pfister Hotel, has decided to do the next best thing. Earlier this year, Weber embarked on his second stone crab-fishing excursion, […]
Chef Mark Weber highlights Mason Street Grill’s spring 2012 lobster dishes, including Lobster Cocktail, Lobster Salad, Broiled Stuffed Lobster, and Lobster Boil. Plus, more about Mason Street Grill’s direct sourcing with Ready Seafood in Maine as well as additional dishes on the new spring menu. Check out www.masonstreetgrill.com for more information. View video
She’s washed mountains of laundry, click hand-sewed your Halloween costumes instead of forcing you to wear your older siblings’ hand-me-down getups, attended every extracurricular event from tee-ball games to your first band concert, and packed every lunch with a handwritten note. Show Mom your appreciation by granting her a day off and treating her to […]
Would you like to meet some of Wisconsin’s finest chefs? Maybe get a little bit of advice from them about how to make your home cooking shine? Would you enjoy a leisurely weekend lunch at one of Milwaukee’s finest restaurants? Then, you’d be the perfect match for the Marcus Chef Series, a sequence of two-hour […]
Mason Street Grill’s Executive Chef, Mark Weber, recently embarked on a Florida fishing trip to learn more about what it is like to catch the highly prized seafood delicacy, the Florida Stone Crab. We learn what it takes to get the crabs back to Milwaukee, fresh and daily. Head to www.masonstreetgrill.com for more information.
Marcus Corp. is bringing back its chefs series for a winter rendition after a successful fall session. The winter series highlights everything from shellfish to tropical cooking. And of course, there’s a session on cooking for the “big game” the day before the Super Bowl. The classes are held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. […]