Top tier summer vibe in Bay View! The Burnhearts patio is such a great space to sit and enjoy a…read morebeer (or three). Shaded picnic tables and expansive seating options make this dive a spacious and comfortable spot. Lots of positive energy from neighborhood and patrons. Service is also great, lots of beer/cocktail items to choose from. And dog friendly outside!

I loved the vibe of this place. Its dark, moody ambiance with red lighting really lured me in and I…read morewas sold. I enjoy places that feel like I'm at a little party in someone's home -- so that's what this felt like to me. They had lovely servers as well overall a chill vibe.

What a fantastic place to grab a drink and a bite!…read more I have never been to this particular Riley's location, I usually go to the location in the third Ward, but with the nice weather I decided to try it out. It's very clean, the food is fantastic, and the service is as good as you can expect! Would recommend

IG: diamante.lara.milwaukee…read more The food is fantastic and the ambiance was great. Seems to be a unique go to spot for me. Service was well. Watch the video attached.

I've been here in both summer and winter now, and it is much much slower in winter. They did have…read morethe entire interior decked out with holiday decorations which was awesome. The beer is always good, service is always polite, but they were out of their pre-mix cocktails which prevented half of our party from being able to drink so we had to leave after one beer. Will be back! Great location!

I can't believe it's taken me this long to review Component Brewing. It was one of the first…read morebreweries I visited when I moved to Milwaukee. It was in an entirely different location then, so this was my first visit to the new taproom. Such a comfortable and fun spot! They have so many different events, including an ASL Guided Brewery Tour (which is quite unique) and a monthly book club. I originally stopped by to drop off books for their used book sale, but I stayed for two beers. Very friendly staff and appear to be highly engaged with their community. There was a nice variety of styles on their beer menu. I tried a pilsner (I believe?) and an Oktoberfest (because it was the season). Both very tasty! I enjoy the atmosphere of this brewery and the type of community they seem to be building.

My buddy and I were going to the holiday pop-up market that was being held in the building and we…read morestumbled across this brewery--it was bright and fun and everyone was having so much fun! The music was a perfect volume, it was perfectly crowded with enough seating, and the bartenders were so kind, helpful, and efficient. Granted, it was a holiday market type of thing that was happening on a Saturday afternoon so who knows if it was the regular clientele but there was a great combo of people there--even a baby or two. Workers were holding them and it just really seemed like a warm, welcoming business. I had a Cream City Crusher or something and my friend had an Oktoberfest--both were awesome. I'd totally go back!

We popped in for a beer while visiting the area with some local friends. The guy working the taps…read morewas friendly and they have a solid variety of their beers on tap to choose from. We liked the relaxed vibe and the funky and fun decor. It's in a large old warehouse complex with a variety of other businesses, including another brewery & a distillery, so you could spend an entire afternoon & evening hanging out in the same building.

This was my first time back after they reopened under new ownership and they did everything right…read more It was a warm day so we kicked back on the porch with some beer and a sangria. I love a warm deck during the summer and I will be back to get their beer. I tried the hefeweizen and the dunkel weiss and I loved the crisp flavors. Friend had the blackberry sangria which was tasty but a little too sweet for me but I'm not a big sugar person. Another person had the Mai Bock. They start you off with complimentary pretzels and a cheese dip. Love it!!!! We had the nacho platter which is HUGE and it won't reheat well so bring your appetite. We all shared the prime rib sandwich which was good but let's talk about the loaded hash browns. They are like stepping into a church basement with gooey cheese and onions... It's just plain good comfort food. I highly recommend because you can get fries anywhere. Service was friendly and quick. Even the owner came out and asked about our meals. It's great to see an owner involved and working his restaurant. I will return and try some other items but I'm mostly looking forward to sitting on the sunny deck relaxing with a beer. It's worth the hype!

Food was decent, atmosphere was also fine, but service was not good…read more We had been wanting to try this place for a while so we invited our friends to join us. We got there and we had a reservation, so we were seated right away. We ordered appetizers and we all ordered steak dinners and three of us ordered beer. The tap beer was just so-so. The steak dinners were pretty good. My steak was more medium-well than medium-rare, but still good. And the mashed potatoes and veg were really good. I'd go back for the food, but we were just not cared for by our server. She didn't bring plates for our appetizers and didn't check back so we were just eating over the table for quite a while. We also got the wrong wing sauce and needed to have one of our orders of wings replaced which our server seemed slightly annoyed about. Then after our appetizer plates were cleared one of our group accidentally handed in his silverware. After we got our dinner, the server also didn't check back for a while so our friend was left unable to eat his food for quite a while. Lastly, we all would have ordered more drinks and dessert but the server never asked us if we wanted anything else. Overall, the server was not pleasant or friendly or interested in our table and we just didn't feel cared for in a way that would encourage us to come back again.

This is a true Wisconsin drive bar. It was packed on a Saturday. There was one bartender for the…read morewhole bar, about 3 slot machines and a pull tab machine. Their cocktails are $10 but definitely a joint you grab a beer. There was a friendly and wide range of bar goers. At one point the whole bar sung happy birthday to someone so I'd say this is a nice Midwest bar to grab a drink.

Solid Bay View spot - not quite a dive but definitely a casual place that most will enjoy…read more Interesting decor, very reasonable prices and a friendly bartender. I don't think they have food but they do have a lot of video poker machines if that's your jam. Would return.

A community staple of this neighborhood. This bar is a female owned forward facing gathering place…read morefor the community. There are always different events here from open mic to themed nights. The service is great here with friendly bartenders and options for those looking for non-alcoholic or CBD drinks.

Great service! The ambience is nice for casual drinks and hangout spot with your friends. My…read morefriends and I come here regularly to play board games or mahjong and the bartender and owners are wonderful about making the bar welcoming!

How can you not love (or at least vaguely enjoy) this fun and oddball bar in Bayview. But who…read moredoesn't love an oddball? I love Blackbird's wild and eclectic decor. I feel very much at home because we share very similar tastes in home decor. It feels very cozy as soon as I enter this bars. I believe we had two wonderful bartenders who took our order and quickly brought back out drinks. Great service, dimly but warmly lit (which I love to help me avoid migraine triggers), lots of conversation and chattering going on around us. Also, PINBALL! My partner and I spent a decent chunk of change having all the fun. You should really go. And experience it all!

Love love love this bar. Came here with a friend for Thursday night bar trivia and had a great…read moretime. The have an impressive selection of WI beers, a great (and generous) old fashioned, and awesome trivia night. The bar was busy and the bartender eventually learned my name which I had zero expectation of since there were so many people. Love the vibe inside, the decor was cool and the trivia host even joked that maybe you'd find an answer to a question in all of it. For the trivia, I really appreciated the format. 3 rounds, each with 2 categories of questions. There aren't really long drawn out breaks in between questions which keeps things moving. They do take a break between each round, which is perfect so you can grab your next drink. The categories are fun and challenging. Losers get to pick a category for next week which I think is a fun twist as long as the category isn't super niche. But I guess that is the advantage of you are the loser that shows up the next week to play. Overall fantastic experience. I would recommend Blackbird to anyone who wants a hipster dive or a fun night of trivia.

Date of visit: June 28, 2025…read more This is not a spot I would likely find myself given that I don't drink, but we were here for a birthday party and found it to be a lovely little venue. With wonderful weather, the front garage door was open and allowed us to move back and forth from the front patio section to the interior area to get beverages from the bar. The acoustics in the bar area were not great, making it hard to talk, so I was glad that we could utilize the outdoor area where it was much easier to talk. However the facility does do a good job of utilizing the space effectively, given its narrow footprint. I really only saw one staffer but she was very friendly and suggested the No Pain Painkiller, an oddly-named drink that had coconut and orange juice in it. The first one was very good, the second one...not as good. Not sure why but I definitely would not have gotten a second one if they were reversed!

Sasquash Pumpkin Lager: Milwaukee (MKE) Brewing Company brewed their first beer in October of 1997…read more Although it's the appropriate time of year, it was not the pumpkin lager I have today. I've become less of a beer guy since my college days, but I couldn't resist the urge to pick this up. Even though I find them to be real hit or miss, I like to try at least one new pumpkin beer each fall. What caught my attention was the interesting looking design on the can of a sasquatch-like creature with a jack-o'-lantern head. It didn't even occur to me until much later that the name of the beer was not Sasquatch, but Sasquash. If you're as slow as me, it's a nice play on words that combines squash (pumpkin) with sasquatch (as in the mythical creature) into the name of this brew. I had a difficult time finding background information on this specific beer, but sources indicate it is made with both pumpkin and pumpkin spice. It is a Viena style lager that comes in at 6% ABV. Personally, I found it to have a light pumpkin flavor and it was a tad too bitter for my preference. The Sasquatch/Bigfoot may have achieved a legendary status, but this pumpkin lager is just okay . Doughboy_Food_Reviews My favorite Pumpkin Beers: 1. Southern Tier Pumking Imperial Ale 2. Saint Arnold Pumpkinator Imperial Stout 3. New Belgium Pumpkick Ale 4. Cold Brew Coffee Pumking Nitro 5. Jack-O Traveler Pumpkin Shandy

Returned to the friendliest bar on the planet. Several people came up to me and introduced…read morethemselves. How cool is that! The drinks are well poured, and I think I was over-served. I went straight home after an hour at The Stone and promptly passed out. However, I woke up a few hours later with a smile on my face.

Simple, chill neighborhood bar. Okay, lemme give it to you straight. This is basically the…read moreSouthside Wolski's. There, I said it. Something about The Stone always reminds me of Wolski's. Sadly, no bumper stickers here. The Stone does have a pretty great beer list, great bartenders, darts and a really cool jukebox. Popcorn with all the delicious flavors of popcorn shaker thingies. I think that they're dog friendly too.