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Jacobsen has launched in the past two years. However, it will be one of two locations, including Muskego, open for business following the recent closure of its flagship location in Kenosha as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to the pandemic, the Kenosha location had become the business’ catering hub, landing several corporate catering gigs throughout the Milwaukee area, Madison and Chicago suburbs. Much of that business was lost when office buildings emptied this spring.
Jacobsen, who also owns Lucky’s at the Lodge bar-restaurant in Muskego, sees the Milwaukee location as a “strategic point” for catering business if and when downtown activity returns. The biggest draw, he said, was the expansive back kitchen, ideal for large orders.
Plus: New pizzeria in Greenfield and another Taco Stop. By Michael Holloway - Dec 28th, 2020 02:33 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Photo courtesy of Signature Sweets.
Kimberly Hall, a seven-time Food Network competitor and Milwaukee cake artist, has opened a bake shop in Shorewood. Signature Sweets is located at 3801 S. Oakland Ave. in the previous home of Miss Cupcake Boutique Bakery. The Journal Sentinel’s
Signature Sweets pickup window. Photo courtesy of Signature Sweets.
Hall … has made a cake in the shape and size of a guitar, another featuring a baseball glove and bat with a hat suspended in the air, a Pandora bracelet, a bust of the Joker, a piano, a makeup box, purses, shoes and more.
“We should be open within a couple of months,” said owner
Pan Hompluem. “From a construction standpoint, we’re ready to go.”
The downtown Milwaukee restaurant will be Lowcountry’s third location, joining its two locations in Chicago. Hompluem, who’s worked in the restaurant industry for two decades, launched the concept in 2015 in the Lakeview neighborhood and later expanded to the South Loop
Hompluem cited a couple reasons for his move into the Milwaukee market. He’s a big fan of the city – he and his wife
Dana have enjoyed taking weekend trips to hang out or to visit friends and family living in the area. And in recent years, Hompluem noticed that Lowcountry was attracting a lot of Milwaukee-area diners who would make the drive just to eat at his restaurant.