Whatâs New in Milwaukee Dining
A round-up of the latest openings
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Despite winter and the pandemic, a bunch of restaurants, food stalls and trucks have opened in the last couple months, including Cajun seafood, Latin American, and a couple soup spots. Hereâs the latest restaurant news.
Brothers Gyros & Pizza: A new family-run counter service Greek restaurant dedicated to the ownersâ son is open in Hales Corners. They serve a varied menu of gyros and other Greek sandwiches and dinners, chicken sandwiches, burgers, salads, appetizers and pizza. A pickup window and curbside are available.Â
Lowcountry: A Chicago-based seafood boil restaurant has opened in the former Bar Louie space downtown. Diners can choose from seafood like shrimp, snow crab and mussels; vegetables and sides like sausages and potatoes; sauce; and spice level of their individual bag.Â
Plus: South Side Soup opens. Another Mad Chicken. And Jose s Blue Sombrero closes. By Michael Holloway - Feb 1st, 2021 12:23 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Pho. Photo by Cari Taylor-Carlson.
February, as Milwaukee dining insiders know, is the month to enjoy the Vietnamese delicacy, pho, a soup made of broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat. In the Silver City neighborhood, which has three restaurants on National Ave. serving pho, this month has become known as Phobruary.
Well, the celebration is on this month, but will operate a little differently this year due to the pandemic, and will instead be called “Pho to Go.” Typically, the participating restaurants would offer $5 bowls of pho, but instead they will offer carry out bowls of pho. Those restaurants include Bamboo (3427 W. National Ave.), Thai Bar-B-Que (3417 W. National Ave.) and Vientiane Noodle Shop (3422 W. National Ave.). A weekly raffle will also take place, awarding a $25 gift card to