The brewpub that will operate at the Milwaukee Brewing Co.’s new complex has a name and a proposed opening date: Glass & Griddle, projected to open Aug. 15. Owner Scott Lurie of F Street Group said he wants the restaurant, at 1130 N. 9th St., to be open in time for the Harley-Davidson anniversary party,…
Stevens Construction Corp. is working toward a late summer finish on the project to convert a former Pabst Brewing Co. warehouse into a mixed-use attraction, and also agreed to lease office space there for its Milwaukee-area offices. Stevens Construction is the general contractor on the major project to turn the building in the former Pabst campus…
Pizza Man now has a lunchtime all-you-eat option at its restaurants in Wauwatosa and Oak Creek. The buffet, available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., offers a variety of thin-crust pizzas, regular and cheese garlic bread, and garden and Caesar salads. The $11.95 price includes coffee or soda. The buffet is meant to appeal to businesspeople…
Sky Valley Foods’ new CEO Rodrigo Troni wants to fill the gaps in the organic food landscape. Organic foods are easily available in staples like produce and dairy, but that’s not necessarily true for extras like condiments and flavorings, he said. And he sees that as a tremendous opportunity for Sky Valley. “It really is…
Developer Scott Lurie walks through the gigantic former warehouse in downtown Milwaukee, and said he hopes it will become one of the top attractions in the city. It’s a huge building for a downtown area, covering almost 3 acres, and it has sat largely unused since Pabst Brewing Co. moved out of Milwaukee. Construction started about 45…
Aloha Poke Co. of Chicago plans to open two Milwaukee restaurants as part of a national expansion. One of the restaurants serving Hawaiian-style raw-fish dishes will be at 3116 N. Downer Ave., spokeswoman Taylor Tolbert said. Another will be in the Third Ward, she added, but the location is not yet definite. Both are expected to…
A neglected, half-built convenience store on the corner of 51st Street and Brown Deer Road will be redeveloped into a Starbucks coffee shop by the end of October. The property at 5091 W. Brown Deer Road was once the site of a Citgo gas station until 2007, when Asif Rana purchased the property. Rana razed the former Citgo station, clearing…