A soulful pop-up, Korean BBQ chicken and a Hmong buffet

About this episode

This episode discusses a new Southern soul food pop-up, the closure of a Korean restaurant, and a new Hmong buffet opening in Milwaukee.

A little char on certain foods can add some nice flavor complexity to a dish. On this episode, we’ve got the podcast version of that, with two char-related news items right at the top. Because we like to start with the positive, our first chat is about Uncle Wolfie’s next pop-up dining event happening this Saturday: Chard Soul , a Southern soul food and barbecue experience from the mind of chef Travis Anderson. The former executive chef of West Bend supper club Timmer’s Resort, Anderson isn’t messing around with a menu as loaded as your plate should be if you manage to score a seat. In more mixed news, Milwaukee diners found out that their last chance to dine at Char’d has come and gone, as the modern Korean restaurant in the Third Ward shut down last Saturday . Not all is lost, however, because the owners are pivoting to a new concept: the curiously punctuated bb.q Chicken, a worldwide chain that will open its first Wisconsin location in July. Moving on to non-flame-related items, there’s a new takeout-focused buffet coming to 76th Street near Capitol Drive that will put Hmong dishes front and center, with Thai and Lao cuisine mixed in as well. Asian H Express will take over the…

Topics covered

• pop-up dining
• Korean BBQ
• Hmong cuisine
• food news
• restaurant openings
• barbecue

Keywords

• pop-up
• Korean BBQ
• Hmong buffet
• restaurant news
• Milwaukee dining
• barbecue
• Asian cuisine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Uncle Wolfie’s, Char’d, bb.q Chicken, Asian H Express, Jackie’s Cafe

Places: Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 76th Street, Capitol Drive, Third Ward

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