About this episode

This episode explores Milwaukee's diverse food scene, highlighting Asian Restaurant Week, a new Nigerian restaurant, and Italian cocktails.

One of the ways you can tell a city’s food scene is worth its (ahem) salt is how easily you can order a dish that takes you someplace far away. Milwaukee has grown into a hallmark for culturally diverse cuisine, evidence of which is all over this episode. It starts with a chat about the return of Milwaukee Asian Restaurant Week and continues with exciting news about the city's first Nigerian restaurant , the Korean-cuisine future of the closed National Cafe and a new Italian cocktail lounge in Bay View. We also offer our thoughts on the controversial food-truck ordinance that aims to limit their operation in certain parts of Milwaukee.

Topics covered

• Asian cuisine
• Nigerian cuisine
• Italian cocktails
• food trucks
• Milwaukee food scene

Keywords

• Milwaukee
• Asian Restaurant Week
• Nigerian cuisine
• Italian cocktails
• food trucks
• cuisine diversity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Milwaukee Asian Restaurant Week, National Cafe, Bay View, Nigerian restaurant

Places: Milwaukee

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