Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood became tagged as the city’s “other East Side” early this decade, largely on the appeal of a handful of pioneering trendy bars and restaurants. These days those businesses have a whole lot more company. In the past two years, they’ve been...

The presidential changing of the guard isn’t just good news for the nation’s Dems, but also for our city’s drinkers. Café Centraal, Cafe Hollander, Fat Abbey and the Nomad are all offering a complementary pint of Lakefront Brewery beer to anyone dressed in red, white and blue. Then at 9 p.m., Café Centraal goes into all-out party mode, breaking out a free keg of PBR and reggae...

2008 was another busy year for the local restaurant industry. The most noteworthy accomplishment occurred when chef Adam Siegel won the James Beard Foundation's award for Best Chef in the Midwest, placing him in the same rarefied air as Sanford D'Amato. Siegel is head chef at two fine restaurants: Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro and Bacchus...

The Diablos Rojos Restaurant Group, which owns Trocadero and Cafe Hollander, opened two new venues this year. In addition to the Belgian-themed Fat Abbey, the group started Cafe Centraal (2306 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) in the booming neighborhood of Bay View. Cafe Centraal also leans toward Belgium and has the same...