History
This beautiful historic building was built in 1894. Replete with massive nineteenth century woodwork throughout, including a brass topped front bar, and a carved oak back bar with Italian marble base and a mahogany top. Tin ceilings, and tin-relief walls, period pieced stained glass and maple hardwood floors. Very photogenic site; used as a location for motion pictures, video's, myriad commercials, and psa's.
Specialties
The Vibe: A very talented staff of Shakerettes. A full bar selection, yes, Hundreds of signature cocktails. A Wine Spectator Award of Excellence Wine List winner for many years A former Milwaukee Mag & Shepherd Best Wine List winner Picked as one of the Best bars in the country in 1996 (1/30) Monthly theme dinners Cigar Dinners Food: Foodstuffs are primarily Equatorial/ Caribbean by design, Ultra-fresh exotic seafoods, some Vegan and interesting meat cuts. Great Artistic Pizza's, all spice and flavor forward, based upon a line of sauces/ foods I launched in 1989 as Bob-a-loos's Foods. Cigars: Milwaukee's first cigar bar, launched in 1986. Primary humidor has many Premium hand-rolled brands of cigars any given day. Regularly featured cigar dinners since inception. Alleged to be haunted. Stop in for Spiritual Enlightenment, nightly. Cheers, Bob Weiss Creator/Culinary Guru