Milwaukee’s McKinley Marina to reopen in summer as a casual food spot

The McKinley Marina roundhouse, the informal shoreline spot for food and drinks that is been closed since 2018, will reopen for summer time.

An arm of Bartolotta Eating places, BRG Lotta Burger, will function the roundhouse. The group projected opening as quickly as Might 19 in paperwork filed with the Metropolis of Milwaukee. It is searching for a liquor license for the roundhouse together with permission to promote meals.

The restaurant group, in a written assertion, described the upcoming season as a smooth opening; the roundhouse would have gentle snacks, refreshments and a retailer promoting sundries this summer time.

“The Bartolotta crew hopes to make use of this season to study what can be the very best iteration of this particular venue for the years to return and can proceed to construct upon its lengthy partnership with Milwaukee County,” in keeping with the assertion.

The roundhouse could be one in all Milwaukee’s least-known public facilities, regardless of its prime location. Situated on the north finish of the marina, the constructing is ready again from North Lincoln Memorial Drive and Lafayette Place, close to the sting of the shore — which makes it tough to identify but additionally ensures that its prospects have spectacular views of the lake. 

The Bartolotta group has held the lease for the county-owned constructing for almost three years, after submitting the only proposal to Milwaukee County to be the roundhouse concessionaire. 

In April 2019, Joe Bartolotta introduced plans for a smooth opening that summer time and full opening of the roundhouse in 2020. He meant so as to add a full kitchen to the restaurant in addition to have the outside seating resemble a beer backyard. These plans languished after Bartolotta died simply two weeks later and the pandemic struck lower than a 12 months after that.

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Beforehand, the restaurant group operated Northpoint Custard stand on the lakefront in a county-owned constructing that it renovated. The group gave up that concession when it proposed to take over the roundhouse in 2019.

The Bartolotta group operates two different eating places on public land on the lakefront, Lake Park Bistro and Harbor Home.

Extra details about the roundhouse will probably be introduced later, the restaurant group mentioned, however its liquor license utility signifies reside leisure is deliberate.

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