Milwaukee, WI
Taste & Toast happy-hour deals returning to downtown Milwaukee
These hidden-gem restaurants are worth exploring around Milwaukee
Try these hidden-gem restaurants in the Milwaukee-area. They’re a world of flavor worth exploring.
Downtown Milwaukee will host its 11th annual Taste & Toast Feb. 23 to Feb. 27, with more than 30 restaurants offering discounted happy-hour prices on drinks and appetizers.
The deals will run from 4 to 7 p.m. each day. This year, those who partake in the event and fill out a short survey about their experience will be entered to win $200 worth of downtown dining gift certificates. Four winners will be chosen March 6.
Specials include fish fry bites at Third Coast Provisions ($6), mini chicken and waffles at Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar ($6), a Wisco Old Fashioned at The Wicked Hop ($7), Irish tacos at McGillicuddy’s ($9), a mimosa flight at Explorium Brew Pub ($8) and a Milwaukee Mule at Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen ($7).
Several locations will offer non-alcoholic beverages and appetizers for vegan or gluten-free diners. Reservations are encouraged at restaurants that accept them.
Participating restaurants are:
- Avli, 1818 N. Hubbard St.
- The Bar at Saint Kate – the Arts Hotel, 139 E. Kilbourn Ave.
- Blue Bat Kitchen & Tequilaria, 249 N. Water St.
- Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen, 320 E. Clybourn St.
- Cubanitas, 728 N. Milwaukee St.
- The Edison, 322 N. Broadway
- Electric Lime, 811 N. Jefferson St.
- Elsa’s on the Park, 833 N. Jefferson St.
- Explorium Brewpub, 143 W. St. Paul Ave.
- Flourchild, 722 N. Milwaukee St.
- Foy’s, 784 N. Jefferson St.
- The Knick, 1030 E. Juneau Ave.
- Las Gardenias, 305 N. Plankinton Ave.
- Lobby Lounge at The Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave.
- McGillycuddy’s Bar & Grill, 1135 N. Water St.
- Merriment Social, 240 E. Pittsburgh Ave.
- Mo’s Irish Pub, 142 W. Wisconsin Ave.
- Mo’s … A Place for Steaks, 720 N. Plankinton Ave.
- Motor Bar & Restaurant, 400 W. Canal St.
- Oggie’s Kitchen & Bar, 411 E. Mason St.
- Old German Beer Hall, 1009 N. King Drive
- Onesto, 221 N. Broadway
- Red Rock Saloon, 1227 N. Water St.
- Smoke Shack, 332 N. Milwaukee St.
- The Social American Tavern, 611 N. Broadway
- Third Coast Provisions, 724 N. Milwaukee St.
- Tre Rivali, 200 N. Broadway
- Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar, 511 N. Broadway
- Upper Bar, 111 E. Kilbourn Ave.
- Ward’s House of Prime, 540 E. Mason St.
- The Wicked Hop, 345 N. Broadway
- Your Office, 763 N. Milwaukee St.
Interstate Parking will offer discounted parking to Taste and Toast patrons at select lots.
For full Taste and Toast menus, parking discounts, restaurant hours and more information, visit TasteToastMKE.com.
Milwaukee, WI
Phoenix Suns Reveal Starting Lineup vs Milwaukee Bucks
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are hoping to stop a four-game losing skid against the Milwaukee Bucks tonight, and they’ll have to do so short-handed.
Phoenix is down all of Royce O’Neale, Grayson Allen, Haywood Highsmith, Mark Williams and Dillon Brooks tonight due to injury. While the Bucks are also without Giannis Antetekounmpo, the Suns certainly aren’t near a full slate of healthy players.
In order to get back in the win column, Suns head coach Jordan Ott is banking on this starting five:
Suns Reveal Starters vs Bucks
- Devin Booker
- Jalen Green
- Collin Gillespie
- Jordan Goodwin
- Oso Ighodaro
Opening tip is slated for 7:00 PM AZ time.
With so many injuries, Ott says plenty of young guys can step up.
“It’s an opportunity for the guys that’ve been working, it was similar on the end of that road trip, same thing. We trust in their development. We see them work every day. Teammates see them work every day. So great opportunity for those guys and coming off the road trip, it’s good to be home,” Ott said. Names such as Rasheer Fleming and Khaman Maluach have gotten more run due to injuries as of late.
“It’s good to be home, playing, again, meaningful games here in March. I do think we’re playing better. So I think there’s a lot of positives we can take from that road trip. And these guys have some confidence, even the guys that got some minutes there to tail end of the road trip. They were in those big games, playing in big moments into the fourth quarter. So excited for all that to come together tonight and to be home.”
The Suns lost their prior four games all by eight points or less.
“You don’t want to lose four games straight. I think if you go into that road trip knowing it’s a tough road trip in March, it’s a six-game trip,” Ott said.
“The back-to-back from Boston to Minnesota is as bad as you’re going to get in the league, regardless of the quality of opponents, Boston was playing well. Minnesota was desperate, and then to play great with them. So I’m not going to say that we’re that far off. We looked at the schedule in September and saw that four game stretch.
“I think you would say it was a tough stretch. I think it’s we’ll take it as a positive that we were there in the fourth quarter in multiple games, and we got to find a way to close it out. I think it’s on both sides of it. It’s offensively and defensively in the fourth quarter. We got to be better. But there’s a tremendous growth on that road trip, even though it was 2-4 and I think where we’re heading is exciting — these last 12 games playing some of the best basketball we have all year, but there’s no doubt that fourth quarter got to be better.”
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Bucks-Phoenix Sun Injury Report, Betting Lines, How to Watch, Starters & More
Game date, time and location: Saturday, Mar. 21, 9:00 p.m. CST, Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, Arizona
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin, AZ Family/Arizona’s Family Sports/3TV (Phoenix)
Radio: 103.3 FM/620 AM (Milwaukee), Arizona Sports 98.7 FM, 1400 AM/106.5 FM (Phoenix)
VITALS: The Milwaukee Bucks (28-41) and Phoenix Suns (39-31) meet for the second of two regular season matchups, with the Suns winning the first game, (129-114 on Mar. 10).
The Bucks are 76-78 all-time versus the Suns during the regular season, including 49-28 in home games and 27-50 in road games. The Suns won the season series against the Bucks in the 2024-2025 regular season.
The Bucks enter this game as the 11th seed in the East, 7.5 games behind the 10th-seeded Charlotte Hornets. The Suns are the seventh seed in the West, 3.5 games behind three teams tied for the fourth seed and 3.5 games ahead of the eighth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers.
PROJECTED STARTERS
BUCKS
G Ryan Rollins
G AJ Green
C Myles Turner
F Ousmane Dieng
F Kyle Kuzma
SUNS
G Collin Gillespie
G Jordan Goodwin
C Oso Ighodaro
F Jalen Green
F Devin Booker
INJURY REPORT
BUCKS
Kevin Porter Jr.: Questionable – Knee
Giannis Antetokounmpo: Out – Knee
Gary Harris: Questionable – Groin
Alex Antetokounmpo: Out – G League (Two-Way)
Pete Nance: Available – G League (Two-Way)
Cormac Ryan: Out – G League (Two-Way)
SUNS
Grayson Allen: Questionable – Knee
Royce O’Neale: Questionable – Doubtful
Amir Coffey: Out – Ankle
Haywood Highsmith: Out – Knee
Dillon Brooks: Out – Hand
Mark Williams: Out – Foot
Koby Brea: Out – G League (Two-Way)
CJ Huntley: Out – G League (Two-Way)
Isaiah Livers: Available – G League (Two-Way)
Spread: Bucks +11.5 (-114), Suns -11.5 (-106)
Moneyline: Bucks +420, Suns -560
Total points scored: 219.5 (over -114, under -106)
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call .
QUOTABLE
Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers after their loss to the Utah Jazz: “We were just, we played awful, didn’t play with any competitive spirit tonight. I thought the first group set the tone, I thought the first group came in. Everyone on the team in that group was trying to score. So funny, we had a shootaround today where the ball was moving, everything was second action.”
“At the end of the day, that’s on me to get them to play right.”
Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Milwaukee Bucks On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Miami Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket
Milwaukee, WI
Only 30% of Milwaukee police supervisors live in the city. A new contract has an incentive
See footage showing a stranger’s attempt to open someone’s locked door.
Mike Minervini was in the kitchen with his 2-year-old when a stranger attempted to open his locked back door in Harambee on Feb. 25, 2026.
Courtesy of Mike Minervini
A new contract for Milwaukee police supervisors was approved by a city committee on March 20 and for the first time ever includes an incentive to reside in the city.
The Common Council Finance and Personnel Committee voted 4-1 to give police supervisors a 1% incentive boost for residing in Milwaukee proper. The resolution now moves to the full council.
The deal reached by the Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization and officials, sets the salaries for police leadership between 2025 and 2027 and will in-part be paid retroactively.
The contract calls for a 2% increase year-to-year for 2025, a 3.25% increase for 2026, and a 3% increase in 2027.
MPSO didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Milwaukee Police Association, the union for the city’s rank-and-file officers, approved a four-year contract last year that gave a 14.25% raise and backpay.
Ald. Peter Burgelis voted in favor of the supervisors’ agreement at the committee hearing March 20 and he championed the first-ever residency incentive for sworn supervisors.
General city employees already have a residency incentive of 4%, but now police supervisors would also receive a 1% incentive boost for residing in Milwaukee.
According to Burgelis, only 30% – 81 of 269 – of Milwaukee police supervisors currently live in the city.
“This is the reset,” Burgelis said. “Since city residency was stripped by the Republican state legislature in 2013 and started in 2016, residency was treated as optional and irrelevant. If you serve Milwaukee, you should live in Milwaukee.”
“Residency drives better outcomes,” Burgelis added. “When employees live here, they understand the streets, the schools, and the stakes. That translates into stronger leadership, smarter decision-making, and more trust with residents.”
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