Five years ago, we guided the Lounge Lizards around the Downtown, Walker’s Point, and Historic Mitchell Street neighborhoods of Milwaukee. This time we’d like to take you just a touch south of that tour for a second drinking excursion of Brew City. The focus this time is on the reinvigorated Bay View neighborhood, whose classic buildings line Kinnickinnic Avenue, running its length north and south like a real-life picturesque electric railroad set. Bay View’s leisurely atmosphere is leagues apart from the hustle and bustle of Milwaukee’s downtown. If it’s turning summer, the denizens of Bay View are on the street sides, imbibing cold ones in the sun and sipping coffee in the cool evenings.
Our drinking starts at the Odd Duck, a eclectic, small-plate restaurant that specializes using local ingredients in its very tasty dishes. Bring your money, though, because it will take several plates for you to fill your belly and the small plates command large prices (average about $12 a plate). The cocktails will cost you $10 a piece and are named sparingly by number.
