milwaukee and madison: shopping in wisconsin

[mellowbonsai]

someone will find this useful at some point, i'm sure

milwaukee

shopping:

-detour: lower/mid price range brands. prps, diesel, seven for all mankind, barking irons, nudie, crate, shades of greige, nice collective, cheap monday, rag and bone, brown sound, canterbury of new england, modern amusement, seven diamonds

-located on brady street of milwaukee's "east side": 1300 E. Brady St.

http://www.shopdetour.com/

-aala reed: mid-highish range, more conservative/formalish wear: hugo boss, gant, buffalo jeans, ted baker of london, william rast, agave jeans

-located right next to detour on brady street, dont be surprised if you see a dog wandering around the place sometimes

http://www.aalareed4men.com/

-yellow jacket, dragonfly: vintage/thrift stores also on brady street. clothes are vintage and thrift finds at slightly above thrift prices.

-sweet kicks: mid price range footwear: camper, j shoes, paul frank, gola, jump, ben sherman

-located off of brady street in milwaukee's east side: 1690 north franklin place

http://sweet-kicks.com/

-moxy: mostly lower-mid range jeanswear: true religion, seven for all mankind, z-brand, citizens of humanity, chip and pepper, penguin (munsingwear), ben sherman, five crown, heavy rotation

-located near other brady street locations on farwell avenue: 2219 N. Farwell Avenue

http://www.moxyonline.com/

-urban outfitters: you should be familiar with the urban outfitters chain by now. one will be opening in milwaukee soon: 1937 E. Kenilworth Pl

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/index.jsp

-fashion ninja: mid-range price womenswear boutique. handmade pieces by independent designer areka ikeler. current collection available for viewing online.

located south of the city in the bay view area of milwaukee: 2671 S. Kinnickinnic avenue

http://www.fashionninja.com/

-fasten co-op: low-mid price range clothing for men and women made by local, independent clothing designers. collection currently includes work from over sixty local designers.

-located in the bay view area of milwaukee: 2224 s. kinnickinnic avenue

http://www.myspace.com/fastencollective

-H&M: you should also be familiar with the H&M chain by now. an H&M recently opened in the new bayshore mall, north of the city: 5800 N. Bayshore Dr. Glendale, WI 53217

http://www.bayshoretowncenter.com/tenant.cfm?tenantid=117&tenantspace=B5&tenantx=-530&tenanty=-630&tenantmap=1

Music:

-the rave/eagles club: venue for bands of middle-high noteriety. ticket prices are generally reasonable ($15-30)

-2401 west wisconsin avenue

http://www.therave.com/

-pabst riverside theater: i personally enjoy seeing live music performances the most here. the theater is sizeable, yet small enough to retain a somewhat intimate setting for the audience. the sound system and acoustics are much better here than the rave, and many popular independent artists play this venue.

-located in downtown milwaukee: 116 west wisconsin ave

http://www.pabsttheater.org/index2.html

-summerfest: annual weeklong summer boozefest featuring sleazy come-ons, hyperbolic amounts of public drunken stupidity, as well as acts that range from the currently popular to classic rock and polka; from Lupe Fiasco and Spoon to Poison and the Steve Miller Band. located on the henry maier lakefront festival grounds

http://www.summerfest.com/

-valhalla, shorewood legion hall, the vault, 8th note cafe, the breakfast nook, probably a few other venues im forgetting at the moment: local venues, basement shows, the kind of places where local and unknown acts play. mosh at your own risk. most of these shows end up listed here at some point:

http://www.trustkillshows.com/search/state/WI

Other/Misc activities:

Coffee: local fair trade brewing company Alterra Coffee roasters make magnificent coffee. take a mug or a bag of the "punch in the face" blend home with you. locations throughout downtown milwaukee and surrounding areas. lakefront cafe located inside former milwaukee river flushing station has the best atmosphere

http://alterracoffee.com/

-rochambo is a great place for coffee or tea and a smoke. open until midnight with an agreeable, hip clientele and frequently rotates its gallery with the works of milwaukee artists.

-located in milwaukee's east side: 1317 east brady street

http://www.rochambo.com/

Bars/Beers: While its not difficult to find a bar in milwaukee, there are some local breweries and beers that are worth a mention, as well as some bars/clubs that offer a bit more for a young jetset crowd than the typical milwaukee hole-in-the-wall dive. there are many, many bars in milwaukee, it would take forever to include them all here but here are my highlights:

-stonefly brewery: frequently hosts performances by popular independent musicians, though they only serve their own microbrews, they are excellent for the price

-located in the riverwest milwaukee area: 735 east center street

http://www.myspace.com/stoneflybrewery

-hooligan's superbar: two story bar with the largest selection of microbrews and reputable for having a bloody good bloody mary. excellent place to watch a packer game

-2017 east north avenue

http://www.hooliganssuperbar.com/

-milwaukee ale house: ale house's delicious on-site malt ales make for a fantastic compliment to their lunch or dinner menus, sometimes feature live music performances

-233 north water street

-the nomad world pub: favorite item on the menu here is $5 for a beer, a shot and a cigarette. expansive list of micro local and import brews, wines and tobaccos. great place to watch soccer as well

-located on milwaukee's east side: 1401 east brady street

http://www.nomadworldpub.com/index-1.html

for more on milwaukee clubs and bars (including bars with great vegan menus, nightly concertina performances, a ridable mechanical chili pepper, among other milwaukee phenomena) see these links:

http://www.clubmilwaukee.com/clubs.htm

http://www.onmilwaukee.com/bars/

milwaukee art museum: worth a visit just to see the calatrava architecture itself. rotation of exhibits are always interesting and expansive in subject/medium. past exhibits include milwaukee neon light artist bruce nauman, masters of american comics, german expressionism

-located on milwaukee's lakefront downtown: 700 north art museum drive

http://mam.org/

discovery world at pier wisconsin: stop by discovery world on your way out from the art museum. range of cutting edge exhibits about technology, the environment, engineering as well as a number of workshops on things like screenprinting or toymaking. if you stop by in the summer, have a look at milwaukee's three masted schooner, the denis sullivan

-just south of milwaukee art museum: 500 north harbor drive

http://www.discoveryworld.org/

hookah: milwaukee has five places to enjoy a good hookah:

-2 sweet international: come early or on a weekday for hookah unless you like waiting in line behind an enormous crowd of high schoolers

-2128 east locust street

-shi chai cafe: great tea selection to compliment your hookah session

-832 east center street

-mantra lounge: great cocktail selection to compliment hookah, diverse dj music nights

-1905 east north avenue

-epicure lounge: unremarkable, infrequent live music, limited drink menu

-1113 michigan avenue

-casablanca: overpriced hookahs ($16!), decent middle eastern cuisine

-728 east brady street

http://www.casablancaonbrady.com/

chicago supertalkers should come visit milwaukee, have a beer and some cheese, see the lake front, you know? its only an hour and a half away...

anyway, thanks for taking a look, hope you might find this useful. this post took quite awhile, i'll have one up for madison in a bit

[diewhitegirls]

Good stuff, but I have to recommend Anodyne Coffee Roasters over the other guys. It's on the same side of the street as Detour, but next to the Hi-Hat. Best coffee on the goddamn planet. Maybe I'll be useful and add my two cents in here as well.

[beacons_home]

This is just ok. Where are the Madison spots? You forgot half of your thread.