Celebrity Restaurant
Braun and Rodgers. Rodgers and Braun. Their names sound like they belong together, don’t they? The restaurant that pays homage to both Wisconsin sports figures is open right now! Yep, that is none other than 8-twelve MVP Bar & Grill (17800 W. Blue Mound Rd., Brookfield, 262-641-5600). Co-owner Omar Shaikh says he was pleased with the practice runs and liked the idea of opening during a holiday week. It might give the restaurant a chance to ease into business. Hmm, maybe. Can you say high-profile? 8-twelve is starting out with just dinner service: Mon-Sat 5-10 p.m. and Sun 5-9 p.m. (Lunch and brunch will start the first week of August). As far as the menu, the tone runs casual to a bit fancy – wood-grilled wings, fried cheese curds, a chicken BLT, the Brauny burger, buttermilk fried Amish chicken with house-smoked mac and cheese, house-smoked BBQ ribs, Alaskan king crab legs, and “Rodgers’ Prime Cuts” (which includes an 18-ounce Prime bone-in ribeye). Entrées $15-$49. Click here for more.
Hog Wild
Yeah, it’s hot. Ninety-eight degrees, as I write this. But just think about what it’s like working in a restaurant kitchen. Holy buckets of sweat…. Looking ahead to later this month, the Hinterland guys – know a lot about being, well, hot - are throwing a special dinner that’s right up their pork-filled alley. The six-course Nose to Tail Dinner has a heritage hog (from Wisconsin’s Dominion Valley Farm) to thank for its existence. At the meal, you might find air-dried Spanish chorizo, cherry wheat belly with pierogi, and “skin and shin” Bolognese, according to sous chef/butcher Paul Funk. But surprises are cool, and that’s what these guys excel at. So expect the unexpected. July 26: charcuterie and cocktails at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $65 (includes beer, but not tax and gratuity). For reservations, call 414-727-9300. (Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub, 222 E. Erie St., Suite 100)
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