August 1991
Volume 16
Number 8
Features
Best of 1991
We’ve spent the last 12 months in search of superlatives, to bring you our annual compilation of the Best Of Milwaukee that’s, well, the best ever. From the best Nicaraguan milkshake and the best chocolate chunk cookies to the best pet motel and the best bus route, it doesn’t get any better than this.
By Ann M. Christenson
Wish You Were Still Here
The Pabst Building and the Schlitz Palm Garden are only memories now — and pictures on postcards. Join us for a trip to memory’s mailbox.
By Eric A. Johnson
No Place Like Home
A special report that goes inside the Inner City to look at the faces behind the homicide headlines, the dreams beyond the drug busts. It may be a neighborhood of gunfire and gangs, but it’s still a neighborhood.
By James Romenesko
The Dream (Nightmare)
We asked some of the area’s best golfers to pick the 18 most challenging, most demanding , most downright scary public golf holes. Their composite course will make you wish you’d taken up a kinder, gentler sport — like boxing.
By Stephen Filmanowicz
Departments
Embracing contradictions.
By David A. Fryxell
Letters
Bouquets and boos on our City Guide and other subjects.
The Insider
Does Divine Savior Holy Angels High School have a real angel haunting its hallways? Plus: Olympians at work, the Bambi book glut, Insider Reviews and dropping names with Plenty of Horne.
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
Our forecast calls for State Fair, clear sailing and Shakespeare by moonlight. Hot enough for you? Don’t miss our outlook on August events.
Edited by Ann M. Christenson
Dining Guide
More restaurant news and listings than you can shake a fork at.
Columns
Getaways
What’s new? In Chicago, it’s everything from a ballpark to beluga whales. Here’s a refresher course on our favorite Second City.
By R.T. Both
Restaurants
Brew City Bar-B-Q brings a taste of Texas to town.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
A Bob Uecker wannabe discovers that “play-by-play” is hard work.
By Eric A. Johnson
Special Advertising Section
The Metropolitan Builders Association of Great Milwaukee’s 1991 Parade of Homes.
By Ann Christenson
On the Cover: Photograph by Tim Waite. Styling by Chrissie Peters. Trophy courtesy of Trophy Athletic.
