May 2001

May 2001

May 2001 Volume 26 Number 5   Features Feast Days There should be room in your magazine rack for a keeper like this – the area’s top 25 restaurants, plus a look back at 10 places that gave our dining critic something new to write about last year. By Ann Christenson   The Faces of Giving Meet some locals – generous folks of all ages and walks of life – who believe in contributing to the “big picture.” By Laura J. Merisalo   Rebel with a Cause Some people think priests should stay out of politics. But MU’s Father Tim…

May 2001

Volume 26

Number 5

 

Features

Feast Days

There should be room in your magazine rack for a keeper like this – the area’s top 25 restaurants, plus a look back at 10 places that gave our dining critic something new to write about last year.

By Ann Christenson

 

The Faces of Giving

Meet some locals – generous folks of all ages and walks of life – who believe in contributing to the “big picture.”

By Laura J. Merisalo

 

Rebel with a Cause

Some people think priests should stay out of politics. But MU’s Father Tim O’Brien, denied the chaplain position for the U.S. House of Representatives, vows that’s not going to happen.

By Natalie Dorman

 

Departments

Outfront

Just call her picky.

By John Fennell

 

Letters

If you’ve got the pen, we’ve got the paper.

 

This Month

Georgia is on our mind, but so are Roy F. Staab, Natalie MacMaster and the Ko-Thi dancers.

Edited by Charlene Mills

 

Insider

A faded Greek Revival – doomed forever? Trouble at Trimborn and what “Ahdream” means.

Edited by Natalie Dorman

 

Pressroom Confidential

Is a certain JS reporter covering the right beat right now? Judge not till you read.

By Peter Robertson

 

Where Are They Now?

Catching up with kids so smart we did a whole story on them in ’83.

By Pat Dillon

 

Inside Views

Emotive words on mobile coffee, Dewey’s show, the Lovelies, trees and chocolate éclairs.

Edited by Ann Christenson

 

City Beat

How to turn Milwaukee into a hip city.

By Bruce Murphy

 

Your Health

Don’t think a bonk on the head is just a bonk on the head. Complications can result from concussions.

By Carolyn Alfvin

 

Dining Guide

Brunch with a backdrop of trees and fried perch with a backdrop of sticky tap beer. And pages of restaurants waiting for you.

 

Edngame

It sued to be noble to be a Boy Scout. Is it still?

By Kurt Chandler

 

On the Cover

Photograph by Kevin J. Miyazaki.

Lobster, sea scallops and squid-ink risotto in a saffron beurre blanc sauce from Steven Wade’s Café.