North Shore Boulangerie is an artisanal bakery and café specializing in French/Alsatian breads and pastries, from-scratch café menu and full service barista bar. Located in the heart of Shorewood??s North Oakland neighborhood, the bakery and café is housed in the 90-year old Schomberg building, with much of the original woods and surfaces restored. Owner and baker Gene Webb was trained at the French Pastry School and worked with Master Baker Pierre Zimmermann. The pastry menu is overseen by Le Cordon Bleu-trained Christina Schubert, who most recently directed the pastry program at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Chef Ben Fairly, formerly at Hinterland and Honey Pie Cafe, directs the café menu.
Breakfast, lunch, catering and coffee with a focus on delicious, locally sourced ingredients. Open 6:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday
This little bake shop has earned a diverse, devoted following for its cookies (triple-chocolate ginger), pastries (croissant) and rustic whole grain breads. Lunchtime options – a savory tart with potatoes and onions was a recent standout – are complemented, sweetly, by flaky creations, and there’s nary a wrong choice. But the kouign-amann (say “queen ah-mahn”) takes the (butter) cake.
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The massive oven (which occupies the spot that once belonged to the coffee-bean roaster) bakes a pie faster than you can brush your teeth. And like those folks in Napoli, co-owner Lacee Perry and her band of ’za makers keep the toppings really simple, and the crust really fluffy, chewy and characteristically wet in the center. Read more…
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Cozy and friendly, even if it’s knee-deep with hungry and thirsty and patrons. Wash down your wet burrito or beef tacos (with meat from the family cattle farm) with a potent margarita. Extra props go to the Corazón burger. Read more…
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He may be cranky, but Al makes some darn good donuts: racks and racks of ‘em. Prepare to wait in line for one of Wauwatosa’s best morning destinations. Cranky Al’s donut menu offers all the usuals, and a bunch of un-usuals too – mainly in the form of cake donuts… (Read More).
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The casual Shorewood haunt is a natural for viewing games on the flat-screen. The menu of moderately priced food is heavy on burgers and sandwiches. Thai chicken tacos, pulled pork sliders and the Mediterranean platter are attention-worthy appetizers.
Classics like spiedini, veal Siciliana and rack of lamb combine with the recent addition of pizzas baked in a wood oven shipped from Naples, Italy. The wine chosen must be Italian, and the dessert, tiramisu. Read more…
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