Yelp’s Top 100 Midwest Restaurants 2023 includes seven Wisconsin eateries spanning from Milwaukee to Appleton.
To create its rankings, Yelp uses variables such as total ratings between Jan. 1, 2021, and May 1, 2023. The Midwest list looked at restaurants in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The ratings are made by customers.
These Wisconsin restaurants made the list:
No. 17: Swingin’ Door Exchange, Milwaukee
Swingin’ Door Exchange Saloon & Eatery, at 219 E. Michigan St. in Milwaukee, offers lunch and dinner menus as well as a Friday fish fry menu. It’s open from Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Guests can enjoy sharables like seared and blackened ahi and caramelized brussels sprouts between $10 to $15. Entrees include items like BBQ baby back ribs and New York strip steak between $15 to $30.
No. 47: Brothers Gyros & Pizza, Hales Corners
Brothers Gyros & Pizza, at 5158 S. 108th St. in Hales Corners, is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The restaurant is run by Steve Itsines of New Berlin, his wife Chrisanti and his sons Stefanos and George.
The large menu offers gyros, burgers, salads and pizzas.
No. 56: Blue’s Egg, Milwaukee
Blue’s Egg, at 317 N. 76th St. in Milwaukee, offers breakfast and brunch daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Its menu includes simple breakfast dishes to specialty dishes like goat cheese browns and chicken chorizo omelets.
No. 72. Author’s Kitchen + Bar, Appleton
Author’s Kitchen + Bar, at 125 E. College Ave. in Appleton, is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, with dinner service from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Fridays.
Though its menu is centered around breakfast, brunch and lunch, it has a variety of starters and entrees, too — including its specialty empanadas.
No. 87: Old Germantown, Germantown
Old Germantown, at W148N12696 Pleasant View Dr. in Germantown, is a farm-to-table restaurant serving fresh sausage and pizzas.
The restaurant is open Thursdays through Saturdays from noon to 8:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m..
No. 91: Kin by Rice n Roll, Wauwatosa
Kin by Rice n Roll, at 7484 W. State St. in Wauwatosa, is open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday through Sunday. The sushi eatery offers “exactingly cut nigiri and precisely made maki rolls like nobody’s business,” according to former Journal Sentinel dining critic Carol Deptolla.
No. 95: St. Paul Fish Company, Milwaukee
St. Paul Fish Company, in the Milwaukee Public Market at 400 N. Water St. in Milwaukee, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The restaurant offers a fish fry menu with six choices of fish served with fries and coleslaw. The Milwaukee staple has a second location in Mequon.
Source : Mulwaukee Journal Sentinel
