Can picking us up Sunday morning. Was from the airport but they can grab us anywhere. Give me the hotel and food Rec’s and we will travel.
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Seconded not staying by the airport, although Packing House is a very solid rec. Milwaukee Marriott Downtown, 625 N Milwaukee St, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Puts you right in the middle of all the action food and drink-wise downtown.
Sweet Diner for breakfast
3rd St Market Hall for lunch and if you want to watch football
Wicked Hop for a bloody
Five O’Clock Steakhouse if you want to get nuts
Buckley’s downtown is just a super solid dinner spot, not over the top
Fancy, but also great for dinner, Bacchus or Lupi and Iris
Also, Real Chili
Eagle Park is my favorite brewery down there. Third Space also cool. And I’ve heard the roof at Central Standard Distillery is awesome
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Drinks on the roof of the Kimpton for sunset also a lovely scene.
Central Standard has good apps and plenty of local options for drink.
Blue Bat if you’re into tequila and also like decent Mexican
Artisan Ramen is good for a late night ramen after drinks
Safe house is interesting and a fine way to spend some time.
The bar at Saint Kate is always fun people watching
Calderone Club is decent for Italian food for larger groups
Real Chili, but go to the one on the Marquette campus.
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Only point of disagreement.
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The Outsider gives really cool city views and also has a pretty good bourbon selection.
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For out of town folk, it’s something to do. I didn’t say it was great.
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Like Gin? Go to Tin Widow.
Or…try Bryant’s for an experience, see if there are lanes open at Koz’s, grab a bite at Camino, if the weather is good sit by the river and have a beer at lakefront.
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Naga-waukee or Broadlands to pair with Lac La Belle in early October? I’ve played Wanaki before and it was pretty fun beside that stretch of 90 degree dog legs so I’m thinking Nag but let me know what you think.
They’re both fine, Nag would be closer to LLB if that matters.
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Some potential changes happening at Whitnall Park.
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All for it, definitely need a range there and the current routing is a bit tight and goofy IMO.
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Something I was talking about with a buddy yesterday is the hope that they will also consider putting some cash into the other courses in the future like this. It looks like a really nice plan and it seems as though they thought through things more than just slapping some fixes on top.
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Agreed. It seems like Whitnall is getting the attention before the other parks. Maybe it’s making a case for future investment, but I’m sure it’s also one of the most if not the most used.
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Greenfield had a bunch of work done maybe 10-ish years ago. Dretzka had quite a bit of drainage work done several years ago and a bunch of tree removal recently, and is generally in pretty good shape so probably not as much needed there at the moment. Oakwood gets pretty swampy, so could likely use some infra work there. Currie could be much better with some tree maintenance, more bunkers, and fixing a couple stupid greens.
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Our convo was much more of keeping those kinds of things up than the full blown redo. Just mostly hoping that those costs are somewhere in the budget vs having to do huge projects every time a course ends up in a bad place. Just letting things go forever is essentially the Madison model and it has not worked for shit.
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The routing looks MUCH better. Playing around that massive hill in a more unique way is fun to look at. And current 10 is the worst golf hole in the MKE Country muni system.
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6 and 7 are…uhh…yeah!
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Props to the supers for being able to push back aeration, but massive disappointment to see them closing so early. Being in MN and in love with this place, this means I won’t be able to get my fall LLB/Badger game back to back in.
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too many courses close too early around here 
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