It’s as important as ever to support the amazing collection of local restaurants that we have in our beautiful city. And there’s no better way to do so than committing to patronize them throughout the year. To guide you on your journey, I’ve composed a list of 52 amazing restaurants. Try just one of these every week and you’ll have visited them all by the end of 2024. View the full list OR download an abbreviated printable PDF file for your fridge or wallet.
Sorella
2535 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., (414) 301-6255
sorellamke.com
Italian
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Despite its more casual, neighborhood restaurant feel, Sorella doesn’t scrimp on the details, offering a beautiful rustic dining room, an amazing patio and a varied menu of shareable seasonal dishes inspired by Southern Italy and shaped with a bit of East Coast inflection.
You’ll find a mix of shareable items (including big bowls of wood-roasted veggies), pastas and wood-fired pizza along with compelling, moderately priced entrees that are unlike those served at any other restaurant in the city. Take their Duroc Pork Chop for instance. It features a 14-ounce bone in ribeye chop topped with hot and sweet cherry peppers, roasted garlic and flavorful demi.
The menu is built for sociable sharing, so don’t be afraid to order multiple dishes to split among a group of friends.
Recommended: Kale Caesar; roasted broccoli; cavatelli with “Monday” sauce
As a passionate champion of the local dining scene, Lori has reimagined the restaurant critic's role into that of a trusted dining concierge, guiding food lovers to delightful culinary discoveries and memorable experiences.
Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with every dish. Lori is the author of two books: the "Wisconsin Field to Fork" cookbook and "Milwaukee Food". Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club. In 2024, Lori was honored with a "Top 20 Women in Hospitality to Watch" award by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or planning for TV and radio spots, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.
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