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Get your chompers and sippers ready. It's almost time for the Taste & Toast, a happy hour extravaganza celebrating some of Milwaukee's best Downtown spots.
This year's event will take place Feb. 26 through March 1 and will feature specially priced small plates, appetizers, cocktails and NA cocktails from 4 to 7 p.m. at over 20 restaurants, bars and lounges in Downtown Milwaukee. Gluten-free, vegetarian and plant-based options will be available.
Participating restaurants include
- AJ Bombers
- The Bar at Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel
- Blue Bat Kitchen & Tequilaria
- Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen
- Cubanitas
- The Edison
- Experts Only
- The Knick
- Lucky Clover Irish Pub
- McGillycuddy’s Bar & Grill
- Monarch Lounge – Hilton City Center
- MOTOR Bar & Restaurant
- Newsroom Pub
- Oak Barrel Public House
- On Tap
- Onesto
- Pfister Lobby Lounge
- Red Rock Saloon
- Smoke Shack
- SportClub
- Third Street Tavern
- Who’s on Third
View full menus for participating restaurants online.
Eat, sip and enter to win
As a bonus incentive for participating in Taste & Toast, two diners who participate and complete a survey about their experience will be awarded over $250 in dining gift certificates. To enter, participate in Taste & Toast and fill out the survey at tastetoastmke.com by March 4. Two winners will be selected via a random drawing once the event concludes.
Park for 20% off
During Taste & Toast, you can also take advantage of 20% off parking at select Interstate Parking lots. Coupon codes and instructions for various structures and lots are available online.
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.
