Warm Jumbo Pretzel
East Town Kitchen

East Town Kitchen

323 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, United States Of America, 53202

Full • Wine • Healthy • American


"Ate dinner here on a Tuesday night before a Rep show because it 's in walking distance of the theater so therefore easy to eat and then run over to see the show. They appeared to be short staffed with no-one at the hosting stand in the entryway and a somewhat frazzled waiter seating me and hurriedly wiping down my dirty table. He apologized profusely and honestly he was the best part of the evening, because he was doing his best to give me and all the other people he was serving the best possible experience despite appearing to be alone in the front of the house along with a solitary bartender behind the bar. I ordered the salmon with Brussel sprouts dinner. The food was hot when it came out and the salmon was tender and done appropriately. I didn 't feel the mustard glaze was exceptional but it was adequate. The Brussel sprouts were cut in half, not seasoned with anything interesting, and quite mushy, but I ate them. The meal was like something your elderly aunt would make you and you eat it and it 's ok but not at all anything you 'd go out of your way to replicate on your own. From the bar, I ordered a cocktail with bourbon in it that was on their very limited cocktail menu-the only bourbon cocktail. It was ok but not terribly memorable. I saw a bottle of Smoke Wagon bourbon behind the bar and had an ounce of that after dinner. The bourbon selection was indeed impressive. So, there 's that. I did sit at a high-top table in the bar area, which, if you are hoping to watch a game during dinner, you will have at least 6 televisions around you so you can see anything from any vantage point. As for myself, I absolutely hate a restaurant or bar that has TV 's. If I want to watch TV, I 'll stay home. But, I know I 'm not in the majority, so I totally respect other 's wishes to go out and watch TV. I will not plan on returning to this restaurant or bar due to the short staffing, the profusion of TV 's, and the mediocre food, especially when Amilinda is only 3 doors down."