For the fifth straight year, October is Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com, presented by Concordia University. All month, we're stuffed with restaurant reviews, delectable features, chef profiles and unique articles on everything food, as well as the winners of our "Best of Dining 2011."
I'm OK with certain stereotypes. As a Jewish guy, it's true that I run a media company and love bagels.
The media company wasn't my a life-long goal or something I inherited, but bagels – man, I've loved them forever. Having lived on the East Coast from ages 13-21, I ate some of the best of the world, and unfortunately, Milwaukee is not exactly a hot-bed of bagel activity. (R.I.P., Blue Dog Bagels ... )
Still, some are better than others, chain or otherwise. Here are my top five (though, in reality, I can't think of a lot more than five). Chime in with your favorites using the Talkback feature below.
- Benji's
- Einstein Bros.
- Alterra
- Cosi
- Bruegger's
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
