The Humboldt Bridge is open and now Stubby's Pub and Grub, 2060 N. Humboldt Ave., is set to swing open its doors, too.
The newest member of the Zarletti Restaurant Group (which also owns Zarletti and Rustico) opens Thursday night at 6 p.m.
Stubby's, which fills the space formerly occupied by Bayou, boasts that it has "some of the best" barbecue in town and will feature 53 beers on tap.
It's nice to see something opening in this stretch of Humboldt that had seemed to hold promise before falling silent with the extended bridge work. When Bel Air Cantina opens across the river, perhaps Humboldt again will have some bustle.
There is parking in the lot beneath the restaurant and on the street on Riverboat Road.
Check out Stubby's on Facebook here.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
