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AVENUES WEST AND MARQUETTE CLARKE SQUARE Marquette University’s campus and diverse residential streets This diverse neighborhood is a gateway to Milwaukee’s now make up the heart of this neighborhood. You can’t miss signs predominantly Hispanic south side. You’ll feel the energy of the that this was the historic home of Milwaukee’s elite, but today community on Cesar Chavez Drive and National Avenue, two main you’re more likely to run into college students than beer barons on streets in the neighborhood lined with restaurants, bakeries, Avenue. Explore this gateway to Milwaukee’s near west and businesses. Beautiful murals abound demonstrating residents’ side neighborhoods. sense of community and heritage. Attractions: Pabst Mansion, St. Joan of Arc Chapel Attractions: Mitchell Park Domes, El Rey Restaurants: Five O’Clock Steakhouse, Daddy’s Soul Food & Grille Restaurants: El Canaveral, Phan’s Garden

BAY VIEW EAST SIDE Bay View is a hip and eclectic neighborhood popular with families This trendy neighborhood is a melting pot of students, young and young professionals alike. You’ll find plenty of opportunities to professionals, and longtime residents. A nightlife hub is Brady Street, get outdoors on lakefront trails or at neighborhood beer gardens. the historic home of Milwaukee’s Italian population that has only From record shops and venues to craft beer and dining, gotten funkier since the hippies moved in during the 1960s. The Bay View combines city fun with a charming neighborhood feel. North Avenue area is packed with restaurants, indie movie theaters, Attractions: Avalon Theatre, South Shore Park Terrace jazz clubs, and more. Restaurants: Centraal Grand Café and Tappery, Attractions: Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Glorioso’s Italian Market Three Brothers Restaurant Restaurants: Crossroads Collective, Comet Cafe

BREWERS HILL EAST TOWN Located on a bluff overlooking the Milwaukee River, Brewers Hill East Town makes up one half of Milwaukee’s downtown. This boomed at the turn of the 20th century as a residential area for the downtown neighborhood is home to some of the city’s most popular laborers who worked in breweries that lined the river. You’ll still find attractions – like the Milwaukee Art Museum and Discovery World a brewery on the river here plus great dining on top of the hill. – plus lakefront fun! From beaches to museums, it’s easy to spend Attractions: Lakefront Brewery, Dead Bird Brewing Co. the day exploring with , with plenty of bars and restaurants to Restaurants: View MKE, Beerline Cafe enjoy in the evening. Attractions: Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, Pfister Hotel Restaurants: Harbor House, Swingin’ Door Exchange BRONZEVILLE The historic economic and social heart of Milwaukee’s African American community, this area is now the center of major HARBOR DISTRICT redevelopment efforts. Annual festivals celebrate the strong roots A lush rice marsh gave way to a bustling port, and today the city of jazz and the arts in the neighborhood, and the main thoroughfare, is working to revitalize Milwaukee’s harbor. Water technology and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, is lined with African research takes center stage at the new UW-Milwaukee School of American-owned businesses. Freshwater Sciences, which is now adjacent to a new waterfront park. Attractions: America’s Black Holocaust Museum, Attractions: UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences, The Bronzeville Collective Original Cheesehead Factory by Foamation Inc. Restaurants: Jewel’s Caribbean, SKYBOX Restaurants: La Merenda, Don’s Diner

| visitmilwaukee.org | (800) 554 -1448 HISTORIC THIRD WARD RIVERWEST Trendy shops and dining abound in this revitalized warehouse district In this diverse, offbeat neighborhood, you’ll find a little bit of that is anchored on the north end by the Milwaukee Public Market everything from funky music venues to intimate restaurants, and by the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design to the south. brewpubs to tiki bars. Riverwest is an eclectic neighborhood that’s Along the lakefront is Henry Maier Festival Park, where Milwaukee’s home to a community-run bar, a community radio station, and a lakefront comes alive every summer for festival after festival. thriving co-op. Attractions: RiverWalk, Marshall Building Attractions: Black Husky Brewing Company, Adventure Rock Restaurants: DanDan, Bavette La Boucherie Restaurants: Riverwest Co-Op Café, Café Corazon

HISTORIC MITCHELL STREET SHERMAN PARK This neighborhood once rivaled the city’s downtown shopping Sherman Park is an incredibly diverse neighborhood with African district. Many of the buildings retain the historic architecture and Americans and Orthodox Jews being two of its largest ethnic groups. are now home to new and exciting cultural clothing, dining and Following a police-involved shooting in 2016, rioting and unrest shopping destinations. Head to Mitchell for a mix of the historic occurred in the neighborhood forcing the city to have a conversation and international experiences. about opportunity, race, and more. One of the results of these Attractions: St. Stanislaus Church, Kunzelmann-Esser Lofts conversations was the opening of a hugely successful hub for small Restaurants: Damascus Gate Restaurant, Anmol Restaurant businesses of color, Sherman Phoenix. Attractions: Sherman Phoenix, Bittercube Restaurants: Tricklebee Café, McBob’s LINDSAY HEIGHTS Home to 2,700+ families, Lindsay Heights is a vibrant African American community and one of the oldest neighborhoods WALKER’S POINT in the city. Neighborhood staples like Coffee Makes You Black The longtime hub of Milwaukee’s gay community, this neighborhood as well as newcomer restaurant The Tandem add extra flavor to this is now also a hotbed of foodie activity with an industrial edge. unique – and very green – neighborhood. You’ll find some of the city’s best LGBTQ bars and nightclubs Attractions: Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum, alongside award-winning restaurants and artisan food products. Alice’s Garden Attractions: National Bobblehead Hall of Fame & Museum, Restaurants: Jake’s Deli, The Juice Kitchen Clock Shadow Creamery Restaurants: Braise, Bodegon at Hotel Madrid

LINCOLN VILLAGE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS West Lincoln Avenue is the most prominent commercial corridor in Washington Heights’ most bustling commercial corridor, Vliet Street, this predominantly residential neighborhood, which also features a offers inventive restaurants, an independent theater, gelato shop, wide array of ethnic dining as well as one of Milwaukee’s signature delectable locally roasted coffee, and more. architectural styles, the “Polish flat.” Attractions: Washington Park, Urban Ecology Center Attractions: Basilica of St. Josaphat, Forest Home Cemetery Restaurants: Wy’East Pizza, Highlands Café Restaurants: Lopez Bakery & Restaurant, El Salvador

WESTOWN RIVER VALLEY Westown makes up the second half of Milwaukee’s downtown. This once blighted industrial area has been revitalized with green You’ll find the city’s vibrant entertainment district here, home to spaces and sustainable buildings and attractions. It’s now home sports arenas as well as venues like the Miller High Life Theatre, to Three Bridges Park–a 24-acre park, outdoor classroom, and Riverside Theater, and Turner Hall Ballroom. Old World Third Street is recreation hub–as well as can’t-miss attractions like Potawatomi a major hub for nightlife and the historic heart of Milwaukee’s Hotel & Casino, the Harley-Davidson Museum, and Miller Park. German community. Attractions: Three Bridges Park, Hank Aaron State Trail Attractions: Milwaukee Public Museum, Restaurants: Sobelman’s, Dream Dance Steak Best Place at Historic Pabst Brewery Restaurants: Mader’s, Milwaukee Brat House

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