Milwaukee Foodie News

Milwaukee Foodie News: French Canadian Restaurant Opens; LongHorn Steakhouse Coming Soon

If you love food and exploring new places to eat, Patch has the latest restaurant news from throughout the Milwaukee suburbs.

Get caught up on the food scene in the Milwaukee suburbs with Patch's new feature. Here's the latest foodie news. LongHorn Steakhouse is expected to open its third Wisconsin location this month at the old Leath Furniture location near Southridge Mall in Greendale. The restaurant will be next to the future Panda Express and will seat more than 200 people. LongHorn Steakhouse is a 30-year-old chain of restaurants that serve steaks, chicken and fish in an "atmosphere reminiscent of a Western rancher's home." More from Greendale Patch. Whitefish Bay's business district will get a little sweeter come Aug. 1, when Florida-based Grace & Shelly's Cupcakes will open in the former Think Toys storefront at 308 E. Silver Spring Drive.  In addition to …

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CowDung

9:13 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013

the whole Patch site has been a joke lately, Jim...   more ›

FREE Starbucks Blonde Roast For You and a Facebook Friend

Get a free Blonde Roast for you and a Facebook friend through the next few days. Check out to redeem your free coffee!

Starbucks is running another promotion where you can get a free Tall Blonde Roast and one for a friend.  For a limited time, visit the Starbucks Facebook page and click on the Starbucks Blonde Roast tab to snag a FREE Tall Cup of Blonde Roast Coffee from Starbucks for both you and a Facebook friend. They are offering it to the first 5,000 that sign up everyday until February 22. An eGift will be sent to you vie email with the Subject Line “To try Blonde roast, Starbucks sent you an eGift Card from Starbucks”. Print the offer out for the free coffee. Area Starbucks locations: Starbucks at 4170 N. Oakland Ave.  You can also use the store locator online.

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Patch, Starbucks Aim to Avert Fiscal Cliff

The two companies have joined forces to urge Congress to “Come Together” before tax hikes and spending cuts push America over the “fiscal cliff.”

On any given day, Shorewood and Washington, D.C., might seem like they’re a million miles apart. Today is not one of those days. As Congress and President Barack Obama attempt to hash out differences to stop America from falling over the “Fiscal Cliff,” Patch and Starbucks are teaming up to urge Republicans and Democrats to “come together.” The two companies are working together to make sure Congress gets the message America wants a viable solution to the country’s financial woes. In Shorewood, Starbucks is located at 4107 N. Oakland Ave. The so-called Fiscal Cliff encompasses all of the budget cuts and tax hikes that will automatically kick in if Congress doesn’t take action before Jan. 1, 2013. Some economists say the automatic changes …

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Bob McBride

8:27 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

So Starbuck's contribution to the effort consists of writing "Come Together" on coffee cups and...what else? As for Patch, from the page linked to above... ********************** Let’s tell Congress to work together to fix the debt and avoid the fiscal cliff. Why? What is the fiscal cliff and why does it matter to me? Our spending needs on critical programs are increasing: Our obligations to …   more ›

Buy-One-Get-One FREE Starbucks Deal

Buy any of their specialty holiday beverages, get one free. Happy Holidays!

There many not be any snow on the ground just yet, but Christmas is just more than one week away and Starbucks is spreading some holiday cheer.  Starbucks kicked off their Holiday Beverage Share Event Thursday, offering customers a buy-one-get-one free deal between 2 and 5 p.m., through Sunday. The kicker is this only applies to their holiday drinks, but you've got quite a few to pick from including: Find the local Starbucks at 4170 N. Oakland Ave. 

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Starbucks to Give Free Coffee on Fourth of July

To spark conversation about changing America’s “national spirit,” the coffee giant will be handing out free drinks on Independence Day.

In a full-page ad in major Sunday newspapers, Starbucks CEO Harold Schultz said Starbucks will be handing out free cups of coffee on the Fourth of July, and for a good reason. The ad titled “How Can America Win This Election?” talks of the country’s dwindling national spirit and political divide. Shultz hopes that by offering the free Tall cup of brewed coffee, it’ll raise awareness for his campaign #INDIVISIBLE, a national conversation across all social media so “we can all put citizenship over partisanship.” “I love America, but we all know there is something wrong,” wrote Schultz. “The deficits this country must reconcile are much more than financial, and our inability to solve our own problems is sapping our national spirit. We are …

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Bob McBride

6:28 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

I think we're gonna need proof of that....Instagram it!   more ›

Attention, Frappuccino Lovers: Starbucks Happy Hour Is Coming Back

Half-price drinks between 3-5 p.m. and a new Chocolate Cookie Crumble flavor.

When it's warm out, there's nothing better than strolling around with a frothy beverage. Starbucks is launching its annual Happy Hour on Friday, where Frappuccinos are half-price between 3-5 p.m. through May 13. That means you can get one of the blended beverages for as little as $2. The coffee shop is also introducing the new beverage Chocolate Cookie Crumble; a blended concoction of mocha sauce, vanilla syrup, chocolate chips, milk and ice, topped with chocolate whipped cream, and chocolate cookie crumbles. And of course there's also Caramel, Mocha, Java Chip, and for those who don't love coffee, Vanilla Bean, Green Tea and Strawberries & Creme. There is one Starbucks location in Shorewood at 4170 N. Oakland Ave.

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Coffee Lovers Rejoice: A Two for One Deal at Starbucks

Buy two holiday drinks for the price of one from Thursday through Sunday.

Starbucks is making the holiday season a little brighter for coffee lovers with a special BOGO deal from Thursday through Sunday. From 2 to 5 p.m. on those days, Starbucks patrons will get a second free holiday beverage when they buy the first one. The BOGO deal is good on several holiday drinks, including the peppermint mocha in regular and “skinny” versions, caramel brulée latte, ginger bread latter and the company’s standing holiday tradition, the eggnog latte. The Starucks at 4170 N. Oakland Ave. is among the participating locations. For more locations, visit the Starbucks store locator.

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Alert: Counterfeit $100 Bills Circulating in Fox Point

Fox Point police investigating $5 bills being reprinted as $100.

If you are handed a $100 bill, make sure it is not really a $5 bill. The Fox Point Police Department is investigating a single individual trying to pass off counterfeit bills in Fox Point. On Saturday, at 9 a.m., an Fox Point police officer responded to a call at Starbucks in Audubon Court for a fraud incident. While processing the receipts from the previous evening, employee Kimberly Bauer told officers that she discovered the bill and believed it to be counterfeit. When police arrived, she showed the bill to the officer and after he examined it, he concluded as well that it was counterfeit. The watermark in the paper showed President Abraham Lincoln’s face, traditionally on a $5 bill, and the security ribbon matched for a five-dollar …

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