{"slug": "milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week", "title": "Milwaukee Restaurants Offer Special Deals for Downtown Dining Week", "summary": "Milwaukee’s 20th Downtown Dining Week, organized by Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, will take place from May 28 to June 4, offering special lunch menus priced between $15 and $25 and dinner menus at $35, $45, or $55 per person. The event features 34 participating restaurants, including locations in the Third Ward and Lower East Side, with nearly all being independently owned. Each multi-course menu highlights selections from the restaurant’s regular offerings and includes a stated retail meal value to show diners their savings.", "body_md": "Looking for a fun excuse to dine Downtown? Milwaukee’s 20th Downtown Dining Week, organized by Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, just might be it. For the annual celebration of Milwaukee’s Downtown restaurant scene, restaurants will offer special deals from Thursday, May 28 through Thursday, June 4.\nDuring this eight-day stretch, special lunch menus will be priced between $15-$25 per person and dinner menus will be $35, $45 or $55 per person.\nSpanning two or three courses with limited selections – including appetizers, main courses and desserts – each Downtown Dining Week menu highlights selections from the restaurant’s regular menu. Each menu includes a “retail meal value,” so you know exactly how much you’re saving.\nThe participating restaurants aren’t solely in Downtown proper: you’ll also find a few in the Third Ward and on the Lower East Side. Of the 34 restaurants, nearly all are independently owned and operated, while a few – such as The Capital Grille and Tupelo Honey – are chains. You can find each restaurant’s full Downtown Dining Week menu online.\nIt’s time to pick your Milwaukee favorites for the year!\nThis year’s Downtown Dining Week restaurants are:\n- Avli\n- Bacchus\n- Blue Bat Kitchen & Tequilaria\n- The Café at the Pfister\n- The Capital Grille\n- Carson’s\n- The Conroy Modern Supper Club\n- Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen\n- Doc’s Smokehouse\n- The Edison\n- Electric Lime\n- Elsa’s on the Park\n- The Explorium Brewpub\n- Flourchild\n- Il Cervo\n- JoSa on the River\n- The Knick\n- Mader’s\n- Merriment Social\n- Milwaukee ChopHouse\n- Milwaukee Sail Loft\n- Oak Barrel Public House\n- Onesto\n- Rodizio Grill\n- Smoke Shack\n- The Social American Tavern\n- The Studio Kitchen & Cocktails\n- Third Coast Provisions\n- Tre Rivali\n- Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar\n- Vagabond\n- Ward’s House of Prime\n- Who’s on Third\n- The Yard at the Iron Horse Hotel\nNine of these restaurants will offer a $15 lunch menu: Café at the Pfister, Doc’s Smokehouse, Elsa’s on the Park, The Explorium Brewpub, The Knick, The Social American Tavern, Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar, Vagabond and Who’s on Third.\nThe Café at the Pfister will feature a smashburger slider, deviled eggs or gazpacho as the starter; followed by buttermilk fried chicken, Mediterranean chicken salad or a turkey avocado wrap; then a choice of either chocolate cake or carrot cake for dessert.\nAnother longtime Milwaukee restaurant, Elsa’s at the Park, will let you choose from four lunch entrees (a half-pound pork chop on a roll, double-smashed burger, spicy meat-loaded pizza or half-pound cheeseburger) followed by either an ice-cream sundae or chocolate mousse.\nDinner menus are also in abundance, including places that would normally cost much more than $35-$55, such as at Bacchus. The Bartolotta Restaurant will offer three selections in each of its three courses, including pork bolognese, soy-glazed salmon and molten chocolate cake. Similarly, Milwaukee ChopHouse’s Downtown Dining Week dinner menu is a surf-and-turf delight – choose from six-ounce filet, sea bass or shrimp gnocchi for the main course.\nFor meat-free diners, there are plenty of vegetarian options. The same is true for gluten-free options, which are noted on menus.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week", "canonical_source": "https://www.milwaukeemag.com/milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week", "published_at": "2026-05-21 17:17:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-24 04:37:57.936508+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": [], "entities": ["Milwaukee Downtown", "BID #21", "The Capital Grille", "Tupelo Honey"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/milwaukee-restaurants-offer-special-deals-for-downtown-dining-week.jsonld"}}