Best of Milwaukee Finalist Announcement

Voting has ended in the 18th Annual Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee and reader votes have been tallied. Where there are exact numerical ties we have listed those businesses.

Best of Milwaukee 21 Plus Category Finalists (in no particular order) Are:

21 Plus

After work watering hole

• BBC
• Rosie's
• Brass Monkey

Bar Food

• BBC
• Hooligans
• Palomino

Bar for Drinking Cheap

• BBC
• Rosie's
• Rascals

Bar to be seen in

• Soho7
• Decibel
• Hi-Hat

Bartender

• Ashley at V-Bar
• Stef at Fat Daddy's
• Frank Zoboroski at Brass Monkey

Beer Selection at a Bar

• Bar Louie
• The Bomb Shelter
• Caf Hollander

Beer Selection - Retail

• Whole Foods
• Discount Liquor
• Otto's

Best Music in the Bar

• BBC
• Decibel
• Yield

Bloody Mary

• Trocadero
• Wicked Hop
• Sobelman's

Cocktail Lounge

• Hi Hat
• Blu
• At Random

Comedy Club

• Jokerz
• Comedy Caf
• Comedy Sportz

Dance Club

• La Cage
• Mad Planet
• Decibel

Hangover Breakfast

• Ma Fischers
• George Webb
• Comet Caf

Jazz Club

• Piano Blu
• Jazz Estate
• Caroline's

Karaoke Bar

• Chancery - Tosa
• House of Frank N' Stein
• Rascals

Liquor Store

• Otto's
• Discount Liquor
• Ray's

Live Music Venue

• Turner Ballroom
• The Pabst
• The Cactus Club

Margarita

• La Perla
• La Fuente
• Botana's

Martini

• Jo Jo's
• Hotel Metro
• Hi-Hat

Microbrewery

• New Glarus
• Milwaukee Ale House
• lakefront

New Nightclub

• Bomb Shelter
• Soho7
• Apartment 720

Open Mic Night

• Miramar Open Mic
• Up and Under
• Linnemans

Pool Hall

• BBC
• Romines
• Landmark

R&B Club

• Hilo Martini Lounge
• Apartment 720
• Texture

Rock Club

• The Cactus Club
• The Rave
• Bad Genie

Romantic Bar

• Trocadero
• At Random
• Nessun Dorma

Strip Club

• On the Border
• Silk
• The Encore

Wine Selection at a bar

• Nessun Dorma
• Pizza Man
• Balzac