Close food
This bar and restaurant is just a mile away. Easy to bike, walk, or drive to.
The Brick Pub and Grill
6343 N Green Bay AveClose neighborhood feeling restaurant.
Kawa Japanese
325 West Silver Spring DriveGood sushi close by.
Trouble and Sons Pizzeria
Good pizza and Italian food close by.
Really really good food. Not as close as others, but it’s not downtown. I often bike here.
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Cloud Red
4488 N Oakland AveReally really good food. Not as close as others, but it’s not downtown. I often bike here.
No food here, but it’s basically across the street from the tasty Cloud Red. It’s a nice place to try different local tap beers. Sweet vibe here.
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Draft & Vessel
4417 N Oakland AveNo food here, but it’s basically across the street from the tasty Cloud Red. It’s a nice place to try different local tap beers. Sweet vibe here.
Neighborhoods
This neighborhood just south of downtown has a bunch of real good restaurants. I guess you would call it the foodie neighborhood. Sort of hipster vibe meets progressive professional vibe. Goodkind is my favorite restaurant there.
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Bay View
This neighborhood just south of downtown has a bunch of real good restaurants. I guess you would call it the foodie neighborhood. Sort of hipster vibe meets progressive professional vibe. Goodkind is my favorite restaurant there.
Lots of good bars and restaurants in this downtown neighborhood. Rooftop at Cafe Benelux is one of my favorites there.
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Historic Third Ward
Lots of good bars and restaurants in this downtown neighborhood. Rooftop at Cafe Benelux is one of my favorites there.
Hiking
This is big park right on Lake Michigan. Lots of hiking to be had here. Nice beach, but not super sandy. Great place to skip stones into the Great Lake. Great place for picnic on the water. It’s about a 7 minute drive from the house.
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Iphakamisa yabafundi
1870 E Fox LnThis is big park right on Lake Michigan. Lots of hiking to be had here. Nice beach, but not super sandy. Great place to skip stones into the Great Lake. Great place for picnic on the water. It’s about a 7 minute drive from the house.
Lots of great hiking and sightseeing on the bluff of Lake Michigan. About 20 min drive north of house.
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I-Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve
511 High Bluff DrLots of great hiking and sightseeing on the bluff of Lake Michigan. About 20 min drive north of house.
Beaches
Nice sandy beach. Nice kids playground on the bluff and also more playground stuff on beach.
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Atwater Park
4000 N Lake DrNice sandy beach. Nice kids playground on the bluff and also more playground stuff on beach.
Much more secluded beach than Atwater. Just not as nice of sand.
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Iphakamisa yabafundi
1870 E Fox LnMuch more secluded beach than Atwater. Just not as nice of sand.
This is the main beach downtown. It’s crowded on weekends. Lots of volleyball playing.
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Bradford Beach
2400 N Lincoln Memorial DrThis is the main beach downtown. It’s crowded on weekends. Lots of volleyball playing.
Parks
Milwaukee has a ton of county parks.
This park is a 7 minute drive or a 20 minute bike ride down the oak leaf trail. It has a beer garden right on the river. Frisbee golf coarse. Dog park. And farmers market Sundays
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Estabrook Park
4400 Estabrook ParkwayThis park is a 7 minute drive or a 20 minute bike ride down the oak leaf trail. It has a beer garden right on the river. Frisbee golf coarse. Dog park. And farmers market Sundays
This park is a short bike ride or walk from the house. It has a nice waterfall to sit by. Real nice hiking along the river and through the woods. Even has a nice mountain bike trail and an archery spot.
Kletzsch Park
6560 N Milwaukee River PkwyThis park is a short bike ride or walk from the house. It has a nice waterfall to sit by. Real nice hiking along the river and through the woods. Even has a nice mountain bike trail and an archery spot.
Big park on the lake. Usually not many people here.
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Iphakamisa yabafundi
1870 E Fox LnBig park on the lake. Usually not many people here.