Lunch Is Just Life: February 2007

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

History

Lunch is Just Life was the name of a 'zine I used to publish in the 1980's. It was about food, mostly, and diners.

Recently I have been typing old notes on restaurants, and posting them in a journal so that other people can see them and we can discuss if we remember the places, and confirm if they still exist. I have been calling that "we never close."

http://we-never-close.blogspot.com/

Now I'd like to write about stuff that is more current, and also in the city where I'm living. So that's what this is.

Staff Writer

Our "gluten-free" expert, Randy Russell, has been observing a strict wheat and gluten free diet since he was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1992 by Joseph A. Murray, MD, to whom Mr. Russell owes his life. Randy becomes quite rankled at accusations that his diet is the result of a current trend or fad, and to confront him with such a claim is a good way to get smacked in the face with a loaf of Wonderbread.

Mr. Russell's new project, here, is to darken the door of every not immediately evident gluten-free establishment, sandwich shop, pizza parlor, deli, chain restaurant, and hash house within an ever-increasing radius of where he is now, which happens to be Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.

Partial list of Milwaukee area restaurants

311 Restaurant A.J.’s Café Abu’s Acapulco African Hut Al Johnson’s Albanese’s Alpine Village Alterra 1st Street Alterra by Lake Alterra Prospect Anmol Annona Bistro Anodyne Coffee Apollo Café Applebee’s Grand Ave Ardor Pub Artega’s Mexican Astor Place Athens Family Restaurant Avenue Grille Bacchus Baker’s Square Barolatta Ristorante Barossa Bavarian Inn Bayview Family Restaurant Beans and Barley Belleview Place Bluemound Gardens Bombay Sweets Bosley on Brady Brady Street Pharmacy Broadway Bistro Brucke Buca di Beppo Butch’s Old Casino Steakhouse Café Brucke Café el Sol Capitol Grill Carnevor’s Carnitas Casablanca Cempazuchi Chancery China Gourmet Cielito Lindo Cocquette Coerper’s 5 O’clock Club Comet Conejito’s Conway’s Smokin' Copper Kitchen Coquette Crawdaddy’s Crazy Water Crazy Water Culver’s Denny’s Don Quixote Doyle’s Milwaukee Inn Eddie Martini’s EE-Sane El Rey Nana’s Market El Salvador Elliot’s Bistro Elsa’s Emperor of China Envoy Erv’s Mug Fortune Fourth Base Fox and Hounds Gasthaus George Webb Goldman’s Grant’s Soul Food Great American Grill Grecian Delight Harry’s Bar and Grill Heinemann’s Heinemann’s Greenfield Henry’s Hi Hat Hi-Fi Hob Nob Holiday House Hot Café House of Frank N Stein Hubbard Park Lodge Ichiban IHOP Il Mito Inn at Cedar Crossing International Buffet Izumi’s Jack Pandl’s Jake’s Deli Jake’s Restaurant Jalisco Jewel of India Jo’s Café Joey Buona’s Joey’s Italian John Hawks Pub Johnny Manhattan’s Jonathan’s Café Karl Ratzsch’s Kegel’s Inn Kennedees Kilbourn Café King and I Kopp’s Kurt’s Steakhouse La Fuente Lake Park Bistro Lakefront Palm Garden Landmark Family Restaurant Libiamo Lisa’s Pizzeria Lohmann’s Steak House Lopez Bakery Los Comales Los Mitos Louise’s Lulu Lyndon’s Ma Fischer’s Mader’s Maharaja Martini Mikes Mason Street Grill Mazo’s Meagan Soul Food Megan’s Café Melting Pot Metke’s Metro Michael’s Family Restaurant Michigan Street Diner Midwest Diner Milwaukee Ale House Milwaukee ChopHouse Milwaukee Inn Milwaukee Public Market Mimma’s Mineshaft Ming’s Miss Katie’s Diner Mitchell Street Grill Mitchell’s Café Mo’s a Place for Steaks Mo’s Cucina Mo’s Gyro King Mo’s Irish Pub Mocais Café Mocais Coffee Shop Moceans a Place for Seafood Mocha Mojo’s Steakhouse Mona’s Nightclub Monsoon Morton’s Wisconsin Inn Movie House Grill Mr. B’s Mr. B’s Steakhouse Mr. Churro Mr. JJ Fish Mr. Miyage Steak and Lobster Mr. Perkins Ms J’s Restaurant Murf’s Frozen Custard My Office My Place Mykonos Café Nanakusa Napoli Pizza Nardo’s Passport Inn Neighbors Bistro and Pub Nesttime New Bangkok New China New China Buffet New Hong Kong New Number One Chinese New Orleans Nick’s II Family Restaurant Nikos Gyros Nite Owl Noodles and Company Norby Pam North Prairie Diner North Shore Bistro North Star American Bistro Nothing But Noodles Number 1 Chinese Restaurant Oakland Gyros Oakland Trattoria Oakland Wine Bar Oaxaca Grill Odyssey Family Restaurant Old Country Buffet Old Town Olde Mill Inn Omega Burger Onyx Open Flame Open Hearth Organ Piper Pizza Oriental Coast Original Pancake House Osteria Del Mondo Ouzo Café Pacific Rim Packing House Painted Parrot Palermo Villa Pallas Palmer’s Steakhouse Palms Bistro Palomino Panache Panda Hut Panos Char House Pantheon Parkview Café Passport Inn Pasta Tree Pasty Shop Paul’s Omega Paulie’s Pub and Eatery Pauline’s Supper Club Peach Garden Pedrano’s Peking Garden Peony Perkins Phan’s Garden Pieces of Eight Pitch’s Pizza Man PJ’s Original Subs Playa Plaza Cafe Points East Pub Polonez Ponderosa Port China Porterhouse Potbelly’s Prime Quarter Steak House Prime Table Family Restaurant Prime Time Sports Bar Q F & H Diner Q Real American Food Q-BBQ Range Line Inn Real Chili Red and Bunny’s Diner Red Circle Inn Red Dot Red Pagoda Redd’s Snapper Seafood Regasus Restaurante Puerto Escondido Reynolds Pasty Shop Rice Palace Rick Inn Ritter’s Inn River Lane Inn Riverbrook Riversite Riverwalk Bistro RJ’s Garden Robert’s Restaurant Robin’s Anoited Café Rock Bottom Roman Coin Room 434 Roots Royal Garden Royal India Royal Wok Ruby G’s Ruby’s Spiral Café Rudy’s Rusty Skillet S and P Thai Cuisine Sabor Sadko Safe House Saffron Indian Bistro Saigon Sake Tumi Sakkio Japan Sala da Pranzo Salad Maker Salvatore’s Samano’s Sammy’s Silver City Café Sammy’s Taste of Chicago Samurai San Fong Sanford Santo Domingo Santo’s Saraphino’s Sauce Savoy Room Sawatdee Thai Saxe’s Saz’s State House Schlotsky’s Deli Schneider’s Scorpios Sea N Land Scotty’s Seabird Season’s Family Restaurant Senor Luna Senor Sol Seoul Serb Hall Shahrazad Shark’s Fish and Chicken Shipwreck Inn Silver City Barbeque Silver Dollar Café Silver Dragon Silver Spring House Singha Thai Singha Thai II Sir Desmond’s Family Restaurant Sir Winston’s Sky Sluggo’s Smith Brothers Social Sol Fire Soldeca Solly’s Grille Solo Sommelier’s Palette Soup and Stock Market Soup House Soup Market Soup Otzie’s Soups On! South Woods Restaurant Speak Easy and Eatery Speakeasy Speed Queen B-Q St. Francis Inn Star of Burleigh Steak Away Steak Escape Steakhouse 100 Steakout Steven’s Steakhouse Sticks and Stones Stumble Inn Su Casa Suburpia Sunrise Restaurant Sunset Family Restaurant Super Buffet Sushi-a-go-go Sussex Steak House Suzy’s Café Suzy’s Hot and Spicy Swank Swayz Mexican Grill Swingin’ Door T J Aliota Taco Amigo Taco City Taco Flats Taco John’s Taco Loco Tai Ping Takeout Taxi Tam’s Chop Suey Tameka’s Soul Food Tandoor Tanner-Paull Am. Legion Post 120 Taqueria Aranda Taqueria Arandas Taqueria Azteca Taqueria La Salsa Taqueria Los Comales Taqueria Los Compadres Taqueria Tepechy Taste of India Taste of Italy Tasty Bite Tasty Food Tavern on the Green Taylor and Dunn’s Public House Ted’s Ice Cream Tenuta’s Italian Restaurant Tess Texas Roadhouse Thai Kitchen Thai Lotus Thai Palace Thai Tea That’s Amore The Pub The Rafters Theo’s on Mason Third Street Pier Third Ward Caffe Three Brothers Tichigan’s Diner Time Out Sports Bar Tina’s Paradise Soul Food Todd’s Grill Tomaso’s Italian Tomken’s Bar and Grill Tongueria El Conchal Tony’s Grill Too Sweet International Delights Top’s Carry Out Traditional Pancake House Tres Locos Tres Magueyes Tres-Hermanos Club Truckers and Travelers Trysting Place Pub Tsing Tao Tu Trinh Tumbleweed Turner Hall Twisted Fork Two Brothers Ty’s Tap Ujala Tandoori Uncle Dale’s Hilltop Uncle Sonny’s Union House Uno Val-Win Drive In Vecchio Mondo Venice Club Venus Vicki’s Vietnam Villa’s Village Café Viva Urban Grill Walden – a Supper Club Water Street Brewery Water’s Edge Waterfront Deli Watts Tea Shop Waubeka Wayne’s Drive-in Wegner’s St. Martins Inn Weissgerber’s Seabird West Bank Café What’s Fresh Deli Wicked Hop Wild Wild West Burgers Wildflower William Ho’s William’s Wilson House Wing Ho Wing Tai Wing’s Carryout Wong’s Kitchen Wood’s Dinette Wow Café and Wingery Wow Dog Xel-Ha Yaffa Yang’s Yanni’s Gyros Yanni’s Steak House Yau’s Gourmet Yellow Rose Yen Ching Yiannis Gyro Yokoso Z Café Zaffiro’s Zarletti Zebb’s Ziggies Zin Uncommon California Italian

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