

“When we planned for WürstBar, we didn’t want to take away from places like the Old German Beer Hall," notes Fronek. They created the concept to assist in preserving Milwaukee’s German heritage but they wanted the project to reflect a unique modern spin.

14 at 4 p.m.īehind the WürstBar concept are industry veterans Scott Schaefer, Andrew Fronek and Darryl Towers, operators of Milwaukee Brat House (Old World Third and Shorewood) and Jack’s American Pub on Brady Street. But thanks to grit, determination and help from the City of Milwaukee, the new bar and restaurant will officially open its doors in former Green Fields retail space at 1239 E. Plans for the new bar and restaurant were announced in April of 2020, just weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. These bites are some of the best in Wisconsin.WürstBar, a venue which aims to offer guests a taste of modern Germany, is slated to debut (very) soon to Brady Street. On lucky bites, a pocket of pepper-jack cheese oozes out of the tube and on to that soft pretzel bun. It is juicy and robust, the flavor of chile infusing every bite.

Jalapeño sausage laced with pepperjack in the style of a kasewurst is an occasional special that shows off the butcher’s creativity. It’s like this dog was taking a walk somewhere between Milwaukee and Chicago: a skilled bit of sausage making, but a bit deviant from the classic Wisconsin brat. It comes topped with fresh tomato and onion with a spear of dill pickle along with sauerkraut. The Milwaukee Brat is a soft, subtle take on Wisconsin style, like a sausage that you’d be served in a brasserie more than in a farmers market. Whole sausages served on pretzel buns offer a clearer picture of the butcher’s skill. The pizza’s cheese is a thick blanket woven from several varieties of Wisconsin’s finest, practically snuffing out the sauce underneath. Like hearing an orchestra covering a pop standard, the pizza is an example of virtuous treatment of something simple. House made sausage for pizza recalls classic pizza-shop crumbles, but tastes fresher and sports more complex spices. When the Nehring family retired, the acting manager of the shop, Ryan Foltz, bought it and changed the name, but kept the concept and recipes from his mentors. The Nehrings were part of the first wave of vendors at the Public Market, and they first envisioned a Wisconsin-centric grocery deli with brick-oven pizza and house-made sausage. Until 2017, the space was known as Nehring’s Family Market. It also has a brick oven to bake Wisconsin-style pizza (extra cheese comes standard). This cozy little nook serves Wisconsin beers and the butcher counter’s sausages. The most attractive booth for us is the Foltz Market, which not only contains an exhaustive selection of deli salads, cuts of fresh meats and house-made sausages, but also is home of The Wurst Bar. It’s a food tripper’s perfect one-stop shop.
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It’s clean, organized, and full of vendors that are extremely proud of their state’s products.

The Milwaukee public market is a delightful place.
