Bavette La Boucherie

Milwaukee


This hip, industrial space in the Third Ward is a butcher shop with a cafe that serves lunch and dinner. It stacks a meaty sandwich, such as the roast pork with rhubarb-raisin compote and the seared steak with truffled mushroom sauce. Locals come to nibble on cheese plates alongside lovely wines. Sit at the bar to see sausage-making in action.


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