Always something special to try. This is a must stop whenever I'm in Milwaukee. Meats, pierogi,…read moreand breads never disappoint.

Essentially a small convenience store with mostly specialty items from Europe, Poland in…read moreparticular. Breads sold appear to be from a bakery in Chicago. The meat case has a handful of selections, as does the sandwich board, 6 sandwiches to be exact: ham, salami, turkey, roast beef, Canadian Bacon, and a sandwich of the week, which was also turkey this week, but with a different cheese than their standard turkey. I ordered the ham sandwich and my friend ordered the salami sandwich. We both added a raspberry paczki. The sandwiches were served on a fresh hard roll and were generously topped. I thought they were a great value for $5.75. I'd like to go back again and shop for Polish food items and soups from their freezer, as well as some of the other items in the store. Note that no one was wearing a mask, except my friend and me, and the store currently limits capacity to 8 customers to help with social distancing.

I was looking for a reliable fantastic Middle Eastern delivery meal. I was happy to recognize Holy…read moreLand on a delivery app. I ordered dinner for BF and me on a Friday. I had the vegetarian platter. I was a little underwhelmed. The hummus was good, but very subtle. The falafel were dried out. The rice was very good and flavorful. I enjoyed the baba ghanough, but the tabbouleh was kind of bad. It was raw herbs and no seasoning or lemon or salt or Bulgar or oil. It was like someone stopped mid-prep and just sent it. BF's Beef Shawarma plate was fine, but not spectacular or special, even taking into consideration delivery time and food degradation from that. Sadly this meal just made me feel indifferent, so I'll be moving on.

I walked into this store not knowing where to get what I wanted but I had a photo my friend sent…read moreme. The cashier in the middle asked me if I needed help. When I showed him the photo, he pointed me to where I needed to go. This was the guy in the left part of the store when you enter. He looked at my photo, explained each dessert on the tray, and said he would make it for me even better than the photo. He even added pistachio crumbs on top! These were so delicious. My dad and I finished them so fast! Thank you for being helpful and kind!!

Rupena's is a local legend. We love visiting their deli and meat counter. We go here for special…read moreoccasions and now for the chicken salad made famous by social media influencers. They now have a great little cafe in honor of the owner's son. They make great sandwiches. Service can be a bit slow and they are sometimes understaffed, but they are doing their best to rebuild the store after some hard times. Please support this wonderful local gem, so we can enjoy it for another 100 years.

I went to Rupenas for lunch for several years when I worked nearby. Haven't been in about 1.5…read moreyears. Went today for the viral chicken salad. There was a definite buzz about the chicken salad- and a line in the deli (they move it along quickly). I would say it's worth the hype! Tumeric and chicken bouillon give it the yellow color. Carrots give it crunch and a tad of sweetness. Great consistency. Also got a loaf of marble rye which is terrific. Don't sleep on their soups! Delish!

This has been on my radar for a bit, happy to have had a chance to try their corned beef sandwich!…read more The restaurant is a small and cozy space with a few spots to dine in. The parking lot is small and narrow, but people seem to be in and out of the businesses on this corner quickly enough to turn over spots. If they are closed during open business hours, the owner is likely next door at the chicken restaurant - that's what he mentioned when he saw me waiting for them to open. Small team, but it was worth the wait.

I honestly can't remember ever seeing an operating restaurant in this location or even seeing a…read moredoor open so I pulled in because beef was on the front window so lets check this out. This place is less than a month new with a small menu so I ordered a beef dipped with hot peppers. The place is take out mostly with no real dining area and a few stools in the front window. The bag felt a little lite I thought and when I opened it up it's small compared to area restaurants for comparable prices. It was not dipped at all and just some extra juice poured in the sandwich. It was an Italian beef sandwich but not a Chicago style tasting but ok. My

This is by far the best butcher shop in the Milwaukee area. They don't flood all of their meats…read morewith sugar and you get real product with Good Service. I live 15 miles away and it's always worthwhile to make the extra trip. Nobody has better beef jerky than Rays. Their Sticks are spectacular. The prices are fair.

Been to Ray's several times in the past. I don't buy a lot of meat, but when I want something very…read morespecial, this is the place to go. They have an excellent selection of beef, pork, chicken, and seafood. They also make all of their own sausages. The deli and bakery offer a nice variety of rolls and desserts as well. On this trip, I was looking for chicken gizzards to make fried gizzard appetizers, a real treat in my family. They had exactly what I wanted in the frozen section. I picked up a couple of one pound containers. Checkout was quick, and the staff were friendly as always. Pro tip. When it's busy, the parking lot can get a little crazy. I usually park on Loomis Street right out front, which makes things much easier.

Now that their restaurant (Wioletta's) is closed, this is the only place to get some of their…read morepastry, sausages, and imported Polish items. Not to be missed. Bought an eclair, a pastry, a Patschke, a sausage, sauerkraut, pierogis,hot mustard, etc. What's not to like?

I really wanted to like this place but the wheels fell off at the deli. It's a nice little store…read moreand I wanted to sample a few things. They have heat and serve items that are homemade. The deli looked amazing with meats that I have never seen before. I started with what looked like meat sticks because I'm a sucker for meat sticks. Next was homemade cheese and potato pierogis. On to the meat counter and I would sample 4-5 of 1/8 of a pound deli meats. While my first meat choice was being sliced an older blond woman would intervene with a nasty attitude and said no 1/8 of a pound because the minimum on deli meats is 3/4 of a pound and there is signs stating that I didn't notice ? Well I don't need 5 pounds of deli meat for sampling. Then I get what are we supposed with the meat we already sliced and I said I will buy it and was only .520 of a pound which was not their minimum quantity that they stated, I would have spent about $10 more in the deli if they didn't have a ridiculously unusual policy. I have been ordering deli meat most of my life and this is the first time I had to order a minimum quantity, am I in the twilight zone ??. The fact that older blond was so rigid about a minimum quantity and not willing to sell me deli meats that I requested is absolutely a giant fail at customer service. O W deli had no problem doing that for me a couple weeks ago and what a contrast between the two polish Deli store.

After finding the Mexican restaurant closed a couple doors down I saw this deli and I hoped to get…read moresome lunch here but unfortunately they don't serve prepared food and it's really more of a Serbian convince store. The guy who greeted me said that they don't have any hot or prepared food so I said well since I'm here I would grab a couple items anyway. I asked him if he could tell me more about the some of the soup packages because I have used the meat seasoning many times with great outcomes. I thought the dumpling soup would be great with some leftover chicken so I grabbed it. The cream of mushroom soup package had the possiblity of a meatloaf idea I could tinker with so I grabbed that. I love browsing the ethnic grocery stores while looking up and down the isles for different items to cook with, I have enjoyed all of the items from my ethnic store stops. If you want to get off the beaten path of cooking than start visiting the ethnic stores that Milwaukee has to offer and try something new.

D & S Deli is a lovely little Serbian shop with just about anything (from ex-Yugoslavia) your heart…read moredesires. It's only a couple aisles wide, but you can find plenty of great products imported directly from the Balkans. Among other things, they offer canned pâté, bags of ground Turkish coffee, Kraš chocolates and cookies, Cockta and carbonated water, CDs, DVDs and magazines. You can also get concert tickets when famous singers come over from abroad. My friend and I both purchased some smoked meats and Bananko. There was another type of banana candy that the man working the place recommended. We liked it a lot and I'm sad I can't remember the name. I was actually surprised to see about five types of these candies and they were pretty cheap. It's even cheaper if you buy a large box! I mostly visit these types of stores in Chicago because it's more convenient and some of them have a larger selection; however, I'm very glad the Milwaukee area has a good place for people to go when they seek something a little different than the plethora of Polish and German delicatessens. My friends live nearby and were so excited when they found this. They made it a point to bring me here and I'm glad they did! I will probably come back and I know they will for sure.

Ofter leaving a poor review years ago for how bad the service was i was just attack on my review by…read morethe owners as was i belive anyone else who left any poor words. Someone should check on him he might be going crazy over the parking lol. Food is nothing special. The ambiance is depressing this isn't a crap hole location they have made it one.

I'm from Chicago and tried this place for the first time a month ago -- it was out of this world!…read moreTheir cevapi is better than any in Chicago. I came again last week thinking I'd be leaving with one order, but my mom and aunt had a taste and we ended up leaving with three! Everything is made fresh on the spot and the owners are very kind. Will return for more when we are back (soon)!