Botanas Mexican restaurant, Milwaukee Wisconsin

September 11, 2011

You probably don't think of Milwaukee for Mexican food, but we were in Milwaukee and a Mexican food sounded good.  The best sounding place I found online was this place.

I liked the salsa, it was good maybe not too exciting.  It had a little bit of heat, but no really too hot, but it tasted fairly good. My mom had the chile relleno.  She normally doesn't like the soft ones she prefers the crispy.  She decided to try this soft one, these had tomato type sauce on it and my mom really liked it. My dad had one of the small combos and he really liked it.

I also had one of the small combos with a chicken enchilada and a tamale.  I thought that the enchilada was good, I liked the sauce.  The tamale on the other hand I didn’t care for.  I usually don’t have too many tamales, but I am intrigued by them so I thought I would try one.  This one seemed kind of hard and dry and didn’t taste very good. I thought that the rice and beans were just average nothing special. This place for dinner was $43.35 with a tip which for three people isn't half bad.  My parents liked this place more than me; they would have rated it higher.

Botanas Mexican restaurant

816 S. 5th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53204

Milwaukee Brat house, Milwaukee WI

September 11, 2011

We arrived around the normal lunch time and the place was empty it was a Sunday, so maybe that was why.  I found this place just by looking online for a place close to the riverwalk which we were planning walking along.

 I had a bacon cheeseburger with cheddar and substituted cheese curds for the side for two dollars.

My mom had the Wisconsin burger with cheese curds on top and just got the kettle chips. My dad decided to get a bacon cheeseburger and substitute onion rings for 1 dollar. I thought this burger was really good. There was like a crust on the burger and like kind of charred.   This was my first chance at trying cheese curds which I haven't really had any before except at culvers.  I thought that cheese is good and fried cheese could only be better.  Boy was I right they were fried greasy and delicious.  Cheese can't get much better than that. This is my first attempt at cheese curds and I couldn’t wait for more. My dad’s onion rings were not very good when you bit the ring the onion came out leaving you with just breading.

 I really liked this place it was greasy and good.   At $44.28 with tip it was a little pricey for lunch.

Milwaukee Brat house, Milwaukee WI
1013 Old World 3rd Street  Milwaukee, WI 53203