Some restaurants feed you. This one takes you somewhere else entirely.
The moment I stepped through the door of this Wisconsin restaurant, I felt like the city outside had simply ceased to exist. Housed inside a historic brick building that once served as a brewery, this place carries a weight of story that most restaurants spend decades trying to fake.
The warm light, the family photos on the walls, the smell of fresh pasta and a wood burning oven doing serious work in the back, it all hits you at once in the best possible way. This is the kind of dinner that stays with you long after the last bite.
A Historic Brick Building That Sets the Stage
There is something almost theatrical about arriving at a restaurant that lives inside a building with its own history. The Cream City brick exterior of Ristorante Bartolotta dal 1993 gives the whole evening a sense of occasion before you even reach the front door…