A Trip to See Friends

My husband and I always enjoy getting a chance to travel to Milwaukee and visit our dear friends! We always have such a wonderful time trying out new places to eat and sharing experiences with them. This time around was no different. We were also able to celebrate my husband and our friend’s birthdays, which are 15 days apart with a wonderful night in have steak tacos and yummy desserts from Simma’s Bakery. They are known for their cheesecake, so our friends got an assortment of different ones. They also had some other desserts, so they got some of them as well. We got to try pumpkin cheesecake, lemon poppyseed cheesecake, carrot cake cheesecake, Oreo cake ball, key lime tart, lemon bar, and their award-winning cheesecake that is a cheesecake with a chocolate cake bottom, a thin layer of raspberry filling and covered with a blanket of chocolate ganache. Everything was so delicious. I think my husband and I decided our favorite was the lemon poppyseed cheesecake with the key lime tart in a close second.

Our last full day there, we ended up starting our day by going back to the Historic Third Ward and got brunch at the Sweet Diner. There was a little bit of a wait, so we decided to make our annual trip to the Market. It is always so much fun walking around there and seeing all of the different stands. We even got to try macaroons! Finally, we were able to go eat brunch! It was our friends’ daughter’s favorite place because they put flowers in the butter. She thought it was really neat! We ended up ordering the Classic Eggs Benedict, Meatatarian Skillet Bowl, Chilaquiles Skillet Bowl, and the Crème Brulee Style French Toast. Everything was delicious! The only complaint we had there was that our server seemed to never be around. We understand that they were a little busier on a Sunday morning, but not being able to flag him down at all was a little frustrating. It was also a little louder in there which made it a little more difficult to hear each other. All in all, the experience was great. Would recommend this place to anyone. We finished the day with a nice relaxing night in and put some pizza in the smoker. It was so yummy!