We love Milwaukee Ale House, down in the third ward. Next door is a pizza place, called Rustico's which is really good. Up north is Lakefront Brewery, and Water Street Brewery. Water Street is just ok for beer, but the food is good. Across the street from Water Street brewery is a chain restaurant called Bar Louie. It's ok food, but a GREAT selection of taps and the Happy Hour is like 4 PM- 9PM, with $2 pints. They have Rogue, some English beers, and Lakefront IPA on tap, along with about 20 others. There are other places, depending on what you like. There are wine bars, martini bars, piano bars, etc. We stick to mainly brewpubs or interesting bars with good beer.