Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.

And we are off! Milwaukee Wisconsin bound.

Summertime it’s a must to take small road trips and be outside exploring new areas and towns, so we planned a mini weekend getaway to Milwaukee.

This time I was not calling the shots, this was not a coffee exploration, but instead a food exploration. One of my favorite channels is the Food Network, it gives me inspiration to one try new foods but also helps me get creative when it comes to basic dinner recipes and way to make them more fun! So one evening while we were being bums and watching the Food Network, an episode came one talking all about the great food served at the Wisconsin State fair, this started to make Danny droll. So ever since he has been wanting to plan a trip to check it out.

So this weekend is the State Fair weekend and now here we are WI bound for the weekend.

Naturally I did my research to find a coffee shop, or else you wouldn’t be reading about this. I hijacked a morning to make sure we stopped at the Milwaukee Public Market.

There were surprisingly a lot of coffee shops to pick from, the most popular being Collectivo, but ironically this just opened down the street from me so I landed on the Public Market since I wouldn’t be able to try this anywhere else.

Arriving in Milwaukee Friday afternoon we took the time to wander around this quaint lakefront city, the downtown has so much charm and character. We headed over to the Historic Art District where there are a lot of shops and restaurants to walk in and out of. Check out this cute plant shop we found! 

Also this is where the Public Market is located, getting a sneak peak! I am not sure where to begin on explaining just how wonderful this city is, the Art District was bursting with charm, there are shops and restaurants intermixed along both side of the main drive, all have outdoor seating and even some have mid-roof seating. I say mid-roof since it’s only about three stories up at most. All the street parking is then in the middle of the road. Totally different than what we have in Chicago, but it seemed to work out for them nicely. We were walking looking for a quick bite before we were heading off the Brewers baseball game, but I could walk up and down that strip all day long exploring all the different shops. We also walked through the Public Market to see what was going on and to check out all the food they have to offer.

Literally any food cuisine you could think of they have, I was blow away. I loved it!

We spent a good amount of time walking around the market and checking out all the food vendors, what they had to offer and even grabbed and drink and seat up top with a great aerial view of  the market, if we didn’t have the baseball game I could have spent my whole evening there. Oh and EVERYONE is beyond friendly and helpful. They could tell we were from out-of-town.

Anyways, in the morning we headed back Public Market this time for some much needed caffeine before we took on this State Fair, yes I am quite intimidated because I have never been and after seeing the show on the Food Network, it looked like a monster.

The coffee shop inside the market is, Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. they have been there and roasting coffee in Milwaukee since 1999. A small local roaster that is killing the game with their coffee drinks! I ordered the Honey Bee Latte with an extra shot of espresso, was feeling a little sweet this morning and with the first sip I wanted to go back up to the counter and order another. Yes it was that delicious with the perfect amount of sweet from the honey. Love using honey as a natural sweetener, I usually will use that over sugar in my baking is the item calls/allows for it.

After trying that latte I wanted to hang there all day and try all the other specialty drinks they were offering, it was great. They even have a few stools that sit facing the coffee action so you can watch everything being done. There is also some great outdoor seating available too.

The market and my coffee were overall worth the trip, I had such a great time going to Milwaukee and exploring a totally new city that has so much to offer. I would come back up this way for another mini trip, there are more coffee shops and areas to be explored. Though I have to admit after going to the State Fair I am happy to say I have done one at least once in my life but those are not my jam.

Talk about the crowds and I was actually not crazy about the food offerings, but then again I pleased when places offer salads and this fair is not the place to get a salad. BUT if you enjoy taking in the fresh air and just watching the crowds of people then I recommend going to a fair, there are plenty of areas to post up and just take in the senses, which we did for a bit.

Any other other great restaurants or coffee shops I should put on my list for the next time I’m in Milwaukee?