Karen Bell
Chef and owner, Bavette la Boucherie
330 E. Menomonee St.
414-273-3375
When Bavette la Boucherie’s Karen Bell doesn’t feel like cooking at home after a long day at work, she’s got a couple go-tos. “We love sitting at the bar whenever we go to Goodkind,” she says. “The food, service and atmosphere are great. The menu changes, but we always get the fried oyster mushrooms; the sweet-and-sour combo totally appeals to my palate.”
For a place a little closer to home, she walks to Balzac. “I know I am always going to get a great glass (or bottle) of wine,” she says. “Stephanie Bennett [the bar manager] does such a great job with the wine there. We usually get the salty pig flatbread, among other things.”
Goodkind
2457 S. Wentworth Ave.
414-763-4706
Balzac
1716 N. Arlington Place
414-755-0099
