Restaurant Review of Cafe Lulu in Bayview/Milwaukee
2 07 2007
Cafe Lulu is a hip, delighful place to grab some drinks along with some great, filling food, located on 2265 S. Howell Avenue.
photo borrowed from www.onmilwaukee.com
Expanded from its once tiny locale, the main dining room add-on now has a huge, lofty feel, with a small stage in the back for its selections of bands (which mostly seemed to be appearing on Saturday nights), and with walls that were lined with huge, fun Rauchenberg-esque paintings.
Sit at the bar, lit by the stained glass abstract-meets-art-deco style lamps if all you want is something off their extensive drink menu of foreign beers and fancy martinis (I ordered a fresh, crisp Lulu summer style beer), or grab a table to stay for dinner.
My friend and I split two similar vegetarian sandwiches. One was the Florentine Melt, which came covered in fresh mozerella, garlic sauteed spinach, and portabella mushrooms, along side a veritable mountain of an Asian Slaw - made of peanuts, cabbage, Ramen noodles, and sesame oil among other things. The other sandwich we split was the ‘Bella Grill, where the portabella mushrooms were smothered in the guiltily good boursin cheese, roasted red peppers, and fresh spring greens. It was hard to decide which sandwich was better, although I definitely preferred my side of Asian Slaw to my friends house made potato chips.
Other vegetarian friendly options included a Pizza Margherita, a Greek Pizza, the Roasted Vegetable or Calabrese Salad, or the Mideast Falafel Pita among other things.
Omnivores can easily find happiness in a Pizza Arribiata, the Half Pound Heart Attack burger, the East Indian Chicken Pita, or the soup of the day, which happened to then be Clam Chowder.
Our waiter was plenty attentive, but not overwhelming, and even though we visited around 8 o’clock on a Friday night, we were seated right away.
I would highly recommend the funky, adorable Cafe Lulu, and hope to go back soon, if not just for drinks and some more food, than to catch some music there too!
Pros:
Variety of good food
Good, consistent service
Extensive drink menu
Vegetarian and omnivore friendly
Cons:
None to speak of at this time!
Website:
www.lulubayview.com
