{"id":10247,"date":"2017-11-14T21:45:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T21:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2017-11-15T00:37:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T00:37:49","slug":"bremen-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2017\/11\/14\/bremen-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"BREMEN CAFE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I was in the Greater Milwaukee area and had some time on my hands – I thought I would try to find some out of the way sites that had pinball games.<\/p>\n

My first stop was Bremen Cafe which is located in the \u2018River West\u2019 area of Milwaukee across from a neighborhood \u2018convenience\u2019 store and oddly enough across from THAT is a Catholic Church that has what can only be called beautiful and classic urban architecture.<\/p>\n

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The Bremen Cafe sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the 1990\u2019s Milwaukee\u2019s River West neighborhood was a thriving artists community with touches of Polish and German immigrant influence going back to the earliest settlers in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Bremen Cafe is a cafe-turned dive bar featuring local craft beer and pinball machines in a laid-back atmosphere. They also have \u2018Old Milwaukee\u2019 beer on tap which was my late father\u2019s favorite. I understand it and Pabst Blue Ribbon are making a comeback among the trendy people.<\/p>\n

Bremen offers daily drink specials and local live music nearly every night of the week. Both the Bar\/Cafe and game room have a very friendly feel, and even though I was a stranger, I felt at home almost immediately.<\/p>\n

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Specials (when lit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the outside, The Bremen Cafe is very unassuming in appearance but really is three venues in one; When you first enter, you are in the bar and social area, a little further inside is the game room with the pinball, further still is the performance area where the stage is located for the bands. I visited during the day so I wasn\u2019t able to check out the bands – I was told that they are mostly indie and \u2018Jam\u2019 type bands that make for a fun night out.<\/p>\n

The bartender on duty at Bremen Cafe the day of my visit was more than happy to change my bills for quarters so that I could play the games. I didn\u2019t have a lot of time during my visit and forgot to note what games accepted dollar bills but I would assumethat the newer games have bill acceptors.<\/p>\n

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Five of the seven pinballs at Bremen Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All of the games were well maintained and clean – free game thresholds seemed set a little high in my opinion. Several of the games had shelves nearby where you could rest your beverage when you are playing.<\/p>\n

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You can nudge without risk of spilling your beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other things to note about the Bremen Cafe: They have a very nice outdoor patio area for the smokers and those who just like a little nature with their beverages, lots of bike parking from what I could see, about a dozen or so board games available for patrons to play, they also have an old school shuffleboard game.<\/p>\n

I noticed that Bremen Cafe was voted \u2018Best Bathroom Graffiti in Milwaukee\u2019, but unfortunately didn\u2019t witness the \u2018art\u2019 during my visit. Something to look forward to next time?<\/p>\n

My feeling is that the Bremen Cafe is the kind of place that I would frequent if I didn\u2019t live so far away- and a place that I will make an effort to visit again when I am in Milwaukee River West. I hear they offer delicious sandwiches in addition to the pinball and the entertainment.<\/p>\n

Yes, Bremen Cafe is definitely my kind of place, being sort of Milwaukee\u2019s answer to the Empty Bottle in Chicago.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s yours too?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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