Crabby's Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Milwaukee

Crabby's has the Milwaukee supper club atmosphere down to a science, like out of an old Collier's magazine Blatz ad. Everything they make is fresh except for french fries. Steaks cut to order. Milwaukee-style cracker-crust pizza brimming with homemade sausage. Supper-club era menu with lots of shrimp dishes. Yes, the owner of Crabby's and the owner of Roman's are having a contest to see who can be the surliest bar owner on the KK, but it's classic barman surliness you can't see anymore. And he's honest about it, it's called Crabby's. You know what? Don't go to Crabby's. I'll go to Crabby's for adult food and vodka martinis and you go to some chain restaurant for fake chipper...

Been ordering pizza there for years. Very good, although you may want to order extra crispy crust, because a couple times I had one where the crust was a bit soggy in the middle. However dining in was never a good experience. I do not want to speak too poorly about Francis the owner, being around 90 years old, and in poor health. But before his stroke he wasn't the most pleasant fellow. I overheard other people make a statement, "he must be Crabby." The interior is a depressing 1970s kind of upscale. Kind of expected to see a few sad soused businessmen crying in their beers. Most the time you will find you're the only one there. But once again,...

OK, I get the appeal of an old style supper club. I'll admit, I really wanted to like this place. I just... didn't. I ordered the pork loin and my girlfriend ordered shrimp. Food came out fairly quickly, but we were the only people in the place. Her shrimp came a little overcooked (read: chewy). I cut into my pork medallions and they were completely raw except around the very edges. The server (who was very nice) took them back to get re-fired. They came back way too quick not to be microwaved, and the first bite backed up my suspicion. Perhaps their pizza and pasta are a better experience, but mine was bad enough to keep me from...