Cheese curds and a trip to the dumper is standard operating procedure
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a hidden gem of a Midwestern city for many. The city is a 90-minute drive from Chicago. A common Chicagoan joke is “our best suburb is Milwaukee.”
It’s a vibrant city brimming with culture, class and far cheaper food and drink prices than its southern city neighbor.
You can visit Milwaukee dozens of times and find something new and exciting to do each time. But of course, no matter when you decide to visit this southern Wisconsin spot, a pooper knows what to indulge…
Beer and cheese.
I went up to “the good land” with our Poo Poo President to visit a friend for a brief day trip. (He’s a terrific writer who we are hoping might contribute to our Poopable content in the future – look out for articles by Myark potentially in the future.)
We gallivanted around a few locations but our first stop was at a well-known and frequented Milwaukee brewery, Lakefront Brewery.
Lakefront is an institution, serving “handcrafted happiness since 1987.” The brewery is a Millennial! They also serve IPAs, stouts, seltzers and so much more with care and craft.
Their brewery offers hourly tours and, more importantly for you hungry poopers, food. Their cheese curds are award-winning (and gigantic). Their bratwursts are beautifully presented in a way to make any good-ole Wisconsin boy or girl smile. They know beer. They know food. And they know that combination might require a restroom break.
Enter the bathroom through the gift shop.
This review is not of the main Lakefront bathroom, but rather the “overflow” men’s room, which is in the basement of the brewery. It was well-maintained, but also had some…interesting quirks. Essentially, it was a full bathroom, with a janitor’s closet in the corner.
The cheese curds, brats and beer were fantastic. But the bathroom had a surprise.
Not pictured were the two tall urinals that start at the floor, but there also are three clean stalls, a sink, a hand-dryer and a Georgia Pacific enMotion paper towel dispenser. It claims to be 99.9 percent jam-free… Unfortunately, we found its performance in this particular location to fall into the .01 percent.
While it worked, it only distributed about two inches of paper at a time. This ultimately led to a slightly frustrating post-poo experience.
Otherwise, the bathroom was clean and quiet – the best kind of environment to take care of business. A unique area caught our attention in this arena of cheese curd disposal.
We were quite surprised when looking behind the urinals to see the following…
Umm…okay! – Not mad about it!
Given that this is the backup bathroom, it probably makes sense to have janitorial equipment on hand. Let’s be honest, it doesn’t take away from the poopability of the Lakefront experience. If anything, we salute the brewery for their pragmatic approach to keeping their space mopped and cleaned.
Is Lakefront Brewery Poopable?
Considering their cleaning equipment in backup men’s bathroom, we can safely state the Lakefront Brewery is plenty poopable. It has a large space with delicious brews (fantastic Wisconsin-forward cuisine) with a relatively clean, unique bathroom experience.
Obviously the restroom is cleaned often. This is appreciated as It will be unlikely for a pooper to encounter the aftermath of a patron who overindulged and then unloaded a stomach full of fried dairy.
How is the bathroom at your nearest brewery? For those adventurous beer drinkers out there, send us a message and maybe we’ll post about your favorite spot on the site!