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Milwaukee Foodie News: French Canadian Restaurant Opens; LongHorn Steakhouse Coming Soon

If you love food and exploring new places to eat, Patch has the latest restaurant news from throughout the Milwaukee suburbs.

Get caught up on the food scene in the Milwaukee suburbs with Patch's new feature. Here's the latest foodie news. LongHorn Steakhouse is expected to open its third Wisconsin location this month at the old Leath Furniture location near Southridge Mall in Greendale. The restaurant will be next to the future Panda Express and will seat more than 200 people. LongHorn Steakhouse is a 30-year-old chain of restaurants that serve steaks, chicken and fish in an "atmosphere reminiscent of a Western rancher's home." More from Greendale Patch. Whitefish Bay's business district will get a little sweeter come Aug. 1, when Florida-based Grace & Shelly's Cupcakes will open in the former Think Toys storefront at 308 E. Silver Spring Drive.  In addition to …

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CowDung

9:13 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013

the whole Patch site has been a joke lately, Jim...   more ›

FREE Starbucks Blonde Roast For You and a Facebook Friend

Get a free Blonde Roast for you and a Facebook friend through the next few days. Check out to redeem your free coffee!

Starbucks is running another promotion where you can get a free Tall Blonde Roast and one for a friend.  For a limited time, visit the Starbucks Facebook page and click on the Starbucks Blonde Roast tab to snag a FREE Tall Cup of Blonde Roast Coffee from Starbucks for both you and a Facebook friend. They are offering it to the first 5,000 that sign up everyday until February 22. An eGift will be sent to you vie email with the Subject Line “To try Blonde roast, Starbucks sent you an eGift Card from Starbucks”. Print the offer out for the free coffee. Area Starbucks locations: Whitefish Bay's Starbucks is located at 302 E. Silver Spring Drive. You can also use the store locator online.

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Starbucks Plans to Expand Outdoor Seating

The coffee shop will add an additional table and six patio chairs to an expanded patio just north of the existing patio on the west side of the building.

Do you like to sip lattes while taking in the scenes of Santa Monica and Silver Spring? With a new outdoor seating plan, Starbucks hopes to expand its popular outdoor patio by adding 104 square feet of patio space north of its existing 220-square-foot patio on the west side of the building.  The coffee shop at 302 E. Silver Spring Dr. received the Plan Commission's permission Tuesday night to create the expanded patio, which would accomodate an additional table, umbrella and six patio chairs. Starbucks' current patio features two tables and 17 chairs. This is the second modification in recent history for the Whitefish Bay Starbucks store. The coffee shop went through a renovation in late October that expanded the coffee brewing area, and …

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Jeff Rumage

9:36 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

It does seem like a minor change given that it's only one table. For what it's worth, it will be a bit of a change in aesthetics as well, since the evergreens just north of the Santa Monica entrance will be taken down to make way for 100 square feet of paved patio space. They will plant new shrubbery along the perimeter of the new patio as well.   more ›

Patch, Starbucks Aim to Avert 'Fiscal Cliff'

The two companies have joined forces to urge Congress to “Come Together” before tax hikes and spending cuts push America over the “fiscal cliff.”

On any given day, Whitefish Bay and Washington, D.C., might seem like they’re a million miles apart. Today is not one of those days. As Congress and President Barack Obama attempt to hash out differences to stop America from falling over the “fiscal cliff,” Patch and Starbucks are teaming up to urge Republicans and Democrats to “come together.” The two companies are working together to make sure Congress gets the message America wants a viable solution to the country’s financial woes. In Whitefish Bay, Starbucks is located at 302 E. Silver Spring Dr., on the northeast corner of Silver Spring Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard. The so-called "fiscal cliff" encompasses all of the budget cuts and tax hikes that will automatically kick in if …

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Starbucks Temporarily Closed for Renovations

The local branch of the coffee shop chain is being renovated, and will be closed through Tuesday.

After 15 years serving the Whitefish Bay community, Starbucks Coffee Co. is getting a fresh look and will be closed through Tuesday to complete renovations. Expect to see a new interior, complete with an improved layout and updated furniture and fixtures. This will also be Starbucks' first Milwaukee-area location to feature Clover® Brewing System. To allow the construction crews to come in and renovate, there will be some hours of operation changes, the store remains closed through Tuesday. Starbucks will reopen at 6 a.m. Wednesday, operating out of a temporary café that features a walk-up window. During this time, there will be no indoor access and limited seating on the patio. The temporary café will be open every day from 6 a.m. to 5 p.…

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Snag a Free Refresher Beverage at Starbucks On Friday

Swing by Starbucks between noon and 3 p.m. to pick up a 12-ounce Cool Lime or Very Berry Hibiscus drink.

Here's two fabulous words for a summer day: free and Starbucks. The coffee giant will be offering a free tall (12-ounce) Refreshers beverage from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday. The flavors are Cool Lime, which includes real lime, and Very Berry Hibiscus, which features whole blackberries. And with an 85-degree day forecast Friday, a cool beverage will surely hit the spot. There is a limit of one drink per person, and it is available while supplies last. Whitefish Bay's Starbucks is located at 302 E. Silver Spring Drive.

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Starbucks to Give Free Coffee on Fourth of July

To spark conversation about changing America’s “national spirit,” the coffee giant will be handing out free drinks on Independence Day.

The line outside Starbucks is going to be even longer than usual this Fourth of July. In a full-page ad in major Sunday newspapers, Starbucks CEO Harold Schultz said Starbucks will be handing out free cups of coffee on the Fourth of July, and for a good reason. The ad titled “How Can America Win This Election?” talks of the country’s dwindling national spirit and political divide. Shultz hopes that by offering the free Tall cup of brewed coffee, it’ll raise awareness for his campaign #INDIVISIBLE, a national conversation across all social media so “we can all put citizenship over partisanship.” “I love America, but we all know there is something wrong,” wrote Schultz. “The deficits this country must reconcile are much more than financial, …

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Coffee Lovers Rejoice: A Two for One Deal at Starbucks

Buy two holiday drinks for the price of one from Thursday through Sunday.

Starbucks is making the holiday season a little brighter for coffee lovers with a special BOGO deal from Thursday through Sunday. From 2 to 5 p.m. on those days, Starbucks patrons will get a second free holiday beverage when they buy the first one. The BOGO deal is good on several holiday drinks, including the peppermint mocha in regular and “skinny” versions, caramel brulée latte, ginger bread latter and the company’s standing holiday tradition, the eggnog latte. The Starucks at 302 E. Silver Spring Drive is among the participating locations. For more locations, visit the Starbucks store locator.

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Shoreline Smackdown: Starbucks Edition

In the Patch arena, there's a battle of the beans brewing: Starbucks vs. Starbucks!

I should begin this column with a disclaimer. I've just downed, double-fisted style, 40 ounces of caffeine. And it was awesome.  Today's battle of the beans is coming at you from the confines of coffee stardom. Starbucks has been a staple in our morning routines for just about ever. In fact, the Seattle-based chain is celebrating it's 40th birthday this year. That's a whole lot of mocha latta frappa whattas.   Starbucks has been my go to place for a quick cup o' joe for as long as I can remember. That crowned mermaid-ish woman that graces their logo might as well be my BFF. I've enjoyed my favorite latte in New York, Miami, L.A., and every spot in-between. The beauty is my cup 'o joe tasted pretty much exactly the same at each location. …

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Alert: Counterfeit $100 Bills Circulating in Fox Point

Fox Point police investigating $5 bills being reprinted as $100.

If you are handed a $100 bill, make sure it is not really a $5 bill. The Fox Point Police Department is investigating a single individual trying to pass off counterfeit bills in Fox Point. On Saturday, at 9 a.m., an Fox Point police officer responded to a call at Starbucks in Audubon Court for a fraud incident. While processing the receipts from the previous evening, employee Kimberly Bauer told officers that she discovered the bill and believed it to be counterfeit. When police arrived, she showed the bill to the officer and after he examined it, he concluded as well that it was counterfeit. The watermark in the paper showed President Abraham Lincoln’s face, traditionally on a $5 bill, and the security ribbon matched for a five-dollar …

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