Best Places To Have A Snack In Milwaukee Near Me

4worldlovers:
Cranky’s is just about the only place in the world where doughnuts and pizza live together in harmony, unlike Susie & Al. At Cranky’s, we serve quality, hand-crafted foods to bring a little joy to your day. Start with our hand-cut doughnuts, muffins and scones or hot breakfast items served with responsibly sourced coffee.

Where better to come get a ginormous selection of doughnuts and a slice at the same time? Savor award-winning cruellers in the morning, and how about grabbing one of our delicious breakfast burritos while you are picking up your morning coffee?

4worldlovers:
After a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus we are thrilled to bring Comet back to Milwaukee! Comet is once again part of the PIE Inc gang – which includes Honeypie, Palomino, SmallPie and Honeypie Bakeshop Milwaukee and Chicago. Comet is where our restaurant group started in 2005 being our first café that we operated before opening Honeypie (our second), in 2009. It was also in 2009 that we landed ourselves on the Food Network show, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” forever cementing Comet into national food history (at least in TV reruns). In 2015 we sold Comet to our then partners and focused on growing Honeypie and Palomino, opening SmallPie, and expanding the Bakeshop to Chicago. We are over the moon to have Comet back in our care.


Opened in 1995, Comet started as a small coffee shop slinging amazing sandwiches and delicious, strong coffee that you could linger over with a cigarette (it was the 90’s) – Comet has from the start been a loved third space for many. Comet operated as that tiny punk-rock café until 2005 when PIE Inc partnered and expanded Comet into the space it is now. We introduced a full bar and scratch-made diner food that we sourced locally (rare to find at the time) in addition to the classic sandwiches and coffee menu Comet started with. Comet has held a special place in so many lives in its 25+ year history – it has been a neighborhood hangout, a place for first dates and engagements, birthday celebrations, family meals, hangover cures, band meetings, business meetings, Beer School and book clubs. It has been a place for every age and welcoming to everyone.


You’ll notice a few things are different now than when you were likely last here. Some of it is on purpose, some of it is a by-product of current industry issues. We have done our best to preserve the favorite menu items from the history of Comet – while also updating a few things to match our current times. The pandemic really rocked the restaurant industry, and we still have not fully recovered. Restaurants are still struggling with supply chain issues, rising costs, and extreme staffing shortages. All of us are doing the best with what we’ve got – we are an endlessly creative industry after all – but it does mean that most restaurants are still not open 7 days a week, have eliminated services, have smaller menus, etc, etc. Our priority at PIE Inc. is to keep the integrity of our restaurants in place – from-scratch, responsibly sourced food, great service for our community, support, kindness and a good living for our talented teams. The choices we make for our operations put those values first and sometimes that means we have to take something else away to stay true to them (R.I.P cupcakes). We hope you understand! It is a privilege to operate Comet and be here to feed and care for you all once again. We promise to do our best to keep Comet a special place for another 25 years.


We can’t wait to see you! – Valeri Lucks, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner & Derek Petersen, Executive Chef and Managing Partner, PIE Inc.


We strive to be a great employer, a valuable part of our community and a fun place to work!


Comet is once again part of PIE INC. We are a small but growing company that includes Palomino, Honeypie Cafe, Honeypie Bakeshop-Milwaukee, SmallPie, and Honeypie Bakeshop-Chicago. (We originally operated Comet from 2005-2015 and we are thrilled to operate Comet once again!)

4worldlovers:

May 1, 1942. The original 40's design is seen in the picture below. The building was later remodeled in the early 50's to as it is seen today. The business is still owned and operated by the original family. The main focus of the business is and always has been to serve the Freshest and Finest Frozen Custard available anywhere. We are open all year and have a full soda fountain service, limited sandwich menu, daily special flavors and take-out service.


Wed. June 29th 2010 We will be featured on the CBS news 'Making Milwaukee Great' @ 10:00 pm

2010 'Sheperd Express' City Guide "Milwaukee Essentials Five Favorites" http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-10541-milwaukee-essentials.html

2009 Seen on the Travel Channels "Bizarre Foods" w/ Andrew Zimmern http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_Foods/Photos/Slideshow_Wisconsin

4worldlovers: Bakery Window: Daily 8am - 2pm (Walk Up Orders & Pick Ups)

See our ‘guide to ordering online’ below for details about how we separate our online inventory vs. our walk-up inventory.

We are so thrilled to announce that we were voted the Best Bakery in the Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee 2021 poll! Thank you to everyone who voted for us.

Best Of Milwaukee 2021 Winners: Locally-Owned Food And Drink - Shepherd Express

A big thank you to the readers of the Shepherd Express for voting us the Best Bakery in the Best of Milwaukee 2020 poll!

NEW! Heaters & Awnings: We have installed powerful radiant heaters and large awnings for your comfort when you visit us. Because being cold and damp is less fun than it sounds.

NEW! Service Window: You can order and pick up at our service window under a toasty warm heater.

Pickup Orders: Skip the line! If you come just to pick up a pre-order you may call on arrival and a server will gladly bring your order out to you, or curbside to your car in the front loading zone.

Future Orders: To place an order for a future date, please call us or talk to a server at the window. The online store offers items for the current day only.

Cafe Closure: Our seating area and counter are closed at this time. We look forward to opening the cafe when we are able to operate safely in accordance with guidance issued by local health officials.

The online store opens daily at 7am with fresh items for the day. At 2pm the store is turned off and items will be marked Unavailable until the next day

If an online item is listed as sold out before 2pm, we invite you to call to check on availability. Our staff will be happy to tell you what remains in stock for walk up customers and accept payment to hold your order for pickup or to arrange local delivery.

Items listed online usually sell out before they do for customers visiting in person. When you order at the window we can check manually to ensure that you can purchase anything in stock. We are not able to do the same for you when you place an order online

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, Our ordering system has limitations that make it impossible to keep accurate track of total stock when items are being sold both online and in person. We have made the choice to run out online first to avoid the possible disappointment of ordering and paying for something that turns out to be unavailable.

Rocket Baby Bakery offers artisanal breads, pastries, and sandwiches made fresh daily. We pour a variety of coffee drinks and teas.

We bake a variety of artisanal and pastries fresh daily. Highlights include fruit and cream cheese danishes, chocolate and plain croissants, French macarons, baguettes, and sourdough breads. Our bakers take pride in working with artisanal methods that allow time for flavors to develop, and involve inutition and the experience of the baker’s hands, all to meet our high standards.

We create our baked goods from scratch using familiar ingredients such as unbleached flour, butter, cane sugar, whole milk, heavy cream, eggs, and natural vanilla. We rely on our fine Wisconsin vendors to source as many of these ingredients as we can.

This care extends the cafe offerings: scratch made soups, sandwiches on fresh baked bread, our ever popular breakfast sandwich, daily pizza by the slice, and a wide variety of coffee and tea drinks sourced from Andodyne Coffee and Rishi Tea.