The Vanguard

We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner at Vanguard and will definitely be back! The food was super yummy and as a vegetarian I loved how much flexibility and options there was for me! Service was great and the bartenders were quick and responsive despite the rush. It's a small restaurant so expect a louder atmosphere if it's busy. I got the Thai Breaker but subbed for the vegan option! It was super good! I especially loved the peanut sauce. Our buffalo tofu was also super good and crispy and spicy and I loved the vegan ranch as well! Super creamy and delicious. My bf and I had trouble picking what to get so we will definitely be back to try more. Seems like a good spot for a pre game meal or some light bites!

Ful disclosure: I came to The Vanguard because Jack White came here for a pop up performance immediately after I'd been to his pop up show in Madison earlier in the evening. Before I had settled in for the night here he was on Instagram Live at The Vanguard Milwaukee. I thought, I've not heard of this venue. I'll have to check it out after sleep.Turns out its a neighborhood bar.So I made the trek. Because that's how big of a JWIII fan I am. Here with a friend and limited hours to spare, we visited on a Saturday late afternoon. We sat at the bar hoping for fastest service. Interestingly enough, the first couple of menu items we ordered, they were out of. So we gave up on real menu items and ordered fries and drinks. No complaints about anything else. Would consider trying once more because I do like the "sausage by the city" upgrades that let you select regional fixings for your main meat.

Pretty damn delicious... but we didn't know how things worked and no one told us. So even though our duck BLT was the bee's knees, -1 star for not alerting us when our food was ready which resulted in it being way colder than we would've liked.So there... still very special BLT...

3.5? I got the Chicago dog and it just wasn't very good. Bread was too hard and the meat was too. Came here for the poutine tho and it was honestly pretty good. Closest I've gotten to Canadian poutine in mke. I would come again for it. Can't say anything about the rest of their food so I would maybe come back again.

This is one of my go to spots! The bartenders are also friendly, the vibe is just right, and the food never fails! A simple menu that pack a flavor punch. Check it out when you're in Bayview

This pub makes all their own brats and sausages in-house, which makes for some truly excellent dogs! The fries are absolutely delicious and the poutine quite yummy. An excellent lunch spot!

Wow this food was to die for! We went around midnight, bartenders were friendly and speedy food service. Perfect way to end the night.

Humph. That's my sound of disappointment. I used to come to The Vanguard all of the time. Then, two years ago I had to cut gluten out of my diet so I stopped eating the sausages and mashed potato balls. Recently, I got the thumbs up start eating gluten again so I've been making the rounds to all of the things that I missed. Well kids, after eating at The Vanguard today I no longer miss them and I'm not going back. And I'm really pretty sad about the whole thing. Service was good, very good. The homemade ranch was so good. That's about it. The single sausage, the Thai breaker, was $14. Two mashed potato balls were $6 and a small french fry were $4. The prices are outrageous. C'mon. Then, I get home, put my stretchy pants on and get ready to eat the gluten, sausage and potato balls. I was ready. Really. It was already cold. Brah. I live super close so that's not it. They let the food die in the window as chef Ramsey says. Sadness. So I eat the luke warm food. It was fine. Just fine. The fries are different and don't seem to be very fresh. The sausage bun was like the cheapest generic buns at the grocery store and it wasn't warm or grilled or anything. The Thai breaker used to be my favorite and honey this wasn't it. Everything was just okay and definitely not worth the prices. I won't be back unless they work on the quality of the food.

Food is dry and gives off food truck energy but comes with Bay View prices. Service is terrible I had to go up to the bar to get a refill since we never saw our waitress. Will not be returning for the cost of the food and how busy it was you would think it was actually good food

my review is based solely on an incident that happened after using my credit card in this restaurant, I gave the waitress my card and she had it for a little bit everything was good the food was good the service was not great but we had a big party spent a few hundred bucks on food and drinks thought everything was good until the next day when I got a fraud alert on my account that someone tried to buy 1257 worth of walmart merchandise along with a few other fraudulent charges. I was lucky that my bank froze the card, I only used that card at the vanguard restaurant and when I tried to use it the next day it was declined because my bank froze the card from the fraudulent charges that were attempted to be made. we called the manager who was less than helpful and he said I will investigate on my end, but never once asked for my information or the receipt for my meal. if you go here use cash because its pretty suspicious that my card wasn't used except for this trip and within a day I have fraud charges happening, can't prove it but the timing is super suspicious it's incredibly frustrating and disappointing because we loved this restaurant but after this and spending 254 dollars at this establishment and the lame response from the manager I will never revisit this place again very dis appointed in this restaurant and shame on you manager for your lackluster hospitality when we tried to let you know about what we experienced you clearly need some empaths training