wolf peach

i was excited to finally trywolfpeach, only to be disappointed. i have an autoimmune disease that makes me very sensitive to spicy foods so obviously i order food that does not have spice. i thought the spinach artichoke pizza with cream cheese and roasted garlic as the only other ingredients listed on the menu would be easy and safe enough. it came out with red pepper flakes all over the pizza!! even my friend who loves spicy foods said it was very spicy. i hate asking waiters to remake food because i don’t want to be “that person” and hate confrontation, but with my friend’s support i asked the waiter anyway if there was any way to remake the pizza without the red pepper flakes especially since there was no mention of it on the menu. he was extremely insensitive about it and really made no effort to even check back in the kitchen to see if it could be done and kept saying that “it looks like the artichoke has already been marinated with the flakes sorry.” for goodness sake then, i would have been more than happy to go back in the kitchen and marinate some myself. for a restaurant that “claims” to be conscientious about being “vegetarian” and “gluten free”, it sure seemed to me that they didn’t care about my dietary needs when i politely requested it. perhaps next time i should be more rude about it to get results. beware what you order here because apparently they add ingredients that are not listed on the menu.

wolf peach was next on the culinary tour of milwaukee. the name "wolf peach" stems from european folklore:. "when the tomato was first introduced, it was widely considered poisonous. aristocrats dined on pewter; the acid in tomatoes reacted with the metal, causing lead poisoning. peasants ate from plates made of wood and were unaffected, so tomatoes became the poor man’s food. the legend grew, as legends do, to include stories of witches using tomatoes, a member of the deadly nightshade family, to conjure werewolves. the wild tomato’s latin genus name, lycopersicon, translates to “wolf peach.”wolfpeach pays homage to rustic european cuisine that draws inspiration regional ingredients - including the illustrious tomato."

i'm a big fan ofwolfpeach. all the dishes i have had were prepared very well and really brought out the flavors of the great ingredients they are using. serving sizes are just rite. the food is meant to be shared and comes out when it's done being prepared by the kitchen. they warn you when you sit down so hopefully you are with people you like or this may not be a great experience.

love the biscuits and gravy for brunch. gravy is a bit on the salty side for my tastes so i usually order it on the side that way i can control the biscuit to gravy ratio. compliment it with a bloody mary and a beer chaser. 

i like sharing dishes so this is a nice place for me to enjoy great food and drinks with friends. i hope more places of this quality open in milwaukee.

welcome to a special three squares event where i get to rave about one of my favorite restaurants:wolfpeach!  before we get ahead of ourselves let's run through the other meals that made up a very long day. i left my house at 6:30 this morning and just got home around 8:45. phew! breakfast came in the form of a biscuit, colby jack and an egg with some red pepper. coffee on the side, yum. at lunch i was feeling very stressed out, so it was a good idea to eat outside and enjoy the breeze. this curried pumpkin coconut soup helped relieve the tension, especially with the rosemary crackers on the side. now on to the main event,wolfpeach! i had never been here before, but i will be back asap. a couple of my friends and i were going to a cooking class tonight, but we wanted to relax and have some food before the main event.  we caught happy hour and it was amazing. i got to try all three drinks (grapefruit rosemary mix, a whisky apple mix, and mine was a lavender infused vodka!), they wer

wolf peach is so good! i love how they have small plates so you can try a little of everything. and their pizza =yum!


-----28 apr, 2013-----

i love their food! i have been there 3 times this week! i never go out that much in one week but it's worth it. every time i go i try different food. it's like a new experience every time and always yummy! if you are a foodie this is def a place you absolutely need to try out!


-----19 feb, 2013-----

i lovewolfpeach. my husband and i ordered a bunch of small plates and split them. everyone of them was delicious. the beef bourguignon was so good. i like how they have the menu laid out because you can choose something from each category. and they will space out the dishes for you if you want. def suggest this place!

reality check, please?. ok - i really hate to be the dissenting voice, here, but honestly? don't we need a bit of a reality check for this "tapas-style" restaurant? i know, i know - they call it "como viene" ("as it comes" - and more on that in a sec). and i know it's evidently the trendy place to be. but seriously. the food, drinks and overall menu atwolfpeach are fine. and i mean that - we didn't experience a train wreck during our recent visit with our group of six. one, maybe two entrees were standouts; the majority were average; one in particular was seriously lacking and i'd never order it again. for me, that's kind of an "average experience" when dining out (perhaps sad to say). added to the previously described, we experienced service that was forgettable, an excessively loud and rather drafty environment, a table that wobbled so significantly that our drinks sloshed and spilled from mere "cutting" (and get this - the waiter says, "yeah - we have problems with all of these tables." huh?!? well, shim them, for example!), and unquestionably the most bizarrely paced meal i have ever experienced. this, evidently, is "como viene." i call it nothing more than an excuse for "poor kitchen management." you know those odd times when the conversation in your group suddenly falls into this strange and uncomfortable space - because nothing else is happening during the meal you're attempting to share? yeah, well, my advice on that? you might want to practice back-filling those sorts of awkward moments at home in front of a mirror before you pop over towolfpeach with your "familiar, but not-quite-close-friends" group. and another thing that every person at our table noticed. the "entrees to share" that come to the table - almost without exception - came with no serving implements in the dish. so... at a time when we are experiencing one of the worst flu seasons in several years, we are all repeatedly digging into the shared dishes with our own silverware? that is an infection control issue, far more than a presentation failure. in summary, once again - i repeat - the overall food experience i guess was fine, but i just couldn't bring myself to say that i "like" that - because the truth is i don't. i expect a lot more from a pricey, trendy meal out with a group. and based on other milwaukee restaurants we've gone to, i can say that there are plenty of amazing alternatives. not quite sure what all the hoopla is about forwolfpeach. definitely no more than a 5/10 for us at this visit.

perfection.wolfpeach was an overall great experience. right away we experienced very attentive service and delightful conversation with our server. the squash mezzaluna with blue cheese was perfect, as was the grilled octopus. we also ordered the sausage and fennel pizza, and for our party of two, we devoured everything. thankswolfpeach, we will be back!

bring your strong readers!. went towolfpeach last saturday with another couple. we were seated pretty quickly. our server was great. she explained that it is more of a sharing atmosphere so that's what we did. my favorite was a flatbread pizza and dessert. my one complaint is that the menu is printed in such a small font that i couldn't even read it with my readers. it's not that there wasn't room for bigger print. this was very frustrating as i had to rely on my friend to read the menu. overall, the food was good and we enjoyed ourselves.