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  "source": "https://littlemilwaukee.com",
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  "policies": [
    {
      "type": "Policy",
      "title": "Editorial policy",
      "description": "How Little Milwaukee sources facts, reviews pages before they go live, handles corrections and uses photos.",
      "slug": "editorial-policy",
      "status": "stable",
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      },
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
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      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
      "body": "\n# Policy\n\n## Sourcing\n\nEvery place page states why the place belongs in a short paragraph of two to four sentences, and that paragraph cites at least two sources with different web addresses. One source is the business's own website or an official social page the business runs. The other is a press or civic source, such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, OnMilwaukee, Milwaukee Magazine, Shepherd Express, Urban Milwaukee, Milwaukee Record, Milwaukee County Parks, state business records or a neighborhood association.\n\nPublic parks and other public spaces count as locally owned under the inclusion rule, and their ownership note names the public owner, for example \"Milwaukee County Parks\".\n\nA first-party fact is a fact Little Milwaukee checked itself on a stated date, from the business's own website or social pages, from a phone call to the business or from a visit. Facts copied from a directory or a press article are sourced facts, not first-party ones. Each first-party fact on a page shows the date it was checked and how. Hours, prices and menus are first-party facts; a page lists hours only for the days Little Milwaukee checked.\n\n## Judge review\n\nAn agent may draft a page. Draft pages are published with a visible \"Draft. Not yet reviewed.\" notice and are not indexed by search engines. A judge agent reviews every agent-written page against the inclusion rule and this policy before the page moves from draft to stable. A page the judge rejects stays in draft. Borderline inclusion cases go to Tyler with their sources attached, and he decides them. A page never goes live with a placeholder, an unsourced why-line or a photo without a credit.\n\n## Corrections\n\nTo report an error, email hello@littlemilwaukee.com with the page address and the correction. The website checks the report against the business's own channels or a phone call and fixes the page when the report is right.\n\n## Photos\n\nThe website uses only photos it took itself, photos under a license that allows the use, and photos the owner gave permission to use. Every photo shows its credit. The website does not copy photos from other websites, review apps or social media accounts without permission. A page may go live without a photo.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Policy",
      "title": "Inclusion rule",
      "description": "The test a place must pass to get a page on Little Milwaukee.",
      "slug": "inclusion-rule",
      "status": "stable",
      "generated": {
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        "at": "2026-11-01T16:00:13.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule",
      "body": "\n# Policy\n\nTyler's standard, in his words: a business is worth listing \"if it's truly in the spirit of Milwaukee.\"\n\nOperational form, ruled by Tyler 2026-11-01:\n\n1. The place is locally owned today. Founded in Milwaukee is not enough on its own; a Milwaukee-founded business that franchised nationally is out.\n2. The place would make less sense anywhere else. It has a story, a tradition or a role in its neighborhood that is specific to Milwaukee.\n3. The page can state that reason in one line with at least two sources (state business records, the business's own website, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, OnMilwaukee, Milwaukee Magazine, Shepherd Express, Urban Milwaukee, Milwaukee Record, neighborhood association pages).\n4. If an agent cannot write that line with sources, the place does not get a page.\n5. Borderline cases (places with new or out-of-town owners, places that are famous but not local, local groups with several locations) go to Tyler's open items board as needs-you rows. He rules on the edge, not the middle.\n\nExamples the rule admits: a Friday fish fry a tavern has done since the 1950s, a frozen custard stand, a supper club, a corner bakery, a Polish or Serbian or Mexican or Hmong restaurant with a family history, a bowling alley with the old lanes, a neighborhood hardware store, a Milwaukee County park with a story.\n\nExamples it rejects: a national chain restaurant, a Milwaukee-founded chain that franchised nationally, a franchise gym, a listing with nothing to say beyond hours and an address.\n\nSupper clubs, taverns and bowling alleys are in the canon and are not family places. The family mode handles that; the canon does not shrink to fit it.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Policy",
      "title": "Paid placement",
      "description": "What a business can buy on Little Milwaukee and what money never changes.",
      "slug": "paid-placement",
      "status": "stable",
      "generated": {
        "by": "agent:claude-opus-5-5",
        "at": "2026-11-01T16:00:13.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
        {
          "by": "human:tyler",
          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/paid-placement",
      "body": "\n# Policy\n\nA business that already has a page on Little Milwaukee may buy a featured slot. Every featured slot carries a visible \"Sponsored\" label.\n\nOnly listed businesses can buy a slot. A business that does not pass the inclusion rule cannot buy its way onto the website.\n\nMoney never changes who is listed or how a place is described. Paying does not add a place, keep a place listed, remove a competitor, or change a page's why-line, facts, sources or collection placement. A business that stops paying keeps its page as long as it passes the inclusion rule.\n\nAffiliate links, when a page has them, are disclosed on the page.\n"
    }
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      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "custard",
      "name": "Custard",
      "plural": "Custard stands",
      "group": "eat-and-drink",
      "kind": "place",
      "schema_type": "IceCreamShop",
      "description": "Choose this for a shop or stand that sells frozen custard as its main product, including walk-up stands with a flavor of the day.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/custard#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "wiki-frozen-custard",
          "resource": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_custard",
          "title": "Frozen custard, Wikipedia"
        }
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        "at": "2026-11-01T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/custard/leons-frozen-custard.jpg",
          "credit": "Michael Barera",
          "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_April_2025_18_(Leon%27s_Frozen_Custard).jpg",
          "caption": "Leon's Frozen Custard on S. 27th St."
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/custard",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nFrozen custard is an ice cream made with egg yolk, and Milwaukee has a long local tradition of stands that churn it fresh each day. Pick this category when custard is what the place sells. A restaurant that offers custard as a dessert belongs under its main category.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "fish-fry",
      "name": "Fish fry",
      "plural": "Fish fries",
      "group": "eat-and-drink",
      "kind": "place",
      "schema_type": "Restaurant",
      "description": "Choose this for a restaurant, tavern or supper club whose main draw is a Friday fish dinner, usually beer-battered cod, perch or walleye with rye bread and coleslaw.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/fish-fry#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "wiki-fish-fry",
          "resource": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_fry",
          "title": "Fish fry, Wikipedia"
        }
      ],
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      },
      "verified": [
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/fish-fry/beer-battered-cod.jpg",
          "credit": "Andy Li",
          "license": "CC0",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beer_Battered_Cod_-_The_Hummingbird_2026-05-05.jpg",
          "caption": "A plate of beer-battered cod (photographed in England, not Milwaukee)"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/fish-fry",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nA Wisconsin fish fry is a Friday dinner built around fried or baked fish. Milwaukee searchers look for it by name: the query \"milwaukee fish fry\" gets 150 searches a month in the US with a difficulty score of 0 and a traffic potential of 4,400 (Ahrefs, pulled 2026-11-01), so a page that lists places by that name can rank for the whole group of related queries.\n\nPick this category when the fish dinner is the reason people go. A tavern that serves fish on Friday among a long menu belongs under its main category, with the fry noted in the page text.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "kids",
      "name": "Kids",
      "plural": "Kids places",
      "group": "see-and-do",
      "kind": "place",
      "schema_type": "Place",
      "description": "Choose this for a place built for children and families, such as a library with story time, a play space or a children's museum.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/kids#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "mpl-bay-view",
          "resource": "https://www.mpl.org/hours_locations/bay_view.php",
          "title": "Bay View Library, Milwaukee Public Library"
        }
      ],
      "generated": {
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        "at": "2026-11-01T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
        {
          "by": "human:tyler",
          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/kids/betty-brinn-childrens-museum.jpg",
          "credit": "Michael Barera",
          "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_August_2022_057_(Betty_Brinn_Children%27s_Museum).jpg",
          "caption": "The Betty Brinn Children's Museum"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/kids",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nFamily searches are the largest group of local queries the design found: \"milwaukee with kids\" gets 1,000 searches a month in the US at difficulty 2, and \"things to do in milwaukee with kids\" gets 700 (Ahrefs, pulled 2026-11-01). Pick this category when children are the main audience. A park or restaurant that welcomes children keeps its own category and gets the kid-friendly tag.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "marketing-agencies",
      "name": "Marketing agency",
      "plural": "Marketing agencies",
      "group": "services",
      "kind": "place",
      "schema_type": "ProfessionalService",
      "description": "Choose this for a locally owned agency with an office address in Milwaukee County that sells marketing, advertising, search or design services.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/marketing-agencies#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "third-ward-offices",
          "resource": "https://www.historicthirdward.org/officesadvertising",
          "title": "Offices and advertising, Historic Third Ward Association"
        }
      ],
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        "at": "2026-11-01T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
        {
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/marketing-agencies/third-ward-square.jpg",
          "credit": "SecretName101",
          "license": "CC BY 4.0",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_Third_Ward_in_Milwaukee_photographed_in_June_2024_%E2%80%947273.jpg",
          "caption": "A square in the Historic Third Ward"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/marketing-agencies",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nAgencies are businesses with an address and a front door, so they are listed as places. Pick this category when the business sells marketing work to clients. A club or association for marketers belongs under professional groups.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "parks",
      "name": "Park",
      "plural": "Parks",
      "group": "see-and-do",
      "kind": "place",
      "schema_type": "Place",
      "description": "Choose this for a public park, garden or trail that anyone can enter without a ticket, including Milwaukee County parks and city green space.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/parks#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "county-find-a-park",
          "resource": "https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Find-a-Park",
          "title": "Parks & Maps, Milwaukee County Parks"
        }
      ],
      "generated": {
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        "at": "2026-11-01T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/parks/humboldt-park.jpg",
          "credit": "indykethdy",
          "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humboldt_park_small_hill_-_milwaukee.jpg",
          "caption": "A hill in Humboldt Park"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/parks",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nParks are places residents use daily and parents search for by need: free things to do in Milwaukee gets 600 searches a month in the US with a difficulty score of 0 (Ahrefs, pulled 2026-11-01). Pick this category when the main use of the place is open public ground. A museum with a garden belongs under its own category.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "professional-groups",
      "name": "Professional group",
      "plural": "Professional groups",
      "group": "work-and-community",
      "kind": "organization",
      "schema_type": "Organization",
      "description": "Choose this for a Milwaukee-based club, association or meetup group for people who work in a field and that meets on a regular schedule.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/professional-groups#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "third-ward-offices",
          "resource": "https://www.historicthirdward.org/officesadvertising",
          "title": "Offices and advertising, Historic Third Ward Association"
        }
      ],
      "generated": {
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        "at": "2026-11-01T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      "verified": [
        {
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/professional-groups/milwaukee-public-market.jpg",
          "credit": "SecretName101",
          "license": "CC BY 4.0",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_Public_Market_in_Milwaukee_photographed_in_June_2024_%E2%80%944170.jpg",
          "caption": "The Milwaukee Public Market in the Historic Third Ward"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/professional-groups",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nA professional group is an organization and not a venue: it may meet in different rooms, and what a reader needs is who runs it and when it meets. Pick this category for clubs and associations with regular meetups. A company that sells services belongs under its service category.\n"
    },
    {
      "type": "Category",
      "slug": "supper-club",
      "name": "Supper club",
      "plural": "Supper clubs",
      "group": "eat-and-drink",
      "kind": "place",
      "schema_type": "Restaurant",
      "description": "Choose this for a sit-down restaurant in the Wisconsin supper club tradition, with a relish tray, old fashioneds, a Friday fish fry and a prime rib night.",
      "id": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/supper-club#category",
      "status": "stable",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "editorial-policy",
          "resource": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy",
          "title": "Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee"
        },
        {
          "id": "wiki-supper-club",
          "resource": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supper_club",
          "title": "Supper club, Wikipedia"
        }
      ],
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      },
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          "at": "2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ],
      "photos": [
        {
          "file": "/categories/supper-club/port-supper-club.jpg",
          "credit": "John Margolies",
          "license": "Public domain",
          "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_Supper_Club,_Pembine,_Wisconsin_LCCN2017709245.tif",
          "caption": "The Port Supper Club in Pembine, Wisconsin"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/supper-club",
      "body": "\n# Why this category\n\nA supper club is a regional restaurant style in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest, with a bar for drinks before dinner, a relish tray and fixed weekly specials. Pick this category when the restaurant describes itself as a supper club or serves in that tradition. A tavern that serves only a Friday fish fry belongs under fish fry.\n"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "slug": "patio",
      "definition": "Outdoor seating on the property that customers can use while they eat or drink."
    },
    {
      "slug": "late-night",
      "definition": "Open to customers after 10:00 PM on at least one night a week."
    },
    {
      "slug": "cash-only",
      "definition": "Accepts cash and does not accept cards."
    },
    {
      "slug": "live-music",
      "definition": "Hosts live performers on a regular schedule."
    },
    {
      "slug": "kid-friendly",
      "definition": "Welcomes children and has something for them, such as a kids menu, play space or story time."
    },
    {
      "slug": "dog-friendly",
      "definition": "Allows dogs on the property, indoors or on the patio."
    },
    {
      "slug": "wheelchair",
      "definition": "Has step-free entry and a restroom that a wheelchair user can enter."
    },
    {
      "slug": "outdoor",
      "definition": "The main activity happens outside, as in a park or a garden."
    },
    {
      "slug": "free",
      "definition": "Costs nothing to enter or use."
    },
    {
      "slug": "reservations",
      "definition": "Takes reservations by phone or online."
    }
  ]
}