---
type: Place
title: The Tracks Tavern & Grill
description: A Riverwest tavern at 1020 E. Locust St. that serves a fish fry every Friday.
slug: tracks-tavern
schema_type: BarOrPub
id: 'https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/fish-fry/tracks-tavern#place'
status: draft
listed: true
category: fish-fry
subcategories:
  - tavern
address:
  street: 1020 E Locust St
  city: Milwaukee
  state: WI
  zip: '53212'
geo:
  lat: 43.0715695
  lng: -87.898179
neighborhood: /neighborhoods/riverwest.md
hours:
  mon:
    - '16:00-02:00'
  tue:
    - '16:00-02:00'
  wed:
    - '16:00-02:00'
  thu:
    - '16:00-02:00'
  fri:
    - '16:00-02:00'
  sat:
    - '12:00-02:00'
  sun:
    - '12:00-02:00'
price_band: 2
phone: (414) 562-2020
website: 'https://www.trackstavernmilwaukee.org/'
ownership: >-
  Michael D. Rebers holds 70 percent and founder Peter Wolbersen holds 30
  percent (Urban Milwaukee, 2019).
same_as:
  - 'https://www.facebook.com/TracksTavern'
sources:
  - id: tracks-menu
    resource: 'https://www.trackstavernmilwaukee.org/menu'
    title: 'Tracks Menu, The Tracks Tavern'
  - id: tracks-home
    resource: 'https://www.trackstavernmilwaukee.org/'
    title: 'Home, The Tracks Tavern'
  - id: urban-milwaukee-bar-exam
    resource: 'https://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=434804'
    title: 'Bar Exam: The Tracks Has Always Been a Tavern'
    author: Michael Horne
    last_modified: '2019-01-15T06:00:00.000Z'
generated:
  by: 'agent:claude-opus-5-5'
  at: '2026-11-01T16:00:13.000Z'
verified: []
tags: []
kind: place
photos:
  - file: /places/tracks-tavern/tracks-tavern.jpg
    credit: Michael Barera
    license: CC BY-SA 4.0
    source: >-
      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_June_2025_062_(The_Tracks_Tavern_%26_Grill).jpg
    caption: The Tracks Tavern & Grill on E. Locust St.
---

# Why it belongs

The Tracks is a tavern at 1020 E. Locust St. in the Riverwest neighborhood [urban-milwaukee-bar-exam] that serves a fish fry every Friday, with perch, pollack and shrimp plates and rye bread on the side [tracks-menu]. The building went up in 1906 as a tavern and residence, and Peter Wolbersen took over the bar in June 1970 and named it for the railroad next door [urban-milwaukee-bar-exam]. In 2019 Wolbersen still held a 30 percent stake and owned the building [urban-milwaukee-bar-exam].

# Facts

- Fish fry served every Friday; a classic perch fry is $18.99 and a classic pollack fry is $15.99, checked 2026-11-01 on the tavern's website menu.
- Bar open Monday to Friday 4 pm to 2 am and Saturday and Sunday noon to 2 am, kitchen open until 10 pm daily, checked 2026-11-01 on the tavern's website.
- Phone (414) 562-2020, checked 2026-11-01 on the tavern's website.

# Notes

The founding year is left blank because the sources disagree: the tavern's Facebook page says "since 1969" and Urban Milwaukee dates the current business to June 1970.

Ownership last confirmed in a 2019 source.

## Sources

1. [Tracks Menu, The Tracks Tavern](https://www.trackstavernmilwaukee.org/menu)
2. [Home, The Tracks Tavern](https://www.trackstavernmilwaukee.org/)
3. [Bar Exam: The Tracks Has Always Been a Tavern](https://urbanmilwaukee.com/?p=434804), Michael Horne. Last modified 2019-01-15