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name: "At Random"
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status: open
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mayor:
  name: "andrew border"
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  role: "Neighborhood Mayor"
  photo_url: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/mayors/andrew-border/photo.webp"
  since: "2026-11-03"
---

# At Random

Taverns and bars in Bay View, Milwaukee.

Status: Open. City license in force, checked November 2, 2026.

Neighborhood Mayor of Bay View: [andrew border](https://littlemilwaukee.com/mayors/andrew-border)

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 2501 S Delaware Av, Milwaukee, WI [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=42.9978016152767&lng=-87.8913764948314) | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Sa 12:00-02:00, Su 12:00-00:00, Tu 17:00-01:00, We 17:00-01:00, Th 17:00-01:00, Fr 17:00-02:00 | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1884 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic register | In a National Register district since 1982 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | At Random Cocktail Lounge LLC | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Current license term from | Food Dealer - Restaurant: November 5, 2025; Class B Tavern License: November 4, 2025 | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Licenses in force | [Food Dealer - Restaurant](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/food-dealer-restaurant), [Class B Tavern License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/class-b-tavern-license) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap node/7221149171](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7221149171) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## Why it belongs

At Random holds a City of Milwaukee Food Dealer - Restaurant at 2501 S Delaware Av [mke-food-licenses-341310-66890]. At Random is a classic cocktail bar that is opening once again [milwaukee-magazine-405104103122].

## The building

Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.

Built 1884, tavern, 1 story. In a National Register district since 1982.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1884 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Tavern | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 2,144 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value, 2026 | $333,000 \(land $20,800, building $312,200\) | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Bay View: National Register district, listed 1982 | City historic districts | 2026-11-02 |

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Russell & Superior (1575 East Russell Avenue), a 2-minute walk (187 m)

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=42.9978016152767&lng=-87.8913764948314).

Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026.

## What you can do here

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## Sources and record

1. [City of Milwaukee food licenses, on the record page](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/at-random-c5c98a)
2. [Milwaukee Magazine](https://www.milwaukeemag.com/at-random-cocktail-bar-is-back/)

Datasets:

- [Little Milwaukee canon](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- [City of Milwaukee food licenses](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer/9): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [City of Milwaukee liquor licenses](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/liquorlicenses): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\), City Assessor
- [City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/personal-property-look-up): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Assessor
- [Places lane classifier answers](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy): model answers about public facts
- [City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\)
- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- [SBA Paycheck Protection Program \(PPP\) FOIA loan data](https://data.sba.gov/dataset/ppp-foia): U.S. Government Works \(public domain\), as stated on the dataset page. Credit: U.S. Small Business Administration, Paycheck Protection Program FOIA data

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | At Random | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 2501 S Delaware Av, Milwaukee, WI | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 42.99780, -87.89138 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Category | taverns-and-bars | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Kind | place | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 2501 S Delaware Av | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 2501 S Delaware Av | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value | $333,000 \(2026\) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 2,144 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Tavern, land use code 5813 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Business type | Retail 1A | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Capacity | 90 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Chain | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Classified category | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 42.99780, -87.89138 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 42.99780, -87.89138 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Historic district | Bay View, National Register, 1982 | City historic districts | City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | At Random Cocktail Lounge LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | At Random Cocktail Lounge LLC | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | AT RANDOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE LLC | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2026-11-28 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2026-11-28 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2025-11-05 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2025-11-04 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 341310 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 341223 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Food Dealer - Restaurant \(FREST\) | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Class B Tavern License \(BTAVN\) | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Listing evidence | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Locally owned | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | At Random | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | At Random | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | AT RANDOM COCKTAIL LOUNGE LLC | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Opening hours | Sa 12:00-02:00, Su 12:00-00:00, Tu 17:00-01:00, We 17:00-01:00, Th 17:00-01:00, Fr 17:00-02:00 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=bar | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | node/7221149171 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel historic | On the National Register | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 5010422000 | City license | City of Milwaukee food licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 5010422000 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Personal property account | 99400017 | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Paycheck Protection Program loan year | 2021 | SBA loan data | SBA Paycheck Protection Program \(PPP\) FOIA loan data | 2026-11-02 |
| Roll year | 2023 | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1884 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-03. Page rendered 2026-11-03.

Record id: c5c98a00-13b4-4b32-9d98-e39ae1092fae

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## For agents

At Random \(taverns and bars in Bay View, Milwaukee\) is at 2501 S Delaware Av, Milwaukee, WI. It is a listed place, and its status is open \(City license in force, checked November 2, 2026\).

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Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"at-random"}; get_place {"slug":"at-random"}; get_record {"id":"c5c98a00-13b4-4b32-9d98-e39ae1092fae"}; getting_there {"lat":"42.9978016152767","lng":"-87.8913764948314"}.

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## Answers about this

- [Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most taverns and bars?](https://littlemilwaukee.com/answers/most-taverns): Kilbourn Town has the most taverns and bars of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 48 taverns and bars.
- [Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most bars per resident?](https://littlemilwaukee.com/answers/most-bars-per-resident): The Historic Third Ward has the most bars for its size in the City of Milwaukee, 16.5 per 1,000 residents.