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type: Entity
id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/taverns-and-bars/wolskis-tavern#place"
name: "Wolski's Tavern"
listed: true
status: open
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/taverns-and-bars/wolskis-tavern
record_id: 4dc386bd-9995-4e21-bed6-91df5b62b042
indexable: true
---

# Wolski's Tavern

Taverns and bars in Lower East Side, Milwaukee.

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

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 1836 N Pulaski St, Milwaukee, WI 53202 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0551761197872&lng=-87.8962810587273) | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Monday to Thursday: 2:00 pm to 2:00 am; Friday: 2:00 pm to 2:30 am; Saturday: noon to 2:30 am; Sunday: noon to 2:00 am | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | \(414\) 276-8130 | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [wolskis.com](https://www.wolskis.com/) | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Founded | 1908 | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Ownership | Family-owned bar inconspicuously located on Milwaukee's lower east side. | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | OCTOPUS, LTD | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Current license term from | Public Entertainment Premises License: June 23, 2026; Class B Tavern License: June 23, 2026 | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Licenses in force | [Public Entertainment Premises License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/public-entertainment-premises-license), [Class B Tavern License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/class-b-tavern-license) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap way/471643467](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/471643467) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## Why it belongs

Wolski's Tavern holds a City of Milwaukee Class B Tavern License at 1836 N Pulaski St [mke-liquor-licenses-348343-126543]. The bar is owned by Bernard and Dennis [wolskis-com-home]. It is located on Milwaukee's lower east side [wolskis-com-home].

## Photos

- [Lyon Street on Milwaukee's lower east side, not Wolski's Tavern](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/wolskis-tavern/lyon-street.jpg). Photo: [Madds212](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee%27s_lower_east_side_in_fall.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0

## Getting there

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

Bus:

- Route 14 at Humboldt & Kane, a 2-minute walk (162 m)
- GreenLine at Brady & Arlington, a 3-minute walk (254 m)
- Route 14 at Humboldt & Brady, a 3-minute walk (265 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Humboldt & Land (1036 East Land Place), a 2-minute walk (152 m)
- Bublr dock Brady & Humboldt (1114 East Brady Street), a 3-minute walk (263 m)
- Bublr dock Tannery Row (1850 North Water Street), a 5-minute walk (375 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on N Arlington Pl (zone 7239), 232 m away: $0.75 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0551761197872&lng=-87.8962810587273).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 3, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 3, 2026.
Source: [City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/dpw-parking), checked November 3, 2026.

## What you can do here

- [Suggest a correction](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/taverns-and-bars/wolskis-tavern/correct); tool: suggest_edit
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- [Start a discussion](https://littlemilwaukee.com/topics/new?about=%2Fplaces%2Ftaverns-and-bars%2Fwolskis-tavern.md); tool: open_topic
- [Report a closing](https://littlemilwaukee.com/suggest/places/taverns-and-bars/wolskis-tavern/status); tool: suggest_edit

## Sources and record

1. [City of Milwaukee liquor licenses, on the record page](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/wolski-s-tavern-4dc386)
2. [Home, Wolski's Tavern](https://www.wolskis.com/)

Datasets:

- [Little Milwaukee canon](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- [City of Milwaukee business licenses](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer): 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 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
- [Photos from a business's own website](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): facts stated by the business \(hours, phone, founding year, zip\); no text copied
- [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)

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Wolski's Tavern | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 1836 N Pulaski St, Milwaukee, WI 53202 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.05518, -87.89628 | 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 |
| Phone | \(414\) 276-8130 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://www.wolskis.com/ | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Monday to Thursday: 2:00 pm to 2:00 am; Friday: 2:00 pm to 2:30 am; Saturday: noon to 2:30 am; Sunday: noon to 2:00 am | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Founded | 1908 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Ownership | Family-owned bar inconspicuously located on Milwaukee's lower east side. | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 1836 N Pulaski St | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 1836 N Pulaski St | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 1836 N Pulaski St | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Business type | Retail 1A | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Capacity | 80 | 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 |
| Founded | 1908 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.05518, -87.89628 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.05518, -87.89628 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Monday to Thursday: 2:00 pm to 2:00 am; Friday: 2:00 pm to 2:30 am; Saturday: noon to 2:30 am; Sunday: noon to 2:00 am | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | OCTOPUS, LTD | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | OCTOPUS, LTD | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | OCTOPUS, LTD | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-30 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-06-30 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-06-23 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-06-23 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 348438 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 348343 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Public Entertainment Premises License \(PEP\) | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Class B Tavern License \(BTAVN\) | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Locally owned | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | WOLSKI'S TAVERN | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | WOLSKI'S TAVERN | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | WOLSKI'S TAVERN | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Opening hours | Monday to Thursday: 2:00 pm to 2:00 am; Friday: 2:00 pm to 2:30 am; Saturday: noon to 2:30 am; Sunday: noon to 2:00 am | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=bar | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | way/471643467 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Personal property account | 87137100 | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1 414 276 8130 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | \(414\) 276-8130 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |
| Roll year | 2023 | City tax roll | City of Milwaukee personal property tax roll | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://www.wolskis.com/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53202 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |

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

Record id: 4dc386bd-9995-4e21-bed6-91df5b62b042

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## For agents

Wolski's Tavern \(taverns and bars in Lower East Side, Milwaukee\) is at 1836 N Pulaski St, Milwaukee, WI 53202. It is a listed place, and its status is open \(City license in force, checked November 2, 2026\).

JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/taverns-and-bars/wolskis-tavern.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"wolskis-tavern"}; get_place {"slug":"wolskis-tavern"}; get_record {"id":"4dc386bd-9995-4e21-bed6-91df5b62b042"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.0551761197872","lng":"-87.8962810587273"}.

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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.