21-02-2025
A meal-prep shop, a 24/7 vet clinic and two restaurants are new to Wauwatosa, Brookfield
A restaurant serving Thai and Japanese food, an emergency vet clinic and a pop-up seafood spot all have opened in Wauwatosa and Brookfield. Here's what to know about these new spots in the west suburbs.
Krysta Hutton has worked as a personal chef and business owner over the last 14 years, cooking for her meal prep and catering company Simple Eats in rented-out kitchens and clients' homes. On Feb. 14, she entered a new era and opened Simple Eats' brand-new storefront on North Avenue in Wauwatosa.
Simple Eats, 7225 North Ave., has a kitchen in the back for Hutton to make the meals, while the front has become a shop selling flowers, cards, and locally-sourced gifts including pottery, lotions and plants.
Simple Eats sells about 1,000 meals a week to nearly 500 people, Hutton told the Journal Sentinel. Ingredients are mostly organic, according to her website.
Customers order weekly, placing orders by Sunday on premade meals from a new menu that goes live every Wednesday. Orders are picked up at various distribution sites around the Wauwatosa area on Tuesday.
Any leftover food is now made into dishes Hutton sells in the storefront to avoid food waste and offer food at a discounted rate of 4 to 5 dollars less than their original price. This is helpful for people who forget to order for the week or can't afford the full-priced meal prep service, she told the Journal Sentinel.
The storefront is colorful and bright, thanks in part to a mural from a local artist, she said.
"It's really cute and we always have good music playing," Hutton said. Look out for cooking classes, yoga, and other community offerings in this new space in the spring.
Pet parents in Brookfield and its neighboring communities now have an option for their pets to receive emergency medical care at any time of day.
Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) opened the 24/7 clinic VEG Brookfield, 15455 W. Bluemound Road, on Jan. 31.
VEG Brookfield joins Madison as VEG's Wisconsin locations. The hospitals, of which there are 90 nationwide, "allow pet parents to stay with their pets through all stages of treatment, including surgery and overnight hospitalization," a news release said.
The pet clinic has "an open floor plan that allows pet parents to have freedom of movement and to see life-saving heroics up close," the release said.
Outlaw Oyster, 6519 W. North Ave., a pop-up seafood concept adjacent to Crafty Cow's Wauwatosa location, opened Feb. 13.
The concept is the brainchild of Devin Eichler, owner of Crafty Cow and its locations in Wauwatosa, Oconomowoc and Bay View, which are primarily known for burgers and fried chicken sandwiches.
So why fish? That's what Journal Sentinel Dining Critic Rachel Bernhard asked Eichler.
'The easy answer is, I love seafood,' he said. 'I love oysters. And creating a menu to show that off really spoke to me.'
Dishes on the menu include Northwoods-inspired smoked whitefish dip, East Coast-inspired oysters and lobster. The pop-up seafood spot also has a retail section offering snacks, wine and a variety of tinned fish.
Outlaw Oyster boasts not one, but two happy hours with snack and drink specials available from 4 to 5 p.m. and 8:30 to 10 p.m. daily.
This new restaurant soft-opened in mid-January, bringing its Japanese and Thai cuisine to a space at the Mayfair Collection that formerly housed Adriatic Fresh Seafood & Steaks.
Bangkok Kaizen's menu is filled with options, from sushi, sashimi and nigiri to a variety of noodle or rice stir-fry dishes.
Bangkok Kaizen, 11200 W. Burleigh St., is open from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Monday, and closed on Tuesday, according to the website.
Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling the restaurant at 414-420-1120.
Dining Critic Rachel Bernhard contributed to this report.
Bridget Fogarty covers Brookfield, Wauwatosa and Elm Grove for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She can be contacted at bfogarty@
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: New restaurants, other businesses now open in Wauwatosa and Brookfield
