First time visitor to Miller Park / Milwaukee...

Stop off at a grocery store somewhere and grab some brats and whatever else tickles your fancy. Then eat more in the stadium (I am partial to the cheesy fries). I don’t know a whole lot about the city, but if you’re there a couple days, I recommend stopping at Kopps for a burger and ice cream as well.

Find some deep-fried cheese curds. It never ceases to amaze me how arguably the best food on the planet ceases to exist five feet across the Wisconsin border. I’m sure you can get some at Miller Park, though I don’t recall how good theirs are. Also, a Miller Park hot dog with stadium sauce. Those are my uniquely-Wisconsin suggestions.

I would have assumed it meant you couldn’t drink. Or you liked minor league baseball.

You will not be disappointed.

Because, as an avid drinker and NYC transplant, I have found many great places over the years…

i live in manhattan (i’m happy to meet up if you wish to discuss further) and had a chance to throw out the first pitch last year. a few of my ny friends came into town, and here’s what we did:
(1) sprecher brewery tour. i love sprechers, even though the tour is anti-climatic. they show you about 3 rooms, and most of the chat is in the first. so it’s almost entirely dependent on the personality of your guide. lakefront seems like the place to go (because you also get bernie’s chalet), but that won’t fit your timeline. also consider miller brewing; i don’t know their timeline.
(2) they wanted to do the harley davidson tour. it was okay. if you like harley or motorcycles, you’ll love it. none of us do, so i’m not sure why they wanted to do this;
(3) dinner at lake park bistro. nice restaurant, good service, a bit expensive, iirc. depending on what you want, there are some tasty places. i went to coerper’s 5 o’clock club a few years ago and it looked like somebody’s basement but was tasty as heck. i think it’s been sold and renamed, so i can’t vouch for that now;
(4) drinks at the bar at the iron horse. some of the folks were staying there, which is a nice boutique hotel in the city (and next to the harley museum). we weren’t trying to make a night of it or anything, but if you are i think the other areas to check out are the cathedral park area, water street, etc… i didn’t live in milwaukee as an adult, so i can’t really comment;
(5) game the next day. we didn’t want to tailgate for a few reasons, so we went to the park early and took in BP/ stretching from the TGIFriday’s in left field. it’s above the bullpen, so we saw some guys warming up (they threw up some balls, too). if you want to tailgate, i think the others can give you lots of tips. if not, there are some bars and restaurants near the stadium on bluemound.

depending on where you’re staying and where you want to go (and whether the hotel has a ballpark shuttle), you’ll probably need a rental car. things aren’t always that close together and you can’t just walk from A to B like in new york. and cabs aren’t reliable. you won’t just spot a cab on the street to hail. i mean, maybe you will, but i wouldn’t bet on it. and if you call a cab, it may not come. i think cabs in milwaukee are also more expensive than you’d expect.

oh, they place the “everybody clap your hands” thing at miller park, which always startles me because it feels like a mets game.

yeah pizza actually never came to mind. might check it out now!

i literally went from not having the faintest idea what i would do to a crazy huge thorough list. y’all are good people. really looking forward to checking out the city!