With this $25 gift certificate, you can enjoy a beer or two in Bay View--either downtown Bay View at the Sugar Maple (441 E. Lincoln Avenue) or uptown Bay View at the Palm Tavern (2989 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue).

Sugar Maple is among the minority in the Milwaukee bar scene as a 100-percent smoke-free bar.  But this has not stunted its growth, for Sugar Maple has just celebrated its first birthday.  Starting in April, Sugar Maple is serving up homemade soups daily--one vegetarian and one carnivorous--with a hunk of fresh bread on the side.  The soups are made by Triskele's restaurant.

Built five years earlier, Palm Tavern is the perfect neighborhood malt bar: specializing in beer and whiskey, with a strong nod to Belgian ales.