One of the Milwaukee area’s finest Black Friday traditions is back for 2022.
The Drunk Uncle, arguably the most fascinating bar in Southeastern Wisconsin, will once again pour 50-cent tappers starting at noon Friday, Nov. 25.
As is Drunk Uncle tradition, this isn’t one of those super-limited happy hour menus with mostly domestics and maybe a premium or two thrown in. Forty-eight different taps are up for grabs until they start spitting foam.
The bar at 1902 S. 68th St. in West Allis is known for customer-friendly specials like this and an affinity for pro wrestling. Owner Neal Steffek has also shown a real distaste for resting on his laurels, investing in renovations that — among other things — expanded the tap capacity to its near-half-century mark.
Besides the Black Friday super-deal, the bar has forged a connection with its customers through decisions like giving away all its Founders beer back in 2019 when the brewer faced a racial-discrimination lawsuit. Steffek and Westallion Brewing Company co-owner Erik Dorfner also did a solid for teachers at a couple West Allis high schools in 2017 by surprising them with pizza at the end of the school year.
This year’s Black Friday barflies won’t get quite that big of a deal. But at 50 cents, it’s hard to imagine anyone complaining.
