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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:33:00

A corner tavern that once hosted anarchist book clubs became Milwaukee's CBGB. The building at 2496 South Wentworth Avenue in Bay View has operated as a bar since its construction in 1910, and its upstairs room hosted an Italian anarchist circle in 1914 and live music as early as the mid-1910s. The Cactus Club name and country-western theme arrived in 1957 under Alice and Cliff Rose, whose family ran the place for four decades - Barbara and Bobby Rose taking over in 1989 - before bartender Eric ...