Eater names CASSIS one of the country's best new restaurants
One of Milwaukee's most buzzed-about new restaurants has landed on a list celebrating the nation's best. CASSIS , 333 S. Water St., has been named one of the 15 Best New Restaurants of the Year by Eater, a popular media site dedicated to restaurants, food and dining across the U.S. CASSIS shares space on the list with other newly opened restaurants including Chicago's Creepies, Philadelphia's Bomb Bomb Bar, Los Angeles's Maydan Market, New York City's Somsii and San Francisco's Restaurant Naides. To determine the list, Eater editors spent months scouting 44 cities across the country to identify winners in 20 different locations. Additional categories in this year's Eater Awards were Chef of the Year, Best New Bakery or Cafe, Dish of the Year and Best New Bars. CASSIS is the only Milwaukee restaurant recognized at the 2026 Eater Awards. "Cassis is big in every sense," wrote Eater Deputy Editor Hilary Pollack, adding that it "channels the conviviality and polish of a classic, old-world French brasserie while remaining distinctly Midwestern in spirit. It’s an all-day restaurant with both heart and panache." "Cassis could exist — and surely thrive — in New York or Las Vegas, but it’s more exciting in Milwaukee,
