2025 Centurion Award winner

Awarded against five published criteria, checked on public evidence.

Three Brothers

Best Old-World Restaurant in Milwaukee · WI

Restaurant · Milwaukee, WI · Since 1954

The overview

Serbian home cooking in a Schlitz tavern

Three Brothers has served Serbian home cooking from a former Schlitz tavern in Milwaukee's Bay View since 1954. The Radicevic family plates burek, chicken paprikash, and goulash in a warm, old-world room that feels frozen in amber — cash or check only, reservations wise.

A James Beard America's Classic, Three Brothers is a genuinely singular Milwaukee institution: three generations of the same family cooking the food of the old country, unchanged and unhurried.

The award record

Every award, on the record.

Each Centurion Award is its own dated annual record, and staying current means clearing the bar again each new year. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.

2025 Centurion Award

Best Old-World Restaurant in Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →

Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.

Visit Three Brothers

Location2414 S St Clair St, Milwaukee, WI 53207
In business since1954
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