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The Big Eazy serves authentic New Orleans dishes on King Drive

April 17, 2017 by Mitchell Mittelstedt 1 Comment

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The Big Eazy, a four-year old restaurant, specializes in New Orleans cuisine, according to proprietor and chef Greg Johnson.

This is the first year the restaurant, at 2053 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, is participating in Milwaukee Black Restaurant Week, from April 17 to April 23. The event is sponsored by BlankSpace MKE, an urban art cooperative whose mission is to serve as a “conduit for cooperative economics.”

Johnson had been traveling back and forth between his hometown of Milwaukee and New Orleans beginning in 1975. Eventually, he moved there and stayed for 25 years, before Hurricane Katrina “blew [him] back home” to Milwaukee in 2005.

Johnson met Big Eazy co-founder Tony McGaughy while they were employees at the Hilton Hotel in Milwaukee. After leaving the hotel, Johnson used his severance pay to start a catering business with his wife, Janice Johnson.



“One day we were passing by the place (on King Drive), and it had the sign up there that said, ‘Restaurant only, for rent,’” recalled Johnson. “I said, ‘Man, that’s what I want, that’s what I’ve been wanting.’”

The Big Eazy, which is open Wednesday through Sunday, serves Sunday brunches that have proven to be very successful.

“We can feed anywhere from 150 to 250 people on a Sunday, so if you haven’t had the Sunday brunch at The Big Eazy, you’re missing out on a treat,” said McGaughy.

McGaughy also recommends several dishes for people craving true New Orleans food: the bourbon pork chops with homemade fried corn and kale, gumbo (“not the watered down version that you may get from a lot of restaurants”), shrimp and jambalaya.

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Filed Under: Arts and Recreation, Carousel, Harambee, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North Tagged With: milwaukeeblackrestaurantweek2017

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  1. David A Bennett, Sr and Ella says

    April 18, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    Whenever we want a catfish dinner, Big Eazy comes highly recommended. This dinner keeps us coming back for non other than
    Big Easy. Our friends from Chicago are served the best and they raved over the delicious selections of the New Orleans menu. The
    restaurant is soul friendly and our guests sent a thank you note of having a grand time at the restaurant. We’ll be back.

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