When a restaurant has been around as long as The Red Mill inn & Pizza, 1005 S. Elm Grove Rd. in Brookfield, memories practically seep from the walls. "My grandmother used to live a couple of blocks from here, and she always told stories about how they'd line up down the street for the Friday fish fry," says Mark Zierath, who purchased The Red Mill with business partner Brian Eft this past September.

And while the partners have shifted the focus of the previous supper club menu, introducing an Italian American spin, Zierath says the intention is to offer something new to the largely residential neighborhood. "When we bought it, our intention was to maintain the Red Mill tradition as best we could, while putting our own spin on it," he says.