SSP America has opened a new bar and restaurant at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE). Bartolotta’s Bar & Ristoro, a new concept from Wisconsin-based, James Beard Award-winning Chef Paul Bartolotta offers travelers contemporary Italian cuisine such as parmesan frittata, tiramisu toast, bresaola and shrimp scampi, pastas, pizza alla Romana, focaccia paninis, chicken marsala and salmon olivada alongside wines, cocktails, mocktails and Wisconsin craft beers. The opening marks the second collaboration between SSP America and The Barlotta Restaurants, which opened Nonna Bartolotta’s at MKE in 2009.
“We’re excited to introduce another exceptional dining experience at MKE,” said airport director Brian Dranzik. “This new addition reflects our ongoing commitment to enhancing the travel experience while bringing the best of Milwaukee’s local dining scene right to our travelers. Milwaukee has an incredible culinary scene, and we’re excited to have that reflected in our airport concessions.”
“Great airport dining should do more than serve travelers; it should tell them something true about the place they have arrived in or are leaving behind,” said Kyle Phillips, senior vice president of business Development at SSP America. “For more than 15 years, our partnership with The Bartolotta Restaurants has helped make dining at MKE one of the best parts of the journey. Bartolotta’s Bar & Ristoro carries that story forward, pairing Chef Paul Bartolotta’s deep connection to Italian cooking with the warmth, character and culinary confidence of Milwaukee.”
“Italian food has always been about great ingredients, simplicity and taking care of people,” said Chef Bartolotta, owner and co-founder of The Bartolotta Restaurants. “Bartolotta’s Bar & Ristoro brings that philosophy to travelers while staying true to the Italian cooking that has shaped my career. Milwaukee is our home, and whether you are arriving in our city, returning home or heading out on your next journey, we want the food you experience here to be something memorable.”
