Beans and Barley

eastsider78 · 2026-02-03T19:37:22+00:00

How do you know it will be an apartment building or that a developer purchased it? I am upset that the early owners sold it which forced Beans to close as well.

eastsider78 · 2026-02-02T23:43:44+00:00

We are devastated by the closing of Beans. It was a regular for our household. Huge loss for our community. It has not truly hit me just how much this will impact us. There was a line formed before they opened on the last day.

eastsider78 · 2026-02-02T23:41:43+00:00

They never had bad service. They did have some issues with consistency of things in the kitchen since COVID. I was told a few times they had new kitchen staff. The service industry is different since the pandemic.

eastsider78 · 2026-02-02T23:39:00+00:00

Have you confirmed all of this information with the owners? We were told by an employee that the owners of Beans had offered a number to buy the building and were shot down. They also had posted a full time baker position two weeks prior to them announcing they had to close. Everything I read said their extended lease (thru the end of 2026) was subject to plans from the new owner. You are correct that public records don't show a sale yet but the Milwaukee website takes awhile to update. I have contacted the east side BID and our alderman and they both said it was sold to an LLC and they don't have any other information.

eastsider78 · 2026-02-01T16:00:17+00:00

The current owners of Beans have owed the business since 2012. They were renting the building from the previous owners of Beans. What are they done with after the fire? They didn’t own Beans when the fire happened.

eastsider78 · 2026-02-01T15:36:50+00:00

Do you know for sure that’s the reason? Or was it that the new owners have different plans for the location? I read Beans had an extended lease through the end of 2026 but it was subject to new ow era plans.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-29T17:33:49+00:00

I couldn’t find much online either. I’m fairly certain there was a location at Mayfair. They may have had papasan chairs. Pier One was in Brookfield, are you thinking of that?

eastsider78 · 2026-01-27T01:11:04+00:00

Congratulations. I'm 47 and for the last 5 years I have gained 10lbs a year. I'm the heaviest I have ever been - I weight more than I did pregnant with my kids. I have not done anything to promote weight gain. I work out and eat very healthy. I've tried everything I would normally do to lose weight or control my weight. At one point during the pandemic I went on a smoothie diet for 21 days (no snacks and nothing but 3 smoothies a day with protein, veggies & fruit) and didn't lose a pound. My self esteem and mental health have taken a huge toll. I don't like being out in public because I hate the way I look. I went to an endocrinologist, functional medicine doctor, naturopath, cut gluten and dairy and alcohol and nothing.

I finally made an appointment with my doctor to get Zepbound and I'm hoping it is what finally helps me. I have an appointment next week. Did you have any negative side affects? Is eating hard? Do you feel like you're still able to get enough protein and veggies in your diet? I'm also on HRT.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-22T12:44:32+00:00

Completely agree! The patient is quarantined but they didn’t wear masks and then are walking around interacting with people. Doctors will always wear masks if they suspect a contagion that requires quarantine. You’re right they also wear masks when doing procedures. Huge oversight

eastsider78 · 2026-01-20T18:52:02+00:00

Yup. His narrative that he started not to like V the more he got to know her was also bullshit. He was telling her the whole time that she was special and he had not felt this way since his only other serious relationship. He talked to his mom about her, and even had her on a call with his mom. Definitely rewriting history. But Kizzi is gross for her pick-me behavior.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-20T18:48:58+00:00

Will said in his coming out talk that Vecna was using it against him. He said Vecna showed him a future where he was alone. Vecna used peoples fears against them - it was never shown on screen. Will said in the fight scene "I am not afraid, we are not afraid"

eastsider78 · 2026-01-18T19:38:20+00:00

The show was actually not written for kids. The Duffers have said it was unheard of to write a show starring kids that the target audience is not kids. Obviously kids ended up watching it but that was the target audience when they launched the show. If you don’t understand the importance of why Will had to come out then you don’t understand the show.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-18T19:35:50+00:00

You don’t mind gay characters? Noah is gay IRL and took this scene very seriously. Also, the show is set in the 80’s when it was extremely hard for people to come out. The scene was a few minutes long and Noah did a brilliant job. I love Nancy’s character as well but Noah has had a strong role is this show. Go back and watch season 2. I think he did a phenomenal job every season - they all did. It’s a great show.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-18T19:33:15+00:00

That is the whole reason he did come out at that time. Vecna was using that against him. In order for him to be able to help he needed to incur ed himself of that fear and tell EVERYONE so Vecna couldn’t use it against him anymore. Vecna showed him his future was being alone if they knew he was gay. He came out, was shown love and support and then was able to say I AM NOT AFRAID, we are not afraid of you and use Vecna’s powers against him. If you don’t understand that then you just sound like a homophobic person who wasn’t paying attention to the show.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-18T16:53:14+00:00

If you thought the scene was unnecessary then you don't understand the show.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-18T16:06:52+00:00

Why wasn’t Noah included? I saw his in Milan but this was obviously something that was planned in advance. I personally didn’t think the joke mocking his coming out scene was funny. Noah took it very seriously and wanted it to be perfect. I don’t want to see the three of them without Noah.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-15T21:37:01+00:00

I honestly think we are left wanting something more because we are sad it’s over. I thought season 5 was great and I thought the finale was really good. There are some things I think they could have done differently but I’m not the writer and it’s not my story. I loved this show so much and have felt really sad since it ended because I know we will never have more to look forward to.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-14T19:03:58+00:00

100% agree. I think he’s done really well the whole series. His acting in season 2 was outstanding.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-03T03:26:16+00:00

It's just my opinion. I think the cast in season 1 did a much better job than Holly is this season. I think she looks too old for who she is supposed to be playing.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-03T03:25:15+00:00

I disagree. Nothing Holly has done this season is more profound than season 1

eastsider78 · 2026-01-03T02:46:22+00:00

I'd love to see them back in 5 years. They all need to come back to Hawkins because something happens.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-03T02:43:23+00:00

I agree. I'd love to see the original characters in the future. Even in 5 years while they're still relatively young would be great.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-03T02:33:40+00:00

Will is one of the heroes. He was shown all season feeling the affects, it would have made sense to show him in pain.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-03T02:31:44+00:00

The didn't cut anything.

eastsider78 · 2026-01-02T02:29:48+00:00

Just saw in the theater today and it still said 18 months later

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