Seaway (Restaurant and Bar)

The Seaway opened in July 1972 at 173 S. 2nd Street, in a space formerly occupied by the Knight Owl Restaurant, after the earlier Seaway Inn was evicted from its Jefferson Street location. Owner Otto Schuler ran it primarily as a restaurant, though it also had a bar and was remembered as a successor gathering place for former Seaway Inn regulars. Schuler, who had also owned the Seaway Inn, died suddenly in November 1973 at age 49. The business continued until 1977.

Seaway Restaurant was a restaurant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 173 S. 2nd Street, open from 1972 until 1973. The Seaway Restaurant was opened by owner Otto Schuler in July 1972, after the Seaway Inn was evicted from its Jefferson Street location. This space had formerly been occupied by the Knight Owl Restaurant, which had been advertising from October 1971 to January 1972, but by mid-1972 the buil