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Benson's Restaurant Group Announces Joint Venture Restaurant Development at R1VER Campus

A large riverfront restaurant is coming in summer '22 to the new R1VER work-live development in Milwaukee's Harbor District.

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Benson's Restaurant Group Official Press Release

The rebrand offers a nod to the past and a vision for the future.

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Hospitality Democracy becomes Benson's Restaurant Group

The ownership group behind Onesto, Smoke Shack and Blue Bat Kitchen is changing its name.

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Riverfront restaurant with a large patio coming to Milwaukee's Harbor District in summer

Recently renamed hospitality group inks venture on one of first new builds in city since pandemic, set to open summer 2022

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