AT 530. WELL, THE BREWERS CLINCH AGAINST THE CHICAGO CUBS IS IMPACTING OUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITY. BEFORE THE SERIES, THE MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO ARCHBISHOPS AGREED THE LOSING CITIES SHEPHERD WOULD SEND THE WINNING CITY’S ARCHBISHOP A TASTE OF THEIR HOMETOWN. SO SINCE MILWAUKEE ONE, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME DEEP DISH PIZZA AT THE CATHEDRAL CAFE THIS AFTERNOON, ALL THANKS TO LOU MALNATI’S, THE DONATION MAKING ONE MAN EMOTIONAL AS HE USED TO SHARE THE SAME SLICE WITH HIS LATE MOTHER. AND THEY USED TO GET A PERSONAL PAN PIZZA. BUT I DID MY SHIFT IN THE KITCHEN AND SHE GRABBED ME SLICES AND POUR AS SHE’D WAIT UP BECAUSE SHE JUST LOVED THIS. BEAT THEM. NOW, DESPITE WINNING THIS BET BUNDLES, MEAT MARKET IN MILWAUKEE IS STILL DONATING 100 BRAT
Milwaukee’s playoff win over Cubs brings deep dish pizza to cathedral cafe
Bunzel’s Meat Market plans to donate 100 bratwursts to feed people in Chicago
Updated: 5:03 PM CDT Oct 14, 2025
A friendly wager between archbishops over the Brewers-Cubs playoff series resulted in Chicago-style pizza being served to Milwaukee’s Catholic community. The event took place Monday at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Milwaukee.Before the National League Wild Card Series, the archbishops of Milwaukee and Chicago made a bet that the losing city would send local food to the winning city’s archbishop. After Milwaukee’s victory over Chicago, Lou Malnati’s pizzeria provided deep dish pizzas to serve at the Cathedral Cafe.For Todd Barry, the pizza donation stirred emotional memories. “I used to get a personal pan pizza after I did my shift in the kitchen. And she’d have me slice it into four and she’d wait up cause she just loved this pizza,” Barry said, referring to his late mother.In a gesture of goodwill, despite winning the wager, Milwaukee’s Bunzel’s Meat Market plans to donate 100 bratwursts to feed people in Chicago.
MILWAUKEE —
A friendly wager between archbishops over the Brewers-Cubs playoff series resulted in Chicago-style pizza being served to Milwaukee’s Catholic community.
The event took place Monday at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Milwaukee.
Before the National League Wild Card Series, the archbishops of Milwaukee and Chicago made a bet that the losing city would send local food to the winning city’s archbishop. After Milwaukee’s victory over Chicago, Lou Malnati’s pizzeria provided deep dish pizzas to serve at the Cathedral Cafe.
For Todd Barry, the pizza donation stirred emotional memories.
“I used to get a personal pan pizza after I did my shift in the kitchen. And she’d have me slice it into four and she’d wait up cause she just loved this pizza,” Barry said, referring to his late mother.
In a gesture of goodwill, despite winning the wager, Milwaukee’s Bunzel’s Meat Market plans to donate 100 bratwursts to feed people in Chicago.