Ryan Braun, Aaron Rodgers tweak restaurant name

Out with the asterisk, in with the hyphen.

You'd have to look closely, but a slight tweak was made to Aaron Rodgers and Ryan Braun's restaurant name last week.

8-twelve, a joint dining venture between the dual MVP's set to open in Brookfield this summer, now has a hyphen in its name and logo as opposed to a star. The star had been interpreted as an asterisk by some members of the media and public — a potentially sensitive topic for Braun, who was recently embroiled in controversy over an overturned Major League Baseball drug suspension. An asterisk has a negative sports connotation because of its placement next to tainted records.

Regarding the change, SURG Restaurant Group co-owner Omar Shaikh told Milwaukee Magazine that he "just wanted to avoid the negativity." SURG also works with Braun at his downtown Milwaukee restaurant, Graffito.

Oh, and in case you were wondering why Braun gets top billing on the restaurant marquee, the Milwaukee Brewers slugger told OnMilwaukee .com that, "I came up with the idea, so eight had to come first."

"We actually went both ways but I think eight-12 sounds better than 12-eight. So, I think it just sounded better, so we went with it that way."


(greenbaypressgazette.com)