Members-Only Social Club, Bar Proposed Above Downtown Club

Planned site for Membars Only Social, 1101 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Photo by Lauren Hafeman on Oct. 10, 2026. Private social clubs are fixtures in many cities, offering members places to network and mingle out of the public eye. Milwaukee has relatively few, but a new addition could soon join their ranks. According to a liquor license application filed with the city, brothers Seth and Jake Dehne are planning to open Membars Only Social at 1101 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. The application outlines a plan to convert 12,000-square-feet across two of the building s floors into a private social membership bar, complete with private enclaves with cocktail tables, a mobile bar, couch seating areas and amusement machines. The bar is planned to occupy the floors directly above 90s2K Cafe, which the brothers also co-own. Before opening 90s2k Cafe in the building, they operated Have A Nice Day Cafe, Suite and The Pub Club at the address. “This building was home for both of us for a long t