Tag: Madison
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Brunch at Jean’s
We were staying at Jean’s place and had gone to the Coldplay concert thanks to Jean. We all slept in a bit the next morning after that late night. I went for a beautiful run in the area and worked up an appetite. Jean made some delicious egg, canadian bacon, english muffins and cheesy hashbrowns.
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Butterbird
We headed over near Camp Randall Stadium where we would be attending the Coldplay concert. We had some time to kill beforehand so ended up going to Butterbird for an early dinner. With all of the people there for the concert and it being a Saturday evening every dining place was very busy including here.
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Tornado Steak House
I was interested in trying a Wisconsin supper club, which was a perfect venue for Andrea’s reuniting with a couple of her high school friends, Laurie, Jean, and Jean’s daughter Chloe. We ended up picking Tornado Steak House which proved to be quite popular, esp. on a Friday evening and given that this was located
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Fairchild
Our financial advisors are based in Madison so while we were here they offered to take us out to dinner. They know what foodies we are so they selected Fairchild which they was a trendy restaurant. It was located on Monroe St., not too far from Camp Randall Stadium where we would be attending the
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Settle Down Tavern
We were having lunch with Anna, one of Andrea’s college friends, and as a suprise, her sone Liam joined us. We picked Settle Down Tavern for lunch which was just off the capitol square and also just a few blocks from our hotel. We of course had to get the Cheese Puppies which were cornmeal
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L’Etoile
I was interested in going to this restaurant because when I was researching restaurants in Madison, this was basically described as the Chez Panisse of Madison. The restaurant was originally opened in 1976 (just 5 years after Chez Panisse) which is 49 years ago (or as Andrea says “it’s been open forever!”). I was looking