Fast & close to the talks

Close on State street:

• Carts on library mall (in good weather) serve a variety foods.
• Mediteranean Café - Good for lunch - open until 4PM - cash only.
• Sunroom Cafe
• Rising Sons - Lunch buffet ready when you walk in - very fast - cash only.
• Hüsnü's - Turkish - not fast, but good and close.
• Buraka - Ethiopian
• Kabul - Afgani-Mediterranean - not fast, but good and close.

Further down state street:

• Fugu Asian Fusion - (off state on Gilman) General opinion holds this as the best Asian food in Madison
• Cafe Samba - (off state on Gilman)
• Brickhouse Barbeque - (off state on Broom)
• Taste of Tibet
• Chautara - Himalayan/Nepalese
• Himal Chuli - Sister to Chatara - smaller, better for veggies/vegans.
• Takara Japanese Restaurant

Off State street:

• The library bar and grill - (Very close to Van Vleck)
• Memorial Union
• Dotty Dowry's Dumplings - Burgers

Less fast or further

Around the capital

• The Great Dane Pub - THE Madison brew-pub - Ask for their cask ales.
• Brocach Irish Pub and Restaurant - Great whiskey selection, and the food's good too.
• The Old Fashioned - Canonical place for Cheese curds, reviews are otherwise highly mixed - Hundreds of Wisconsin beers on tap.
• Cooper's Tavern - Many Belgian beers and food.
• NatSpiel - Just South of the Great Dane on King - has no sign out front.
• Bayou - New Orleans style food and drink.
• Papavero - Ask for their Amarros. Pricier restaurant, but a great place for dessert and drinks after dinner.

Other places:

• Greenbush bar - (Regent just west of Park) - Basement Italian restaurant
• Sa-Bai Thong - (University and Highland - take the bus or drive) - Thai
• Lao Laan Xang - (Williamson Street) - Good Laotian food.
• Weary Traveler - Across the street from Lao Laan Xang - also good food and good hot drinks
• Maharani - (W Washington and Broom) - Good Indian place with a lunch buffet.

For a drink

A map of (a select few) bars in Madison