See this page for an extensive listing of restaurants in central Madison.
Madison offers a great variety of cuisine! Here are some of our favorites:
Restaurants near campus
Sandwich and sliced pizza
- Jimmy John’s = Sandwiches $5-6
- Hawk’s Bar and Grill = Salads $5-8, Sandwiches $6.50-7.50, Burgers $7-8
- Ian’s Pizza = Sliced pizza $3.5, Salad
Mexican
- Los Gemelos
- Casa de Lara
Asian
- Fugu Asian Fusion
- Osaka House
- Takara Japanese Restaurant
- Himal Chuli (Nepalese cuisine)
Italian
- Miat Za’s Cafe (Italian café) = Pasta $4-7, Salads $6-7, Paninis $6, Pizza $6
- Tutto Pasta (Italian restaurant) = Pizza $10-13, Pasta $10-15
Vegetarian option
- Sunroom Café (European casual café)
More
- Mediterranean Café (Mediterranean) = Lunch only (cash only)
- Also, food carts are clustered on Library Mall in front of Memorial Library. Lunch $6-9
Coffee and tea
- Espresso Royale Café
- Starbucks
- Steep and Brew
- Fair Trade Coffee
- Michelangelo’s Café
- Steepery (tea bar)
- Coffeebytes
- Peets Coffee Shop
- Barriques (near the Capitol)
- Bradbury's Coffee (near the Capitol)
- Colectivo (near the Capitol)
Ice cream
- Babcock ice cream/daily scoop (on campus, Memorial Union and/or Union South)
- Chocolate Shoppe Ice cream
- La Coppa Gelato Cafe
- Forever Yogurt
Near the Capitol
- Flavor of India = Lunch buffet (11:30am-3pm) $8.95; Dinner (5-10pm) $10.95-11.95 (vegetarian) and $12.50-14 (non-vegetarian)
- Sol's On The Square (authentic Korean restaurant)
- Brocah Irish Pub = Soups and salads $2.50-4.50, Sandwiches $8.50-10, Burgers $8.50-11
- The Old Fashioned (Wisconsin inspired) = Sandwiches $8-10, daily specials
- The Cooper's Tavern (traditional Wisconsin style) = Craft beer
- Graze (gastropub)
- Harvest (casual American and French fusion)
- L’Etoile (French restaurant)
- The Tipsy Cow (traditional Wisconsin style) = Craft beer, daily specials
- Nostrano (Italian) = Lunch $10-14; Dinner $16-27
- Genna’s Bar Lounge = Cocktails