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| - Blue Moon is the local watering hole where you go to watch a game, grab a beer and get something greasy to chow down on, perhaps all at the same time. I've been here for all three of those reasons, and I think the place is best used in that order. The atmosphere is perfect for chilling with a group of friends to watch the game. You're surrounded by like-minded individuals, who cheer and despair in sync with every beat in the game. I guess places like Blue Moon is the much tamer American version of the rowdy British pubs where Liverpool losing to Manchester is a reason to call riot police. The beer is also decent. Modest selection of beers, both on tap and bottled. I'm not a huge beer drinker, but I do know that this isn't the largest beer menu available to the beer-happy Madison population, so keep that in mind. Finally, the food is decent though not spectacular. I personally find their cheese curds the best that I've had thus far, but the really bland burger makes it not fun. They seem to know how to cook a burger correctly (they got my medium rare burger closer to medium rare than any other burger I've had in Madison), but it's seriously lacking in salt and spice.
Based on the description above, I would say that only warrants three stars, but I'm going to bump it up a star because 1) I like the really chill ambiance, and 2) the service was excellent. The waitress took my order very fast, the food came out promptly, and checked in on me regularly. Overall, a really relaxed place, somewhere to go just to hang out after a long day.
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