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| - We visited Tempest on a quiet Sunday evening. The redecorating from the previous warm tones of Magnus to the cool, watery blue interior is very attractive and they have opened up an interior wall that had blocked off a small, separate room in the previous incarnation. Very well done. Our waiter seemed to have a heck of a time keeping straight what order went to which diner even though we were his only table and there were only four of us. Yes, you're good-looking, son, but at some point you are going to have to learn a skill or two. The shrimp in the shrimp cocktail were huge and perfectly cooked. Not much heat evident from the horseradish in the shrimp sauce, even after stirring. The Fruits de Mer suffered from overly heavy breading. I had the fish and corn chowder, which was good but not exceptional, and the lobster roll. I liked the lobster roll a lot and didn't mind that it did not mirror every other lobster roll I had ever had. My husband had the skirt steak, which was overly salty. Our friends had the whitefish, which was excellent. We tried two desserts, a custard and a chocolate-caramel tart, both of which were outstanding. Overall I felt Tempest would have difficulty standing out in a crowded Madison restaurant market. There are too many great places to go here to use up limited time and money on a place that's not trying that hard.
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