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| - I am going to admit it...I'm living in Sun Prairie, but my heart is in the Madison food scene. I often take the 15-20 minute drive to the East side or downtown to experience my favorite restaurants, even though I have to deal with the tenacity of the rush hour traffic on East Wash. We were thrilled to discover a budding food scene in Sun Prairie when we first made the move, but options were limited until very recently. An adjunct of Buck and Honey's, Plate and Barrel is a delicious and warming tapas bar that doesn't disappoint. We went there on the first Friday night they were open, and the place was PACKED! That being said, we had no trouble getting seated in a timely and polite manner. Our waiter failed to mention the specials to us, but more than made up for his error with the impeccable service he gave us. I am a sucker for ambiance, and the employees (from the hostess to the bartender) all seemed to only live to make our experience enjoyable.
I sometimes go to tapas bars and develop favorite dishes right away, but one look at their menu told me I was going to be coming back and trying something different every time. At our visit on Friday, we got the cheese board with three cheese options. It came out on a lazy Susan, which was helpful, but also a little cumbersome on our tiny table. It came with a dripping honeycomb, a variety of toasted/candied nuts, a few quinces, and a variety of fruit. Totally delicious. Next we had the burnt end pork belly nachos, which were good, but not as good as Buck and Honey's signature nachos. The pork belly had a thicker fat cap on it than I usually like, so it would have been nice if that was cut off. Otherwise, the flavors were there.
We finished off our meal with the bacon wrapped dates. All I can say is....NOM. Best thing I've eaten in a while. The bacon was perfectly crispy and the dates were stuffed full of almond and goat cheese. Just when I thought I was getting a little sick of bacon on everything (well...let's be honest...only a little sick of it....) this dish changed my mind.
Like I said, I'll definitely be back, but would like to see a happy hour implemented. The prices are just high enough to feed two people that this will be a once in a while place for me. If there was a happy hour from 4-6 with discounted plates, I'd be happy as a date wrapped in bacon.
****UPDATE**** They just implemented a happy hour! 30% off everything from 4:00-5:30pm, much like 43North. Not sure of the days, but am assuming Monday-Friday. This pushed my review to 5 stars. Yay!
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