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| - One if the best places I have been to in Madison so far. Everything made for a great experience--the service, the atmosphere, the food. My boyfriend and I decided on dinner at Grampa's after being turned away from a sold-out YumYum Fest. I had my heart set on going to the festival for a while and was skeptical that anything else could top the experience we would have had there, but I was wrong.
The interior of Grampa's is rustic and comfortable, and creates a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. The staff was friendly and attentive. We had an app and two salads to start--the caprese salad, lamb carpaccio, and melon salad with tomato water. The dishes were all new experiences to me. I most enjoyed the melon salad for its creativity and beautiful subtle flavors. Of course, after all that we had to get a pizza. The most delicious pepperoni pizza I have ever had! Its thin crust and addition of some green ingredient made it pretty outstanding... Not just your basic pepperoni.
And since we were doing it up to make up for missing YumYum Fest, we got the ginger cake for dessert. Yum! The cake was moist and the flavors were deliciously complex. The exterior of the cake had developed caramelized flavors, paired with a little zing from the ginger and creaminess from the whipped cream topping. And at the end, a nice crunch and nuttiness from the crushed pistachios. Yeah, you should order it.
After all that, both of us were comfortably full and happy from our dining experience. We will be back.
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