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| - On Sunday we went on a brunch tour with Madison Eats Food Tours. Stopped at the eastwood BCycle station and started with pastries and banquettes from Batch Bakehouse-local bakery with some great roots. One of the owners came out and chatted with us on their philosophy's, as well as a huge cookie sheet full of goodies. It was a quick bike ride to the first location, and about a 20 min stop.
Next a little longer ride to Heritage Tavern for eggs benedict and a taste of their popular cocktail- not a favorite of mine, but if you like cream soda you may like it. For that ride we were in the main street most of the time, which is not my comfort zone. So that was more stress inducing being next to cars and cars behind us. But made it there and was able to relax in air conditioning from the 90 degree day.
We next biked back to the near east side (longest trip) and tried the new restaurant, Ogden's North Street Diner where we were served pancakes, scrambles-tofu and bacon and broccoli, hash browns , toast and their cherry pie with fresh/homemade whip cream! --Great breakfast joint, if you like cherry pie-good stop was amazing!
Next we biked back to the Eastwood Bcycle station and dropped off our bikes. All together we started at 11 and was bake to the bike station around 3. So for 4 hours 3 restaurants and biking- my butt was sore haha! However not done just yet, then walked about 3 blocks to our last stop-Next Door Brewing for beer, wings, Yam chips and cheese curds. I only stayed at the last place for about 20 minutes then headed home.
All in all, if you are a local looking for a new adventure, or someone visiting from out of town i would definitely recommend!
**Keep in mind you should be aware of how to ride a bike around light traffic comfortably-if you're not-i may not pick this tour for you.**
We had a group of 12 people, about $50 a person, and 4+ hours of activities and food to keep you full! Was a great tour of east/downtown Madison area! I would do it again.
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