I'm sad to give Paisan's a "Meh", because it's a Madison staple (especially in my family), but I'm just not that fired up about it. I've had both lunch and dinner here, and while the food is never bad, per se, it's also not outstanding - and for the price of some items, it should earn at least a "really good". Mozzarella bread, for example, is fine, but would be easy (and way cheaper) to make at home - it's just two big pieces of bread with some cheese sprinkled on it and put in the oven. The only thing about my most recent meal at Paisan's that stood out to me was the seasoning on the crust of my taco pizza. And the fact that my menu pages were water-damaged and falling apart, and that the booth area we were sitting in felt a lot like a Catholic church confessional. :/
Overall: Not a bad place, I guess, but pretty solidly "meh."