I'm often in Madison for training and have always been looking for a place that I wouldn't find in Chicago. This is the place.
At first glance, I expected a Goose Island experience: good brews but mediocre pub food. Fortunately, this was not the case. The menu reads like a daily newspaper and after further inspection, this place was legit. It offered typical burgers and pub fare but start throwing in entrees like Cedar Planked Chive Buttered Salmon and Tandoori Chicken and you are just sucking up to the teacher! I ordered Mad City Mama's BBQ Meatloaf as the main entree and the Beer Battered Cheese Curds for starters. The Cheese Curds were just overglorified mini mozzarella sticks and were ok. The meatloaf however? Just like Big Mama alright! Okkkaaaaay! It was very delicious.
Another reason why the place is great to visit are their sampler packs where you can choose from 4 to 10 four oz samples of their brews. I got the ten pack, which was probably bad because I must have looked like that man who had a baby with all the food and beer.
Overall, a great experience. Too legit, too legit to quit. Hay haaaayyy! (No, I am not drunk while I'm writing this).