"5"^^ . "2015-02-13T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . "1"^^ . "0"^^ . "Hmmmm... my third five-star review ever (and for some reason the other two are for vegetarian restaurants, and neither are in Madison!)\n\nI think this is my favorite \"nice\" restaurant in Madison. Plenty of other places I'd rather go if I was looking for something specific (like Chinese or Indian!), but if you're looking for a nice dinner somewhere that is neither fancy or formal (but that has food and prices that might fall into that category), this place nails it.\n\nThis is the kind of place where it is clear that the chef has thought about every single thing that is in the dish or on the plate. The kind of place where I find myself thinking about and focusing on every bite.\n\nI guess the only caveat was that my wife was not a fan of the cauliflower soup and thought it was a bit bland (but the mushrooms in it were great). Other than that, everything was phenomenal, and the service was friendly and unpretentious. \n\nI know this place gets pegged as \"Italian\"... it's definitely closer to \"new American\" (whatever that means)."^^ . . . .