Honor roll (favorite restaurants)

These are the places we tend to recommend. Your experience may vary. To the best of our knowledge, all are still open. If you go out and try them, come back and let us know what you think. Here's a map.

• Double A's
• JM's Other A's
• Nichole's Other A's
• Double A-'s
• Favorites by meal

Double A's

Otherwise known as the accursed. About a third two fifths of our Double A's have closed since we visited, compared to one-fifth of the total.

1. Bahn Thai
2. Bluephie's
3. Bunky's
4. Cafe Porta Alba
5. Chocolaterian
6. Cottage Cafe
7. Deli Roma
8. Graze
9. Greenbush Bar
10. Harvest
11. Ichiban
12. Jamerica
13. L'Etoile
14. Lakeview Bakery & Deli
15. Laredo's
16. Maharani
17. New Glarus Hotel Restaurant
18. Quivey's Grove
19. Roxbury Tavern
20. Santa Fe Trailer (cart)
21. Seafood Center
22. Sow's Ear
23. Village Green

JM's Other A's

Places he liked that she maybe didn't, as much.

1. Blue Marlin
2. Brass Ring
3. Cold Stone Creamery
4. Dayton Street Cafe
5. Fitzgerald's of Middleton
6. Fugu
7. Glass Nickel Pizza
8. La Zacatecana
9. Melting Pot
10. New Orleans Take Out
11. Old Feed Mill
12. Original Pancake House
13. Restaurant Muramoto
14. Roman Candle Pizza
15. Sardine
16. Steenbock's on Orchard
17. Taqueria Guadalajara
18. Wonder Bar Steak House

Nichole's Other A's

Places she liked that he maybe didn't, as much.

1. Ale Asylum
2. Ambrosius Chocolatier
3. Angelo's (Monona)
4. Argus Food and Spirits
5. Banzo (cart)
6. Barriques Market
7. Bellini Lounge and Restaurant
8. Bradbury's
9. C's Restaurant and Bakery
10. Caribou Tavern
11. City Bar
12. Country Place Cafe
13. Crossroads Coffeehouse
14. Curry in the Box
15. Curve
16. Deininger's
17. Dexter's Pub
18. Dining Room
19. Dobhan
20. EVP Coffee
21. Fresh Cool Drinks
22. Fromagination
23. Harold's Chicken Shack
24. Ironworks Cafe
25. Johnson Public House
26. Kennedy Manor Dining Room
27. Lao Laan-Xang
28. Lombardino's
29. Los Gemelos
30. Luckenbooth Restaurant
31. Lucky Seven
32. Ma-Cha Teahouse & Gallery
33. Madison Sourdough
34. Malt House
35. Manna Cafe
36. Marigold Kitchen
37. Mediterranean Cafe
38. Mother Fool's
39. Osteria Papavero
40. Paciugo
41. Parkway Family Restaurant
42. Pat O'Malley's Jet Room
43. People's Bakery and Lebanese Cuisine
44. Pho Nam Noodle
45. Rising Sons Deli
46. Rossi's Pizza
47. Salvatore's Tomato Pies
48. Schoolhouse Cafe
49. Smoky Jon's #1 BBQ
50. Thai Basil
51. Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery
52. Victory
53. Vintage Brewing Co.
54. Willalby's Cafe
55. Zuzu Cafe

Double A-'s

Places we both liked fairly well.

1. A*Sakura
2. Admiralty Room
3. Anna's Pizzeria
4. Antler's Tavern
5. Asian One
6. Babe's American Grill
7. Bangkok Cuisine
8. Blowin' Smoke BBQ (cart)
9. Blue Moon
10. Brasserie V
11. Brickhouse BBQ
12. Brocach Irish Pub
13. Cafe Carpe
14. Cafe La Bellitalia
15. Campus Biryani & Kebab
    
16. Capitol Chophouse
17. Caracas Empanadas (cart)
18. Chief's Tavern
19. China Wok
20. Chocolate Shoppe
21. Cinema Cafe
22. Circolo Supper Club
23. Coffee Gallerie
24. Copper Top Restaurant
25. Country Cafe
26. Cousin's
27. Culver's
    
28. Dhaba
29. Eddie's Alehouse and Eatery
30. Fat Jack's
31. 43 North
32. Fosdal Home Bakery
33. Fraboni's Italian Specialties and Delicatessen
34. Gino's 
35. Greenbush Bakery
36. Ground Zero
37. Growler's Bar and Grille
38. Gumby's Pizza 
39. Ha Long Bay
40. Habanero's Mexican Grill
41. Harmony Bar
42. Heritage Bakery & Cafe
43. Himal Chuli
44. Hong Kong Cafe
45. HuHot Mongolian Grill
46. Imperial Garden - West
47. Johnny Delmonico's
48. Kabul
49. Kakilima (cart)
50. La Bamba
51. La Hacienda
52. Lake Vista Cafe
53. Lazy Jane's Cafe
54. Louisianne's Etc.
55. Maharaja
56. Market Street Diner
57. Monty's Blue Plate Diner
58. Natt Spil
59. Nick's Restaurant
60. Nitty Gritty Restaurant & Bar
61. Nostrano
62. Old Fashioned
63. Otto's
64. Porktropolis
65. Papa Bear's BBQ
66. Paradise Lounge
67. Pizza Brutta
68. Plaza Tavern & Grill
69. Potbelly
70. Red Sushi Grill
71. Rolling Pin Bake Shop
72. Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza
73. Sophia's Bakery & Cafe
74. Spring Green General Store
75. Stalzy's Deli
76. Sushi Muramoto
77. Swagat
78. Sweeney's Oakcrest Tavern
79. Taco Shop
80. Takumi
81. Taste of India
82. Tempest
83. Three Sisters Old Town Inn
84. Toby's Supper Club
85. Umami Ramen & Dumpling Bar
86. Vientiane Palace
87. Vin Santo
88. Weary Traveler

Favorites by meal

These are our single favorite places in each letter for each meal. Some places have closed and some letters were too short for three squares.

Breakfast:

1. Bagels Forever
2. C's Restaurant and Bakery
3. EVP Coffee
4. Greenbush Bakery
5. Hubbard Avenue Diner
6. Indie Coffee
7. Java Cat
8. Ken's Cafeteria update 2/12/09: Ken's Cafeteria is now Hunky Dory Cafe.
9. Luckenbooth Resturant
10. Marigold Kitchen
11. Original Pancake House
12. Pat O'Malley's Jet Room
13. Roxbury Tavern
14. Three Sisters Old Town Inn
15. Willalby's Cafe

Lunch:

1. Argus Food and Spirits
2. Bahn Thai
3. Cottage Cafe
4. Deli Delicious
5. Gino's
6. Jamerica
7. Kabul
8. Laredo's
9. Mediterranean Cafe
10. New Orleans Take-Out
11. Osteria Papavero
12. People's Bakery & Lebanese Cuisine
13. Rising Sons Deli 
14. Schoolhouse Cafe
15. Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery
16. Water House Foods

Dinner:

1. Bunky's
2. Cafe Continental
3. Deininger's
4. Ella's Deli
5. Greenbush Bar
6. Harvest
7. India Darbar
8. Kennedy Manor Dining Room and Bar
9. L'Etoile
10. Maharani
11. New Glarus Hotel
12. Old Fashioned
13. Plaza Tavern & Grill
14. Quivey's Grove
15. Seafood Center
16. Umami Ramen & Dumpling Bar
17. Village Green
18. Vintage Brewing Company
19. Weary Traveler