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. Cafe Porta Alba
3. Chocolaterian
4. Cottage Cafe    
5. El Bolillo
6. Forequarter
7. Graze
8. Greenbush Bar
9. Harvest
10. Ichiban
11. Jamerica
12. L'Etoile
13. Lakeview Bakery & Deli
14. Laredo's
15. Maharani
16. New Glarus Hotel Restaurant
17. Quivey's Grove
18. Roxbury Tavern
19. Seafood Center
20. Sow's Ear
21. Village Green

JM's Other A's

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

1. Brass Ring
2. Cold Stone Creamery
3. Dayton Street Cafe
4. Fugu
5. Glass Nickel Pizza
6. Melting Pot
7. New Orleans Take Out
8. Old Feed Mill
9. Original Pancake House
10. Restaurant Muramoto
11. Roman Candle Pizza
12. Sardine
13. Steenbock's on Orchard
14. Taqueria Guadalajara
15. 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. Crossroads Coffeehouse
13. Curry in the Box
14. Curve
15. Dexter's Pub
16. Dining Room
17. Dobhan
18. Edelweiss Cheese Shop
19. EVP Coffee
20. Fresh Cool Drinks
21. Fromagination
22. Johnson Public House
23. Jordandal Cookhouse
24. La Michoacana
25. Lao Laan-Xang
26. Lombardino's
27. Los Gemelos
28. Luangprabang
29. Lucky Seven
30. Madison Sourdough
31. Malt House
32. Manna Cafe
33. Marigold Kitchen
34. Mediterranean Cafe
35. Minerva
36. Monona Bait & Ice Cream
37. Mother Fool's
38. Osteria Papavero
39. Parkway Family Restaurant
40. Pat O'Malley's Jet Room
41. People's Bakery and Lebanese Cuisine
42. Pho Nam Noodle
43. Rising Sons Deli
44. Rossi's Pizza
45. Salvatore's Tomato Pies
46. Schoolhouse Cafe
47. Smoky Jon's #1 BBQ
48. Thai Basil
49. Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery
50. Victory
51. Vintage Brewing Co.
52. Willalby's Cafe
53. Zuzu Cafe

Double A-'s

Places we both liked fairly well.

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

Favorites by meal

These are our single favorite places in each letter for each meal. Some places have closed, but we left them on; 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