"W" is for Whew
Well, we're almost done. After W, the longest new letters are only 3 restaurants each (Y and Z) and that's shorter than any letter we've seen yet. Indeed, if it hadn't been for a long bout of make-ups after W, we'd have been done eating by the time you read this.
As of now, as winter draws near (it's November 29, 2011 - "pay a blogger day" - who knew?!), it's time to reflect that our original goal was to be done with 600 restaurants by May of 2012. That looks reachable right now and it also looks like we'll land between 775 and 800 places visited. This is pretty good when you consider that only about 500 are on the list at any given time. On the first pass (not counting make-ups, that is) we ate at 495 restaurants, wethinks. But we'd also have a heck of a post-Z make-up list and we'd have missed out on a lot of interesting new places.
It's also time to announce that when we do complete the alphabet, we're gonna take a break from Eating in Madison A to Z. We don't know how long we'll be on hiatus or what we'll do next, if anything. If you have thoughts, please feel free to share them in the comments.
Our favorite W's were:
Breakfast: Willalby's
Lunch: Water House
Dinner: Weary Traveler
| Nichole | JM | |
|---|---|---|
| A | 318 43% |
287 39% |
| B | 298 40% |
377 51% |
| C | 111 15% |
77 10% |
| D | 16 2% |
4 0% |
| F | 2 0% |
0 0% |
| 1st Pass | Cumulative | |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3.11 | 3.32 |
| B | 3.15 | 3.20 |
| C | 3.25 | 3.21 |
| D | 3.20 | 3.23 |
| E | 3.03 | 3.04 |
| F | 3.24 | 3.26 |
| G | 3.21 | 3.30 |
| H | 3.16 | 3.24 |
| I | 3.40 | 3.33 |
| J | 3.13 | 3.08 |
| K | 3.08 | 3.17 |
| L | 3.23 | 3.24 |
| M | 3.32 | 3.24 |
| N | 3.15 | 3.17 |
| O | 3.23 | 3.20 |
| P | 3.09 | 3.10 |
| Q | 3.39 | 3.39 |
| R | 3.19 | 3.21 |
| S | 3.14 | 3.18 |
| T | 3.19 | 3.15 |
| U | 3.03 | 3.03 |
| V | 3.48 | 3.48 |
| W | 3.21 | n/a |
Restaurants in Minnesota ;)
Posted by: Beth Thorson | November 29, 2011 at 06:42 PM
So, restaurants that start with the letter 'V' have the highest GPA? Interesting!
Posted by: Jay | November 29, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Next project: visit every city in Wisconsin, or start a blog about ham sandwiches.
Posted by: Timmy | November 30, 2011 at 01:12 AM
I totally get taking a break, but I will really miss reading the blog! Is there another thing you two can tackle that's Madison related? Or maybe move to tasting Wisconsin beer!
Posted by: Marlena | November 30, 2011 at 08:56 AM
"Confidential" to Marlena: Drinking in Madison A to Z might maybe could possibly happen, with some help. We were thinking it would have to work more like Toronto's Serial Diners, though. (I miss reading Ultimate Madison Bar Tour but maybe they meant "ultimate" literally.)
Posted by: Nichole | November 30, 2011 at 09:37 AM
You could also redo the entire list from top to bottom, and give a second take.
Or eat at every restaurant in Milwaukee.
Posted by: Timmy | November 30, 2011 at 03:36 PM
Bravo guys, it's been fun. This blog is one of my daily highlights.
Posted by: LizziePea | December 01, 2011 at 05:16 PM