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. Forequarter
6. Graze
7. Greenbush Bar
8. Harvest
9. Ichiban
10. Jamerica
11. L'Etoile
12. Lakeview Bakery & Deli
13. Laredo's
14. Maharani
15. New Glarus Hotel Restaurant
16. Olde Town Coffee House
17. OSS
18. Quivey's Grove
19. Roxbury Tavern
20. Sabores Michoacanos
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. Brass Ring
2. Cold Stone Creamery
3. Dayton Street Cafe
4. Fitzgerald's of Middleton
5. Fugu
6. Glass Nickel Pizza
7. Melting Pot
8. New Orleans Take Out
9. Old Feed Mill
10. Original Pancake House
11. Palenque
12. Restaurant Muramoto
13. Roman Candle Pizza
14. Sardine
15. Steenbock's on Orchard
16. Taqueria Guadalajara
17. 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. Bradbury's
8. C's Restaurant and Bakery
9. Caribou Tavern
10. City Bar
11. Crossroads Coffeehouse
12. Curry in the Box
13. Curve
14. Dexter's Pub
15. Dobhan
16. Edelweiss Cheese Shop
17. Ernie's Kettle Korn
18. EVP Coffee
19. 4&20 Bakery & Cafe
20. Fresh Cool Drinks
21. Fromagination
22. Johnson Public House
23. Jordandal Cookhouse
24. La Michoacana
25. Lao Laan-Xang
26. Las Islas del Mar
27. Lombardino's
28. Los Gemelos
29. Luangprabang
30. Lucky Seven
31. Madison Sourdough
32. Malt House
33. Manna Cafe
34. Marigold Kitchen
35. Mediterranean Cafe
36. Minerva
37. Monona Bait & Ice Cream
38. Mother Fool's
39. Norske Nook
40. Osteria Papavero
41. Parkway Family Restaurant
42. Pat O'Malley's Jet Room
43. People's Bakery and Lebanese Cuisine
44. Pho Nam Noodle
45. Riley Tavern
46. Rising Sons Deli
47. Rossi's Pizza
48. Salvatore's Tomato Pies
49. Schoolhouse Cafe
50. Short Stack Eatery
51. Smoky Jon's #1 BBQ
52. Sugar and Spice Eatery
53. Sujeo
54. Thai Basil
55. Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery
56. Victory
57. Vintage Brewing Co.
58. Willalby's Cafe
59. 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 Grille
37. Gumby's Pizza 
38. Ha Long Bay
39. Habanero's Mexican Grill
40. Harmony Bar
41. Heritage Bakery & Cafe
42. Himal Chuli
43. Hong Kong Cafe
44. Hong Kong Station
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. McFarland House Cafe
56. Madison Sweets
57. Maharaja
58. Market Street Diner
59. Mary's Coffee Express
60. Monsoon Siam
61. Monty's Blue Plate Diner
62. Nani
63. Natt Spil
64. Nick's Restaurant
65. Nitty Gritty Restaurant & Bar
66. Old Fashioned
67. Otto's
68. Paradise Lounge
69. Pizza Brutta
70. Plaza Tavern & Grill
71. Potbelly
72. Red Sushi Grill
73. Roast Public House
74. Rolling Pin Bake Shop
75. Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza
76. Rosie's Coffee Bar and Bakery
77. SaladsUP
78. Schubert's
79. Smitty's Study Pub
80. Spring Green General Store
81. Stalzy's Deli
82. Sushi Muramoto
83. Swagat
84. Sweeney's Oakcrest Tavern
85. Takumi
86. Taste of India
87. Tempest
88. Three Sisters Old Town Inn
89. Toby's Supper Club
90. Umami Ramen & Dumpling Bar
91. Vientiane Palace
92. Vin Santo
93. 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