Eating in Madison A to Z

Dining for extroverts

A bajillion favorite places near Madison to eat as an extrovert, offering stimulating ambience, frequently chatty patrons, often a trendy "community" layout, and decent food:

1. AJ Bombers
2. Bradbury's (community tables)
3. Cafe Porta Alba
4. Cooper's (if you can't get the snug)
5. Eno Vino
6. Graze
7. Harold's Chicken Shack
8. Lazy Jane's Cafe
9. Mediterranean Cafe
10. Merchant
11. Mickey's
12. Mickie's Dairy Bar
13. Sardine
14. Sophia's
15. Taqueria Guadalajara
16. Toby's, especially fish fry
17. Umami
18. Underground anything

Where do you like to eat, talk, meet, see and be seen?

See also: Dining for introverts.

Dining for introverts

Ten favorite places near Madison to eat as an introvert, other than at home - offering peaceful surroundings and good food to share with a small group, or to enjoy alone:

1. Barrique's
2. Bradbury's (counter)
3. Cart lunch, on a bench
4. Cooper's (if you can get the snug)
5. Culver's (fast food/"speedy service" restaurants are the most socially acceptable venues for eating alone - what this says about modern views of introversion we leave up to you, dear reader)
6. Indie Coffee
7. Kennedy Manor
8. Laredo's (basically fast food)
9. Ma-Cha
10. Quivey's Grove

Where do you like to eat solo, or quietly with a good friend?

Next up: Dining for extroverts.

(Thanks to EC for the inspiration.)