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Top Things to Do Near Madison Wisconsin
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Great places to get a bite to eat in/near Madison WI
This is an EXPERIENCE and an incredible meal. It is a private event reserved weeks in advance where a small room of people gather to be fed multiple courses of professional food assembled live by chefs. The menu changes monthly based on ingredients a...
DelecTable - Chef Tasting Experience | DelecTable Madison
Mexican food is my favorite and this is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants of all time! this place serves delicious, authentic food that has lovely grill flavors and a variety of meats. I personally love that you can get nopales as a side dish If...
Tapatios Cocina Mexicana
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Best barbecue in Wisconsin that I have found! It’s a great Texas BBQ atmosphere With wonderful kind servers. The hush puppies, mac & cheese, ribs, and brisket are to die for! They even have a variety of sources on table to zest up. You’re already delicious meal. Every time I go here the crust on the brisket is just so good, ...
North and South Seafood & Smokehouse
It sounds insane bc beloit wisconsin isn't where you would think you would get top notch sushi, but at Zen , it is! I have eaten at Sushi restaraunts all around the US & coasts and it hasn't compared to this gem. Great service, atmosphere, variet...
Zen Sushi & Grill
Outdoor Entertainment
Fun outdoor activities and events in/near Madison Wisconsin
Beautiful botanical gardens that is a treasure in Madison Wisconsin. this place is a wonderful destination for casual, walking, plant, viewing, and a great place to take a date! The outside portion is a decent size with a golden Thai hut. That is sup... Check your local listings for the events because they are worth seeing here! Sometimes there’s butterflies, birds, sculptures, and much more!
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
A wonderful part of the non-winter months in Madison, Wisconsin, are all of the fantastic farmers markets! So most famous and fun, one in my opinion, being the downtown on the Square Saturday morning farmers markets. You will find not only a variety ...
Dane County Farmers' Market
Great for all ages, including small children! The fact that we have a free zoo that is so nice just blows my mind! The zoo has a wide variety of animals from all over the world. My personal favorite is the reptile room! There is a lot of little kid f...
Henry Vilas Zoo
A small park with a basketball court, gazebo, playground, water fountains, green space, and my personal favorite a community garden. Every year I pay a fee to have my own garden that is a 10 x 20 space! I got so much food here and I love walking to i...
Community Garden | Meadowood
This is a FANTASTIC art event! 500+ vendors of art from around the US and food and drink vendors. It is extremely popular so there are lots of people there. Bring cash and card. Some booths only accept either or
Art Fair on the Square
An adorable orchard, farm, and playground for all your fall needs! The offer wagon rides, a hay ride, pumpkin patch, pick your own apples, pick your own raspberries, and a play area full of games and playgrounds!
Some days they offer apple sling shot games as well.
This place is cute, hilly, beautiful, and has so many fun activites to do and delicious things to eat! I had their donuts and enjoyed them, picked raspberries, did the hay ride, picked apples, and played in the play areas (kid and adult friendly)
Some days they offer apple sling shot games as well.
This place is cute, hilly, beautiful, and has so many fun activites to do and delicious things to eat! I had their donuts and enjoyed them, picked raspberries, did the hay ride, picked apples, and played in the play areas (kid and adult friendly)
Sutter's Ridge Farm
Indoor Entertainment
Nice & fun indoor entertainment in/near madison wisconsin
A spacious members only gym that is super high-quality, and always clean! this place has it all! Childcare, free classes, weight machines, free weights, I lovely lap pool, a hot tub, a resistance, pool, dry, sauna, wet, sauna, a very large locker roo...
Princeton Club - West
This is not your standard arcade bar! This is a wonderful safe space for people of all ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders. This place has a ton of old and refurbished, classic arcade games with a bunch of new and flashy ones! It has an entire ...
I/O Arcade Bar
Madison’s best live music venue! This is where all the big bands come. I have seen a variety here and my personal favorite was seeing Flogging Molly. This place is well designed directly next to a parking garage with elevators. The venue itself also ...
The Sylvee
A beautiful, well-made piece of architecture that is generally open for the public for free. It has a bunch of extremely nice bathrooms that are great to use during downtown events. Also, the marble decoration in this building is immaculate.
Wisconsin State Capitol
A peaceful and small well upkept kept library that has a variety of resources to offer. I personally use this library to get free seats for my garden every year.
Madison Public Library - Meadowridge