Ohio Tavern is a bar in Madison.
Ohio Tavern on Ohio Avenue, the east-side Wisconsin neighborhood tavern, is a longtime local with bar pizza, Friday fish fry and brandy Old Fashioneds.
Food program: Bar pizza, Friday fish fry
Address: 224 Ohio Ave, Madison, WI 53704
State Street Brats on State Street, the campus bar since 1953, runs Wisconsin red and white brats and Spotted Cow taps for game-day Badger crowds.
Signature drink: Red brat with a Spotted Cow
Food: Red and white Wisconsin brats, burgers, cheese curds
The Rigby Pub and Grill on East Main just off Capitol Square is Madison's British-pub bar with a long European tap list, whisky bottles and fish and chips.
Signature drink: Imported European tap beer and whisky list
Food: British pub menu, fish and chips, burgers
Genna's Lounge on West Main, the dim Capitol Square dive next to the Orpheum since the 1970s, runs cheap brandy Old Fashioneds and free popcorn on a long bar.
Signature drink: Wisconsin brandy Old Fashioned
Food: No kitchen, free popcorn
The Plaza Tavern on North Henry, the State Street campus bar that opened in 1930, runs cheap beer pitchers and the legendary Plazaburger under the neon clock.
Signature drink: Beer pitcher and a Plazaburger
Food: Plazaburger, fries, bar food
The Old Fashioned on North Pinckney, the Wisconsin-tavern flagship on Capitol Square, pours hundreds of Wisconsin beers and the brandy Old Fashioned standard.
Signature drink: Brandy Old Fashioned sweet, the city's standard
Food: Wisconsin supper club menu, fish fry, cheese curds
The Coopers Tavern on West Mifflin off Capitol Square is the city's craft-beer-and-Wisconsin-pub flagship with a fish fry, sausages and serious tap list.
Signature drink: Wisconsin craft beer with a fish fry
Food: Gastropub menu, mussels, sausages, fish fry
