2 modern european places in Madison we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Madison | Modern European across every city.
Modern European cooking in Madison means a small set of ambitious, seasonally driven kitchens working from local farms. L'Etoile on Capitol Square is the landmark, a farm-to-table room that helped define that movement in the Midwest. Heritage Tavern nearby on East Mifflin Street carries a similar ingredient-led, refined-tavern approach.
L'Etoile ★ 4.8
1 S Pinckney St, Madison, WI 53703
L'Etoile on Capitol Square, opened by Odessa Piper in 1976 and run by James Beard winner Tory Miller since 2005, is Madison's seminal farm-to-table flagship.
Heritage Tavern ★ 4.7
131 E Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703
Heritage Tavern on East Mifflin, Dan Fox's farm-to-table dining room a block off Capitol Square since 2013, anchors Madison's chef-driven new-American tier.