Madison's street food grew up around its food carts, with the Library Mall and Henry Mall stretch near campus a longtime gathering point. Curd Girl works fried cheese curds from a cart on Henry Mall, alongside the sliders at Slide, while Banzo and Tex Tubb's Taco Palace bring falafel and tacos to the mix. Swagat and Ian's Pizza by the Slice fill out the quick-and-portable end.
Street Food restaurants in Madison
7 street food places in Madison we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Madison · Street Food across every city.
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Banzo
- ★ 4.4
- $
Try Israeli falafel and shawarma platters
Banzo on Sherman Avenue, the falafel cart turned brick-and-mortar Israeli kitchen, runs Capitol Square Saturdays as a Dane County Farmers' Market staple.
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Curd Girl
- ★ 4.6
- $
Try Beer-battered Wisconsin cheese curds
Curd Girl, the city's defining cheese-curd food truck, fries Wisconsin curds in beer batter, rotating Library Mall, farmers markets and breweries.
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Slide
- ★ 4.4
- $
Try Madison-roasted brisket sliders
Slide, the Library Mall lunch slider truck since 2011, slow-roasts brisket and pork for sliders on Wisconsin pretzel buns at the downtown food cart strip.
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Tex Tubb's Taco Palace
- ★ 4.1
- $
Try Tex-Mex tacos and queso
Tex Tubb's Taco Palace on Atwood, the east-side Tex-Mex taqueria since 2006, runs hand-pressed tortillas, queso, brunch and a long late-afternoon happy hour.
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Swagat
- ★ 4.0
- $
Try Indian chaat, samosas and biryanis
Swagat on North High Point Road, the west-side Madison Indian restaurant, runs a long menu of chaat, samosas, curries and biryanis with a lunch buffet.
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Ian's Pizza by the Slice
- ★ 4.6
- $
Try Mac and cheese pizza by the slice
Ian's Pizza on State Street, the State Street outpost of Madison's late-night slice institution founded on Frances Street in 2001, sells mac-and-cheese pizza.
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Curd Girl food truck
- ★ 4.5
- $$
Curd Girl food truck is the madison cheese-curd food truck rotates locations daily; the website map is the only way to catch them in person.