Heritage Tavern ★ 4.7
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.
Graze is a fine-dining restaurant in Madison.
Graze on Capitol Square, Tory Miller's American gastropub next door to L'Etoile since 2010, sources about 80 percent of its food locally with Capitol views.
Address: 1 S Pinckney 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.
Mint Mark on East Washington, the produce-forward small-plates room with an open kitchen, runs fine-dining brunch and dinner from Wisconsin farm produce.
Sardine on Williamson Street, the long-running French bistro in the historic Machinery Row building on Lake Monona, runs steak frites and moules-frites.
Cento on West Mifflin, the Food Fight group's downtown Italian flagship under chef Michael Pruett, runs handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza and a chef's table.
Lombardino's on University Avenue, the west-side Italian fine-dining room reborn under Michael Banas in 2000, runs hand-cut pasta and wood-fired veal.
Tornado Steak House on South Hamilton, Madison's traditional supper club tier a block off Capitol Square, runs aged steaks and the Friday fish fry every week.