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Don't-miss vendors

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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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