Swagat is a street-food stop in Madison.
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.
Address: 707 N High Point Rd, Madison, WI 53717
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 and rotating slice creations.
Try: Mac and cheese pizza by the slice
Banzo on Sherman Avenue, the falafel cart turned brick-and-mortar Israeli kitchen, runs Capitol Square Saturdays as a Dane County Farmers' Market staple.
Try: Israeli falafel and shawarma platters
Curd Girl, the city's defining cheese-curd food truck, fries Wisconsin curds in beer batter, rotating Library Mall, farmers markets and breweries.
Try: Beer-battered Wisconsin cheese curds
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.
Try: Madison-roasted brisket sliders
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.
Try: Tex-Mex tacos and queso
