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- takeaways from first episode of 'Top Chef: Wisconsin'
- Restaurant review: Elie's Cafe in Monona survives move followed by pandemic
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- Licking the TV to taste the food
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- The Harvey House lands in top 10 of national 'Best New Restaurant' list
Kamau Bell on the top of L'Etoile with "Top Chef" host Kristen Kish. Most of the “cheftestants” were shown frantically running through the market, dodging other shoppers. The contestants were given $100 each to spend and instructions to meet Kish on the rooftop of neighboring L’Etoile, Madison’s top fine-dining restaurant. Reservations are recommended, though walk-ins are always welcome! As the years go on, stories and memories will help build The Harvey House’s legacy, but right now the owners are enjoying the early days of finding its identity. Co-owners Shaina and Joe Papach met at New York City's Gramercy Tavern, before working in some of the top kitchens in the country.
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Royal Indian Cuisine opened in September 2019 on the Far West Side in the days when lunch buffets could be found in every Indian restaurant in town. At Royal Indian, co-owner Inderjit Kaur is offering carryout and delivery. Jamie Hoang opened Ahan -- “food” in Lao -- inside The Bur Oak this summer after other kitchens didn't work out at the East Side music venue. Hoang said business has been "staying steady and busy with delivery and carryout." Deliveries make up about one-third of Ahan's business, Hoang said.
Harvey House owners to open Butterbird fried chicken spot on Regent - The Capital Times
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takeaways from first episode of 'Top Chef: Wisconsin'
Ten chefs remain and the episode opened with a beautiful view of the isthmus. The remaining cheftestants on the "Supper Club" episode are, from left, Dan Jacobs, Kevin D’Andrea, Rasika Venkatesa, Savannah Miller, Michelle Wallace, Danny Garcia, Laura Ozyilmaz, Manuel "Manny" Barella Lopez and Charly Pierre. Amanda Turner wasn't feeling well and is missing from this scene. Yet in 2018, raising one child and hoping for more, they didn't look east or west but squarely in-between. "We're both Midwesterners," said Shaina, "and we wanted to be closer to family and open our own restaurant, The Harvey House, in a place where there was still room to grow." When Joe Papach and Shaina Robbins Papach decided it was time to claim a sense of home, after bouncing around the country as peripatetic chefs, they knew exactly where to go.
Restaurant review: Elie's Cafe in Monona survives move followed by pandemic
Hidden behind Madison’s Historic Train Depot, The Harvey House is a celebration of Wisconsin’s iconic supper clubs. Brought back to life by Midwest natives Shaina and Joe Papach, the old Baggage Claim House (and Train Car!) is now home to a stunning renovation where the history, culture and cuisine of the 19th century collides with modern design and culinary inspiration. She said the chefs would be creating a traditional supper club menu, cooking and serving at the Harvey House, on West Washington Avenue, a modern-day supper club owned by guest judges Joe and Shaina Papach. While relish trays with celery, carrots, radishes, dill or ranch dip, crackers and cheese spread are a hallmark of supper club dining, and usually included with the meal, The Harvey House’s version “built for two” is $18 and not detailed on the menu. We passed, but as it was delivered to nearby tables, I got relish tray envy.
This Wisconsin Restaurant Is Reviving the Midwestern Supper Club Tradition — and It's Housed in a Former Train Station - Travel + Leisure
This Wisconsin Restaurant Is Reviving the Midwestern Supper Club Tradition — and It's Housed in a Former Train Station.
Posted: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:00:00 GMT [source]
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The finishing touches are being put on the renovation of a retired train car from the 1960s, which will host private parties starting in October. If the meal doesn't start with a relish tray the size of a tractor tire, you're not at a bonafide supper club. In the kitchen, Papach focuses on regional flavors and continental classics, driven by French technique. Yes, there’s a relish tray, but it’s not a standard rendition. They will always rotate seasonal crudités and other snacks on the shareable board.
The supper club can seem like an amorphous thing, though there are some concrete signifiers. Having largely evolved in Wisconsin, its spiritual home, it took early root during Prohibition but flowered mid-century, when diners were looking for one big blow-out of a convivial, fancy destination dinner. The husband-wife duo, with restaurants including The French Laundry, Quince and Chez Panisse on their combined resumes, met while cooking at New York’s Gramercy Tavern. After years in acclaimed kitchens on the coasts, it was time for the couple to make their way home, landing in Madison, where Shaina grew up the daughter of a classically trained baker.
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I realize beef prices are skyrocketing, but by comparison, L’Etoile’s ribeye is $55. If you think it’s all cheese curds and walleye, you’re wrong. Starring on the "Supper Club" episode are, from left, Tom Colicchio, Kristine Miller, Tory Miller, W. Kamau Bell, Gail Simmons, Shaina Papach, Joe Papach and Kristen Kish.
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Our meal in the downstairs glassed-in dining room started with two dinner rolls that were warm, dense, a touch sweet and sprinkled with sea salt on top. At the judges’ table dinner, Miller said, “Supper clubs are very big in our family,” then looked across the table at his wife, Kristine Miller, who agreed. “When you add that all up, does anyone know what that becomes? The chefs cooked at stations on the rooftop with the Capitol as a backdrop.
The Harvey House lands in top 10 of national 'Best New Restaurant' list
All the classics are here, and they’re poured to perfection. From a pre-dinner martini (with an ice-cold promise) to their whiskey sour (a drink that I can confidently say is the best I’ve ever had), the cocktails at The Harvey House are a perfect start to your evening. Of course, if you prefer wine or beer, there is no shortage of either.
Though the pandemic meant a pause the reopened club came roaring back this spring, packed with a fresh, younger crowd of supper club fans feeding off an eclectic menu. Staying true to the original owner's Turkish and Armenian background, the reincarnated Turk's Inn menu features a relish tray that's more of a mezze platter but it never loses sight of its Midwestern roots. The original building’s exposed brick walls, windows and beams and the station’s sliding wood doors have been preserved, but the rest has been completely redone into an elegant, multi-faceted establishment. An expansive open kitchen and a handsome bar anchor the warm and inviting first floor dining room. Upstairs is equally striking, with another full bar, ample seating and a semi-private dining alcove. And a former train platform has been enclosed in glass, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and additional seating.
"It’s the next best thing to being outside without being outside," Parker said. The tavern is also expanding into the space next door that used to be the men's clothing store Context. Williamson Street's new upscale dumpling restaurant, FEAST Artisan Dumpling and Tea House, serves dumplings so good, they don't need dipping sauce. Mike Wang, who opened the restaurant this summer with his wife, Judy Zhu, said business is going OK and that the restaurant is open for dine-in, carry out and delivery.
But the menu itself offers another way to update the supper club's standards, which are essentially a who's who of classic meaty American signature dishes. The luxe entrées here included a wagyu hand roll with caviar. And because this is Vegas the inevitable Cirque-worth aerialists often spin above diners digging into the wagyu prime rib. Midwest natives Joe Papach and Shaina Robbins Papach—both alums of Michelin-starred restaurants across the country—are bringing a fresh dining approach to Madison, Wisconsin, with a celebratory nod to the past.
Ragin Cajun Seafood, in the works for about a year, was delayed by the pandemic, and opened July 10 in the former Ginza of Tokyo on the Far East Side. The restaurant’s basic seafood boil is one of the best splurges a person can make after months of quarantine. Jordan Zhou, the nephew of owner Ting Cai Zhou, said "everything is going well." The restaurant is doing dine-in, carryout and delivery. Kosharie, which opened in late 2019 on Regent Street, is owned by Fawzy Mohamed, whose impressive restaurant resume includes 13 years as executive chef at Smoky’s Club and three years as a sous chef at the Madison Club. Kosharie's namesake Egyptian national dish, above, combines spaghetti, elbow macaroni, rice, lentils and chickpeas. Mohamed said the restaurant is "doing very well for corona time." He's offering takeout and delivery and is able to seat customers at two tables under dine-in restrictions.
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