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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Madison Magazine. Updated August 2026.
The Old Fashioned · Capitol Square
A Travel-Wisconsin curd-contest winner on the Square, and quintessential Wisconsin supper-club fare.
The Coopers Tavern · Capitol Square
PBR-batter Ellsworth curds, crispy and served with homemade ranch.
Craftsman Table & Tap · Middleton
A Middleton gastropub whose fried curds took silver in the 2025 Best of Madison readers' poll's Fried Cheese Curds category. The poll's gold went to The Old Fashioned and its bronze to Tipsy Cow, both already covered above.