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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.
Tempest Oyster Bar · Downtown
Oyster towers and a seafood forward menu downtown, running from whitefish cakes and a smoked fish platter to sturgeon and blue marlin. It took gold in the 2025 readers' poll for seafood. The kitchen stays open into the evening with a late menu after the main dinner service winds down.
North and South Seafood & Smokehouse · West Side
A West Side smokehouse and seafood kitchen on Mineral Point Road that placed in three separate categories of the 2025 readers' poll, taking a silver in seafood alongside gold for barbecue and a silver for fish fry. The menu pairs slow smoked meats with a full seafood case under one roof.