Madison Restaurant Opening Dates

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  • Parthenon Gyros

    Parthenon Gyros
    The locally owned Parthenon Gyros serves a Greek cuisine. It's been in Madison for a long time as they first opened in 1972. (Credit: Parthenon Gyros website)

  • State Street Brats

    State Street Brats
    Locally owned Brathaus became State Street Brats in 1989 (Credit: State Street Brats website).

  • Mediterranean Café

    Mediterranean Café
    Mediterranean Café is a locally owned restaurant on State Street that opened on November 1, 1996. (Channel 3000 article)

  • Potbelly

    Potbelly
    The sandwich chain Potbelly opened their first store in Madison in 2003. (Credit: On Milwaukee article)

  • Naf Naf

    Naf Naf
    The Mediterranean chain Naf Naf originally opened on State Street in 2015 but closed because of the pandemic. It reopened in 2022. (Credit: Channel 3000 article)

  • Forage

    Forage
    Forage, a locally owned salad bar opened their first store in Madison, Wisconsin in 2015. (Credit: Forage interview)

  • Estacion Inka

    Estacion Inka
    Estacion Inka is a small business that serves Peruvian inspired dishes. (Credit: Estacion Inka website)

  • Luchador

    Luchador
    Amid COVID-19, Luchador opened up on State Street in the late summer of 2020. (Credit: Channel 3000 Article)

  • Raising Cane's

    Raising Cane's
    The chain restaurant, Raising Cane's, opened on State Street in 2021. (Credit: NBC 15 article)

  • Eat the Best Pizza

    Eat the Best Pizza
    Small business, Eat the Best Pizza, opened up below the University Bookstore in 2002 inhabiting what used to be a Subway. (Credit: Badger Herald Article)

  • Jamba Juice and Auntie Anne's

    Jamba Juice and Auntie Anne's
    Both smoothie and pretzel chains came to State Street in 2022. (Credit: Visit Downtown Madison)

  • Sweetgreen

    Sweetgreen
    Sweetgreen, a salad bar chain is one of the newer additions to Madison that opened up in the early fall of 2023. (Credit: Channel 3000 article)