Earlier this month, the National Restaurant Association released a study that revealed 17 percent of restaurants (110,000) in the country are closed permanently or long term. The Madison area has seen about 25 restaurants close permanently since the March 2020 shutdown (and about 31 all year). However, the number is not as high as you may think:
- In 2019, about 45 restaurants, including Alt n’ Bach’s, Babes, Brocach and Wah Kee, closed permanently.
- In 2018, about 44 restaurants, including Gray’s Tied House, Quaker Steak & Lube and Wasabi, closed permanently.
- In 2017, about 33 restaurants, including Fitzgerald’s, Mermaid Cafe and Opus Lounge, closed permanently.
(The numbers do not include restaurants that changed concepts or renamed themselves.)
UPDATED Dec. 26, 2020: Here is a running list of restaurants in and around Madison, Wis., that have closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Note, this list is not meant to imply that the restaurants closed because of the pandemic, only during it. Please feel free to let us know of others in the comment section.
MARCH
- HungryBadger Cafe
APRIL
- La Napolera
- Pizza Brutta – Middleton
- The Tin Fox
MAY
- Common Ground
JUNE
- Captain Bill’s
- Doolittle’s Woodfire Grill
- Helbachs Coffee House
- Manna Cafe & Bakery
- S&A Cafe
JULY
- Fazoli’s
- Good Food Low Carb Cafe
- Graft
- Potbelly Sandwich Shop
AUGUST
- Helbachs Coffee Roasters and Kitchen
- HopCat (never reopened after temporarily closing in March)
- Landmark Bar & Grill
SEPTEMBER
- Boston’s Pizza
- Chaat Cafe
OCTOBER
- Charlie’s on Main
- Sunroom Cafe (never reopened after temporarily closing in March)
NOVEMBER
- Plaka Taverna
- Rockhound Brewing Company
DECEMBER
- Angelo’s – Monona
- Ground Zero
TEMPORARILY CLOSING OR CLOSED
- The Avenue Club
- Colectivo – Downtown
- Eldorado Grill
- Fresco
- Genna’s Lounge
- Johnny Delmonico’s
- Merci Bar Bistro Lounge
- Mickey’s Tavern
- Ogden’s North Street Diner
- The Ohio Tavern
- Pasqual’s East
- Samba
- Surya Cafe – East and Fitchburg
- Village Green
- Vin Santo
Note: El Poblano is not listed because it moved to Marshall. Pho King Good is not listed because it changed its concept.
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