Madison Magazine is presenting Winter Restaurant Week starting Sunday, Jan. 25 and ending Friday, Jan. 30. Restaurant Week allows food lovers to sample some of Madison's finest restaurants for a price that won't break their budget.
During the week, participating restaurants will offer three special, fixed-price, three-course menus for just $25 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included). Some restaurants are also offering a three-course lunch menu for $15 in addition to the dinner special.
Madison's Restaurant Week was modeled after San Diego's highly successful Restaurant Week and is now an annual culinary celebration that allows the community to check out the diverse array of restaurants Madison has to offer.
No tickets, passes or coupons are required, but diners are strongly recommended to make reservations in advance.
To see which restaurants are participating and for more information, visit madisonmagazine.com/winterrestaurantweek. Stay tuned this week for profiles of featured restaurants in The Daily Cardinal.
Today's featured restaurants are The Cabana Room and Samba:
The Cabana Room and Samba Brazilian Grill, 240 W. Gilman St., continuously serve up delectable South American-style dishes. Cabana Room offers lighter lunch and dinner fare. From Bahia fish stew to pulled pork with chimichurri, Cabana's hearty meats and cheeses and spicy citrus sauces tickle all taste buds. Samba, on the other hand, offers an all-out eating extravaganza beginning with a first course featuring a salad bar of over 40 items, ranging from Spanish-style cheese, nuts, grilled vegetables and salads. Save room for the second course. Gauchos walk throughout the restaurant offering skewers of meat roasted over a fire pit and hand-carved at your table.
Cabana Room's lunch menu begins with an appetizer of curry cauliflower soup, mixed field greens, or zesty tomato soup. For the main course, savor the grilled flank steak with glazed carrots, Feijoada - a black bean stew with sausages, bacon and meats - or a cheese, pesto and roasted tomato cubano sandwich. Desserts include flan, coconut banana cream pie or chocolate walnut cake.
To learn more about the Cabana Room, visit thecabanaroom.com. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dinner is served from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. To make reservations, call 608-257-3300.
Discover more about Samba on their website, sambabraziliangrill.com. Dinner is served from 5 p.m. to midnight. To make reservations, call 608-257-1111.
