Food Connoisseurs: Jesse Weber
Chances are you've met Jesse Weber. But after hitting up the house parties on Saturday night, you may not remember him.
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Chances are you've met Jesse Weber. But after hitting up the house parties on Saturday night, you may not remember him.
Hawk Schenkel, owner of Hawk's Bar and Grill, 425 State St., opened his restaurant in 2002 in an effort to combine efficiency with upscale casual dining. His ideas were simple: offer quality food to customers and have them place their order from the counter. These ideas were created when Schenkel worked at Amy's Caf??, 414 W. Gilman St., and Caf?? Continental, 108 King St., as well as his own ideas for dining.
Per capita, Madison has more restaurants than any other city in the United States. We love to eat, but what goes into our dining decisions? Most obviously, people look for a certain type of food, taking into consideration the cost and the dining environment.
While most of us were creating a Halloween costume last weekend, Shinji Muramoto of Restaurant Muramoto was creating cuisine.
Where can you go to get macaroni and cheese pizza after a long night of bar-hopping? Only Ian's Pizza, only in Madison. Owner Ian Gurfield said that his restaurant is, 'an expression of creativity through pizza.' At only 28, Gurfield has established a business that is part of the UW-Madison experience, as noted most recently by Sports Illustrated's 'On Campus.' Gurfield's background is in philosophy and economics, but he also had experience working in restaurants, which helped him create a business plan. Ian looked at 50 college towns in which to establish a restaurant, but ultimately chose Madison because he thought the active town was a good fit for his business. Most students don't need to eat much pizza to realize Ian's is not only good, but a perfect fit for campus dining.
Imagine making 120 pie crusts one morning and 1,000 pounds of chili the next. If you were John Anderson, a relief cook for the Resident Hall Commissary at UW-Madison, it would be routine. The Commissary makes most of the food for University Housing Food Service.
When most of us are wrapping up our spring semester, one local business owner is just starting his. Eric Roang, owner of The Fruit Stand located on Library Mall, hates to see everyone head for the hills come mid-May. Roang understands the ebb and flow of campus life, so when August comes, he welcomes students back with a bounty of fruits and dry goods. Roang keeps the stand open as long into the fall as weather allows. He said, \The Fruit Stand belongs to the public, and I am just the caretaker of it.""
If Cheers reruns have made you wish for a place where everyone knows your name, rejoice! Nitty Gritty, 223 N. Frances Street and 1021 N. Gammon Rd., Middleton, is a Madison landmark that prides itself on learning not only customers' names, but also their birthdays. Although it was a legendary blues club in the late '60s, the Gritty became Madison's Official Birthday Bar in 1985.