Appetizers

• Madison Mushrooms$9.95
  Mushrooms stuffed with Westphalian ham, served with Madeira cream sauce, honors the US President whose name was given to a patch of Wisconsin wilderness in 1836, the year of his death

• Raclette Cheese Hazen$9.95
  Roth Kase raclette cheese melted and served with Bavarian Weisswurst, boiled potato, and pickled vegetables, honors Chester Hazen, who built the first cheese factory in Wisconsin in 1864

• "King" James Strang Tarts$8.25
  Cheese pastry baked with onions, leeks, scallions, cheese, and cream, commemorates the founder of a Mormon community on Beaver Island in 1847 where he declared himself king

• Strudel Gorst$10.95
  Duck and dried cherries in phyllo, served with port wine sauce, celebrates Robert Gorst, founder of a utopian commune in Dane and Green counties in 1850

• Appetizer SamplerSmall (Serves 2-3): $21.95Large (Serves 4-6): $32.95
  A taste of our unique appetizers, to be shared around the table

Salads & Soup

• Romaine & Blue$5.95
  Chopped romaine with Roth Kase Buttermilk Blue Cheese dressing, garlic croutons, and applewood smoked bacon

• Winter Salad$4.95
  Greens, radicchio, endive, escarole, and Napa cabbage, tossed with raspberry walnut vinaigrette

• Evening SoupCup: $4.95Bowl: $6.95
  Chefs nightly special, always made from scratch with lovingly simmered stocks, the old fashioned way

Main Courses

• Includes fresh fruit muffins
• Beef Lathrop$22.95
  Boneless short rib braised in red wine, served on garlic mashed potatoes, with oven roasted root vegetables and pan juices, honors Governor Barstow, who gracefully resigned when the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated his 1856 election because of votes from non-existent precincts

• Whitefish Astor$19.95
  Cracker crumb crusted Lake Superior filets, pan fried in butter, with house-made tartar, parmesan potato, and carrots with honey butter, honors the first commercial vessel on Lake Superior, named for John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest man in America at the time, who had mining interests in the area as well as controlled the fur industry. The vessel sunk in Copper Harbor on the Kewaunee Peninsula in 1844

• Veal Vilas$21.95
  Breaded veal cutlet, stuffed with ham and raclette cheese, pan sautéed in butter, with mushroom sauce, served with red potatoes smashed with garlic butter, cream, and fresh herbs, and honeyed carrots, honors the Madison mayor, who in his 1861 inaugural, stated "People have been swindled so often by those elected... it's not surprising that some look at government as a means by which the few can rob the many"

• Duck Wilcox$25.95
  Semi-boneless roast half duck with a port wine cherry sauce, served with wild rice, and fried apples, honors Westport poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who coined the oft repeated phrase, "Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone."

• Heileman Pork$21.95
  Sauteed pork tenderloin on spatzle with mushroom sour cream sauce, served with braised sweet and sour red cabbage, honors Gottlieb Heileman, who emigrated to La Crosse, Wi in 1857, and established the City Brewing Company in 1858, which became the G.Heileman Brewing Co. in 1871

• Trout Phoenix$21.95
  Oven roasted rainbow trout filets with a crispy smoked trout crust, served on sautéed spinach with fennel cream sauce, with roasted red potatoes, honors the 250 Dutch immigrants who went down with the steamer Phoenix in Lake Michigan on November 21, 1847

• Lamb Nolen*$27.95
  Rack of lamb with a served with oven roasted mushrooms and onions in red wine sauce, and garlic mashed potatoes, honors John Nolen, the father of urban planning, whose recommendations in "Madison: A Model City (1911)" were largely rejected

• Leopold's Feast$17.95
  Delicate crepes with a goat cheese, spinach, and roasted red pepper filling, served in tomato cream sauce, with Parmesan potato and sweet ginger and honey glazed carrots, honors Aldo Leopold, Wisconsin's champion naturalist

• Sterling Beef*
  Our chefs weekly steak special, featuring the finest beef and accompaniments, honors Professor John Sterling, the sole U.W. faculty in 1849, who also ran a second-hand furniture store to supplement his yearly salary of $500

Desserts

• $7.25
• Turtle Pie
  Bavarian chocolate cream over caramel and pecans, a Quivey's original, now a favorite

• Apple Crisp
  Baked fresh daily with an oatmeal crumb crust, served warm with vanilla ice cream

• Chocolate Steamed Pudding
  Traditional English moist cake baked in a steamer served with Ellie's Mom's sauce with ground walnuts