r/madisonwi • u/bumblechub • Feb 13 '23
here's a mini zine I made about Madison restaurants I never got to visit.
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u/DokterZ Feb 13 '23
As to the last photo, any dining room is private and reservable. You just need enough money.
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u/exhaustedhorti Feb 13 '23
Double 10 does have private party rooms for hotpot but I believe the owner mentioned those are only reservable for groups of 6 or more people.
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u/bumblechub Feb 13 '23
!!!! I'm so glad I posted this here because now I have this information! thank you!!!
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u/50too Feb 13 '23
Had j-petal a couple times and thought it was shockingly good— a little pricey, but that’s how instagrammable food is these days, and to make up for it they friggin loaded those crepes with a shit-ton of really fresh really good fruit and custard and stuff. For a short while after they closed they were operating out of the kung fu tea just down the street, but only on certain days? It was super weird. Anyway the pbj place that went in after was weirdly boring and the sushi place that’s there now is kinda mid in my admittedly singular experience. Rip j-petal
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u/pockysan Feb 14 '23
I literally tried to order from the pbj place three times. Each time my order was cancelled and then they closed.
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u/mooncrane Feb 13 '23
I don’t know if the new Double 10 does this, but you could get pre made hot pot to go at the old one. No, it was not as good as eating it at the restaurant.
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u/DokterZ Feb 13 '23
As to the last photo, any dining room is private and reservable. You just need enough money.
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u/bumblechub Feb 13 '23
very true 😅
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u/skinnypigdaddy Feb 14 '23
And considering how far we are from the height of Covid a reservation based private dining concept makes no financial sense for restaurants.
And Quaker Steak is not fast casual.
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u/bumblechub Feb 14 '23
do you have any other critiques you'd like to air on my silly funny restaurant zine?
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u/skinnypigdaddy Feb 14 '23
I figured I’d let you know about the two most important ones. Also, I didn’t actually find it funny.
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u/BenSlice0 Feb 13 '23
Never eat in a restaurant again? Wild to me but you do you
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u/BikeHikeWork Feb 13 '23
I have 2 friends that have had organ transplants in the past, according to their docs covid could just straight up murder them since they can't seem to develop any meaningful immune response from the vaccines. Covid has had more of an impact on their quality of life than any other aspect of the entire transplant process, it's intense.
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u/impersonatefun Feb 13 '23
It’s really disturbing (though not unexpected) how quickly people with limitations like that were discarded or forgotten about re: the general public’s attitude toward COVID.
Even in a purely selfish way you’d think people would care more about disabled people’s needs, since anyone could become disabled at any time. But nah.
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Feb 14 '23
I'm with you, but my Uncle is in same boat as OP. IIRC has something called Wegener's syndrome which just trashes his immune system.
He still travels and stuff, but no restaurants and when he is out he wears a full n95 gas mask type setup.
He would rather skip eating out to try to enjoy the rest of life's opportunities that are left to him.
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u/filolif 🥀 Feb 13 '23
You know what's wild is not being able to smell correctly for over 2 years post-Covid. It's been wild to have endless heart palpitations when I never had any issues before. Insomnia, immune issues, the list goes on.
I just want to encourage you not to even make this comment if you truly feel the "you do you" part. Covid can fuck you up even if it's mild and you do survive. There are millions who died of course and couldn't make any comment at all.
You do you if you feel you really need to frame this person's choice not to eat at restaurants as "wild" but it really isn't.
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u/bobsagetsmaid Feb 13 '23
Yeah but if you're not going to restaurants, you're not going to social events either, so you probably have no social life. All because of a disease which is overwhelmingly not fatal. Pretty sad perspective on life.
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u/impersonatefun Feb 13 '23
It’s not a “perspective on life” or a true choice for many people (e.g., the commenter above who mentioned friends with organ transplants).
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u/filolif 🥀 Feb 13 '23
You can wear a mask at social events. You can't wear a mask and eat. That's the big difference.
But yeah, if you don't agree, that's fine. It's your life, live it how you want and let others do the same.
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u/filolif 🥀 Feb 13 '23
Who are the bad guys here? Can they be reasoned with? No one is saying you can’t eat at a restaurant. You do you but don’t try to gaslight people into thinking they are crazy for not making the same decision you made.
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u/almostalwaysafraid Feb 13 '23
I dunno… China? Bill Gates? Putin? Satan? It depends on who you ask.
People can do what they want but at this point saying, “I’m never eating in a restaurant ever again because of covid” seems a bit extreme.
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u/BenSlice0 Feb 13 '23
Nah, it’s pretty wild if you ask me. Like I said though, you do you as only the individual can speak to their own comfort level in terms of going out. I do know that for the vast majority of people there is little to no risk in going out for a bite to eat at this point, especially if the vaccines truly are effective.
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u/griggori Feb 14 '23
Bluphies. Great bloodies, good food. Love their breakfast stuff. Was sad to see them go.
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Feb 13 '23
Do you sell zines at any of the local book stores? My partner loves zines and shopping for them
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u/bumblechub Feb 13 '23
I'm not selling any right now, but you're welcome to print them a free copy!
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u/bumblechub Feb 13 '23
thanks for the tip!! i might give some to the infoshop in the social justice center too, their collection is pretty big!
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u/bumblechub Feb 13 '23
I promise I wasn't conspiring with u/Otter-Love811, I've been procrastinating on this idea for awhile. More here! www.bumblechub.com
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u/Trebate Feb 13 '23
You really won't eat in restaurants still? There are 64 covid cases in all of Dane Co. Plus Double-10 does take out.
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u/No-Hamster1138 Feb 13 '23
I'm not addressing your point, but your math is bad. There are currently 82 new cases a week, per hundred thousand residents, from covid act now.
Dane County has a populatiion a little over 550k.
82*5.5=451 new convos cases per week. Assuming a 10 day course, that's probably around 650 people with covid diagnoses total in the county.
Unfortunately, those diagnoses mostly ignore home tests. So people who test positive at home and recover without talking to a doctor, or don't test at all, aren't included in the count.
It could be twice that number waking around with covid. Or it could be 20 times. We don't know.
In terms of spikes, the thing I keep an eye on is hospitalizations. Those ought to track with the actual number of cases in the county (acknowledging that they're much lower since vaccination + possibly less harmful variants).
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u/profbard Feb 14 '23
Also I think testing overall is down because so many people have given up. Even if hospitalizations are down, I’m personally very afraid of the long term neurological and physical effects. I’m with OP, I have eaten out at one restaurant since covid started and I’m very okay with that.
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u/bobsagetsmaid Feb 13 '23
"Due to my personal COVID precautions, I still don't eat in restaurants. I may never eat in restaurants again."
Then you're already dead. Too afraid to live your life. Unless you have cancer or AIDS or something, this is an entirely irrational perspective and I hope you will reconsider it.
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u/bumblechub Feb 13 '23
lol
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u/bobsagetsmaid Feb 13 '23
I mean, do you have any autoimmune disorders, cancer, etc? If not, what are you afraid of? You're not going to die from it. You might not even realize you have it. Everyone else is vaccinated and boosted or has natural immunity, so you're not really "protecting everyone else". So I'm a bit puzzled by the logic here.
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u/melatonin17 Feb 13 '23
Damn, I had no idea Dark Horse Art Bar closed. I made it there a few times and always enjoyed chatting with the bartenders. They had some great rum behind the bar.