If there’s one thing I have in common with my co-workers, it’s a love of food. So, while we were all working in Madison, Wis., last fall, we made it our mission to find not only the best cheese curds in town, but we expanded our mission to include the best burger as well. Wisconsin is the dairy state after all, and what goes better together than beef and cheese?
I’ve already made it pretty clear in previous blogs that Madison has more than its fair share of bar and grills where burgers and cheese curds are staples on the menu, but while we were researching places to try, Dottie Dumpling’s Dowry seemed to strike a chord with everyone. Maybe it was the alliteration in the name. Maybe its initials invoked something subliminal in men with healthy appetites. Maybe it was the notion that bigger is actually better when it comes to a good, juicy burger (each one begins with six ounces of fresh Wisconsin-raised ground beef). Whatever the case, the place had an impeccable reputation going back 40 years, and we wanted to find out why.
I’ve already made it pretty clear in previous blogs that Madison has more than its fair share of bar and grills where burgers and cheese curds are staples on the menu, but while we were researching places to try, Dottie Dumpling’s Dowry seemed to strike a chord with everyone. Maybe it was the alliteration in the name. Maybe its initials invoked something subliminal in men with healthy appetites. Maybe it was the notion that bigger is actually better when it comes to a good, juicy burger (each one begins with six ounces of fresh Wisconsin-raised ground beef). Whatever the case, the place had an impeccable reputation going back 40 years, and we wanted to find out why.
