essential dining Fox Heritage Farms Pork Chop Cherry Reduction, Seared Wild-Foraged Mushrooms
HERITAGE TAVERN To Thine Own Self Crispy Skin Sockeye Salmon | Petits Pois á la Française
by Kyle J acobson Growing up in Wisconsin, I always felt I was afforded this fantastic opportunity to connect with the worlds around me— to nature, to neighbors, those I struggle to understand, and those I bond with straightaway. And I don’t think there’s a day that goes by when I’m not reminded of the importance in maintaining the connection I have with the food I eat— food that presents opportunity for community fostering. Heritage Tavern, on Webster and Mifflin, is a Madison restaurant focused on bringing in all sorts for an inclusive bar or dining experience. “We purposefully built a comfortable, approachable restaurant,” says owner Dan Fox. “Wooden tabletops. No tablecloths. Servers are kind of dressed down. A place where I want people doing business of all shapes and sizes, backgrounds. To people coming in
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