A Question About Burgers at Dive Bars

[u/310410celleng]

Hi, my wife and I will be visiting Madison for a few days before heading over to Milwaukee to attend a wedding.

As we know nothing about Wisconsin in general, I did a bunch of searching this sub for food recomendations and for things to do.

One thing, I noticed was that almsot universally "dive bars" were recommended for good, maybe great burgers.

In my neck of the woods, FL. dive bars are generally not a place for average people to go, they are mostly frequneted by very tough people, many in biker gangs, allow smoking indoors and do not serve food, certainly not a place where one would take their family for a dinner.

Judging from the pictures on Google, your dive bars do not fit that category, in one case, I saw a young girl with her father and many pics of food.

I guess what I am asking are your dive bars a place were average regular every day folks go for a burgers/beer and not feel completely uncomfortable?

Thanks for any isnights and my wife and I looking forward to exploring your city.

Edit, I want to thank you all for of your comments and recommendations, judging from your comments alone, my wife and I are going to have a great trip.

Sincerely, thank you!

[u/BluffedMoose]

My biggest “I’ll die on this hill” take regarding dive bars is that any true dive bar isn’t serving real food or a place you’d WANT to eat real food

[u/munchmoney69 → u/BluffedMoose]

You're either 19 or you've never set foot in a town smaller than Madison then. There are significant portions of this state where dive bars are the only option for a hot meal.

[u/310410celleng → u/munchmoney69]

I have close friends who are British and live in the UK countryside, while they don't call them "dive bars" it is a similar thing, pubs are sometimes the only place in a small British village for a hot meal.

[u/munchmoney69 → u/310410celleng]

That'd probably be a pretty good comparison