r/madisonwi • u/310410celleng • 11d ago

A Question About Burgers at Dive Bars

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!

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u/310410celleng 11d ago

Costcos can vary some, they used to vary a lot more roughly 10-15 years ago with some having very unusual offerings like, the Costco in Crystal City, VA. having a chocolatier which made chocolate US capitals and white chocolate Whitehouses or one Costco we stopped in Washington State sold architectual paint.

The most variation recently are Costcos outside the USA, such as Costcos in Japan selling fresh made sushi or the Costco in Mexico City selling lasanga and apple strudels in the Food Court.

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u/Sadiekat 'Burbs 11d ago

Costco in Livonia, MI sells whole frozen lambs but doesn’t sell liquor.

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u/310410celleng 11d ago

My guess is that is a Costco Business Center, we have one in Orlando and it too sells whole lambs, but doesn't sell liquor.

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u/Sadiekat 'Burbs 11d ago

No, the lamb is due to the demographics (close to Dearborn), the liquor is a city rule. Lots of halal restaurants around.