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Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier makes dozens of chocolates by hand from scratch. |  |
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 | By Maureen Post   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Maureen Post |
| Published Jan. 20, 2009 at 9:26 a.m. |
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It's Madison Week at OnMilwaukee.com. We sent our editorial staff to check out bars, restaurants, retail outlets and cultural venues in order to uncover some of the best of Wisconsin's second-largest city.
Where it is: Located just south of the Williamson Street neighborhood and contained by East Washington Avenue and Lake Mendota, Atwood Avenue is the main retail thoroughfare.
Reasons to go: The Atwood Avenue or Schenks Corners neighborhood is an incredible cultural mix of young families, graduate students and older adults. Home to the Barrymore Theatre, the neighborhood has a great music scene that draws both local and national acts.
Located on the east end of the neighborhood, The Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave., offer luscious outdoor gardens in the summer and a glass pyramid conservatory in the winter.
Reasons to eat there: Monty's Blue Plate Diner (American / vegetarian diner), 2089 Atwood Ave.; Tex Tubb's Taco Palace (Mexican), 2009 Atwood Ave.; Lao Laan Xang (Thai), 2098 Atwood Ave.; Dobhan (Nepalese and Tibetan), 2110 Atwood Ave.
Best coffee shop/café: Café Zoma, 2326 Atwood Ave.
Reasons to shop there: Jennifer Street Market, 2038 Jennifer St.; Revolution Cycles, 2330 Atwood Ave.; Absolutely Art, 2322 Atwood Ave.
Reasons to stop for drinks: Ideal Bar, 1968 Atwood Ave.; Harmony Bar, 2201 Atwood Ave.
Hidden gem: Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier, located at 2086 Atwood Ave., makes rich, delicious dark chocolates in all shapes, flavors and sizes in house by hand.
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Posted by High_Life_Man on Jan. 20, 2009 at 11:07 a.m. (report)
In case you don't know, there is now a Glass Nickel Pizza on Elm Grove Road and Bluemound. Great stuff!
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Posted by danielnathan on Jan. 20, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. (report)
Isn't Glass Nickel on Atwood? That place rules. Although their Santa Fe Chicken sandwich was much better with the sesame seed hoagie before they switched to their multi grain bland variety.
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Posted by Wrick9000 on Jan. 20, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. (report)
This was one of the four neighborhoods I lived in Madison before moving to Milwaukee. It was definitively my favorite, very pedestrian friendly. The food at Harmony is very good as well, often voted best bar food in Madison.
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