Hotel Restaurant in Madison Spices Things Up

August 2, 2006 at 4:11 PM | by Courtney | 0 Comments

[Ed. Note: Every now and then we like to take some time out and recognize that the Midwest is not just a flyover zone between LA and NY. So if you ever get dropped in Madison, Wisconsin, stay calm. There are actually some things to do there, namely eating. Hotel Maven Courtney reports from her first-hand experience with the city.]

In a city that has more restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the country, you can bet on some good food to satisfy your taste buds while you study these strange Midwestern surroundings. This also means hotel restaurants have to compete harder to keep the food snobs interested.

Madison is an island in the sea of Wisconsin that is full of diversity, a place where haute cuisine sidles up cozily next to neighbors of a Lebanese cafe and a Vietnamese noodle shop. So the hotel restaurant scene has not really had it's time in the spotlight yet.

The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club is trying to fix that though. They have recently hired a new executive chef, Charles Lazzareschi from San Francisco to head up their new Mediterranean-cuisine restaurant called Ovations.

Dishes include "prosciutto and manchego terrine, roasted rack of lamb with artichoke mashed potatoes and the chef's signature dish, confit of duck with porcini filled crepes and orange-raspberry reduction."

Charles' vision is to use only the freshest ingredients and feature those flavors in each dish," said Stephen Zanoni, General Manager of The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club. "He believes food should have a flavor that people recognize and presents each dish in an artistic, natural way.

Seeing as the hotel is located right on the "Square", a social part of the city, this hotel restaurant stands a real chance at bringing in hungry hoards, even the ones still trying to figure out where the heck they are.

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