Big seafood apps, like a tower of oysters, shrimp and clams, usher in a seafood-focused menu. Whitefish cakes, smoked fish platter, fruit de mer, sturgeon, and blue marlin are all worthy picks. This ambitious restaurant is out to make a brave statement with both decor and food. Almost everything on the menu seems oversized, starting with the appetizer "towers" -- the smallest of which, at $20, includes six oysters, four gulf shrimp and four clams. The sturgeon was cradled in breadcrumbs, crowned by a thick lick of caviar creme fraiche and perched next to a side of diced bacon and, oh yeah, a fried egg. The blue marlin, topped by a hazelnut pesto, lime aioli and a big frizzled tangle of fried leeks, was almost as good, and just as hard to finish. $8-$66.
Tempest Oyster Bar
120 E. Wilson St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
120 E. Wilson St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
4-10 pm daily, late night menu after 10 pm.
Live Music, Restaurant
Seafood
Outdoor Seating, Reservations Accepted
Dinner
Expensive
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Pair with seafood and a hammock
The early summer menu at Tempest Oyster Bar adds a few new notable cocktails. If you do happen to be in a crippled ship, you’ll want these along for the slow ride.
May 22, 2015
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Tempest Oyster Bar is ambitious, promising, and even overwhelming
2011 hasn't been the best year for Madison dining. Genuinely creative new restaurants aren't opening, and the sad fire at the Underground Kitchen in June read a little like a metaphor. But then, of course, 2011 hasn't been the best year for Madison in general, so there is something almost heroic about Henry Doane's decision to launch an ambitious, expensive restaurant in the middle of all the gloom.
Sep 29, 2011
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