text: I had fond memories of the Ellas Deli on State Street and the fried pound cake in particular and figured it would be a good second choice for brunch with my daughter when we found Montys Blue Plate Diner was too busy on our visit to Madison What a mistake The restaurant itself is a kitschy tourist trap with grimecovered mechanical toys littering the entire restaurant Entertaining for some perhaps I found it extremely depressing The wait for our food seemed interminable and when it did arrive my omelet was cold flat and hardened I practically wanted to cry realizing we had missed an opportunity for a wonderful breakfast at Montys much less that we had shelled out as much as we had for a disgusting breakfast at Ellas I will not ever come back if I can help it