text: Ground Zero was the first coffee shop I visited after moving to Madison and it is still a favorite to this day While there are probably more funky and electic alternatives Ground Zero is a bright solid choice for lingering over a Sunday paper studying or browsing through one of the many Dwell magazines inhabiting the space Choose from hot coffee and tea drinks or something cold from the cooler to go along with pastries and sandwiches and soups made to ordernnGiven its location Ground Zero is popular with Willy Street area residents grad students and others of the mature crowdweekends can be challenging to find a table amongst the laptop crowd tapping the free wifi Parking is plentiful in the building lot or on Williamson St One of the only knocks is the hourscloses at pm on weekdays and pm on Friday and Saturday evenings