text: I am giving this five stars for the Madison area only since it is easily the best restaurant in the city That would still leave it behind a lot of places in Chicago for instance but I want to recognize it for what it is Which is excellentnnFirst visit was merely good Second visit was astounding with every dish bringing novel flavors and perfect executionnnWe opened with some beets marinated in coffee I loved it but there were only four beets There was also something that looked like ground coffee but was also tasty Sadly I cannot recall the menunnNext was a fish chowder Not really a soup but a light sauce on some fish and other meatsvegetables that was only vaguely akin to your normal clam chowdernnOur main courses were a quail preparation on a sweet potato puree and a hanger steak with sweetbreads The former came with two purees actually but I cannot recall the other They were dark and white and when mixed together were downright transcendent The quail was perfectly cooked as well It was the better of the two entreesnnThe hanger steak was very interesting but the weird flavors coming off of it were very close to breaching bad It ended up working and I quite liked the sweetbread but it was the weakest dish of the nightnnThen comes dessert I was initially nonplussed by the offerings The panna cotta creme brulee line of desserts is a bit overdone and I am not going to order a platter of mundane sounding cookies However my wife ordered a Kouign Amann I am so glad she did Kouign Amann is a pastry you can easily mess up in particular making it too bready Not the case here Perfect caramelization all over the top and a flaky muffin bottom full of apple compotennDessert clinched it for me Best place in Madison to eat I sincerely hope the Kouign Amann stays on the dessert menu