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The locally owned Parthenon Gyros serves a Greek cuisine. It's been in Madison for a long time as they first opened in 1972. (Credit: Parthenon Gyros website) -
Locally owned Brathaus became State Street Brats in 1989 (Credit: State Street Brats website). -
Mediterranean Café is a locally owned restaurant on State Street that opened on November 1, 1996. (Channel 3000 article) -
The sandwich chain Potbelly opened their first store in Madison in 2003. (Credit: On Milwaukee article) -
The Mediterranean chain Naf Naf originally opened on State Street in 2015 but closed because of the pandemic. It reopened in 2022. (Credit: Channel 3000 article) -
Forage, a locally owned salad bar opened their first store in Madison, Wisconsin in 2015. (Credit: Forage interview) -
Estacion Inka is a small business that serves Peruvian inspired dishes. (Credit: Estacion Inka website) -
Amid COVID-19, Luchador opened up on State Street in the late summer of 2020. (Credit: Channel 3000 Article) -
The chain restaurant, Raising Cane's, opened on State Street in 2021. (Credit: NBC 15 article) -
Small business, Eat the Best Pizza, opened up below the University Bookstore in 2002 inhabiting what used to be a Subway. (Credit: Badger Herald Article) -
Both smoothie and pretzel chains came to State Street in 2022. (Credit: Visit Downtown Madison) -
Sweetgreen, a salad bar chain is one of the newer additions to Madison that opened up in the early fall of 2023. (Credit: Channel 3000 article)