MP Dining Company in Mineral Point, WI

We were great fans of Cafe Matou in Bucktown and sorry to see it close. When we found out that the chef owner, Charlie Socher, had opened a restaurant in Mineral Point, we decided to try it out as soon as we had a chance to go up there. We visited last week, and dined in his new restaurant, MP Dining Company. Unlike Matou, the food is not French, but a mix of American comfort food (we saw lots of customers ordering onion rings!) and whatever Charlie wants to cook. We had, among other things, a fantastic appetizer of grilled calamari with a sauce he called Pico de Gallo, which is not quite accurate but gives the general idea. We also had fantastic shrimp and grits as well as brisket braised in beer. I would enthusiastically recommend this to anyone in southwest Wisconsin.

20 Commerce St.
Mineral Point, WI 53565
608.987.0006
www.mpdiningcompany.com

Amazingly, MP may have two great restaurants (I say amazingly because MP is tiny.)
I haven't been, but a friend who has spent time in Japan and generally knows what he's talking about raves about Kusaka in MP for ramen and other Japanese food. I've also heard quite a bit of buzz among Madison folks about it being way better than our local, once-hyped-but-way-mediocre ramen purveyor, Umami.

Kusaka
148 High St
Mineral Point, WI 53565