2020 claims long list of restaurants and State Street businesses
A list of 22 closed Madison-area restaurants published in the Wisconsin State Journal, along with a story about 31 permanently shuttered State Street stores on Channel3000.com, have driven home the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Most of the businesses on the list have closed and will not be reopening. The list of restaurants are:
- Dragon I;
- Hungry Badger Cafe;
- La Nopalera;
- Pizza Brutta in Middleton;
- The Tin Fox;
- Common Ground;
- Captain Bill’s;
- Manna Cafe & Bakery;
- Doolittle’s Woodfire Grill;
- Helbachs Coffee Roasters;
- Fazoli’s;
- Good Food Low Carb Cafe;
- Potbelly on University Avenue;
- HopCat;
- Pho King Good;
- Freddy Valentine’s;
- Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar;
- Charlie’s on Main;
- Rockhound Brewing Co.;
- Plaka Taverna;
- Sunroom Cafe; and
- Angelo’s in Monona.
Additionally, State Street has seen the closure of 31 stores with an additional 14 in jeopardy of closing. There are now fewer than 120 businesses on State Street.