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| What Madison's Talking About |
| 🚧 Green Avenue/Troy Drive Close For Sewer Project | - Starting Monday, March 30, sections of Green Avenue and Troy Drive on the city’s north side will shut down for a sanitary sewer and asphalt replacement project.
- The road, which is named Troy Drive extending west from North Sherman Avenue and becomes Green Avenue as it turns north, will be closed between Sauthoff Road and Lerdahl Road to all but local traffic.
- The project is expected to be finished in July. [City of Madison]
| | 🇵🇰 Visa Delays Separate Madison Mother From Her Infant Daughter | - The 15-month-old daughter of a U.S. citizen in Madison has been stuck in Pakistan for five months because of immigration restrictions and visa delays.
- Huda Bakhash told News 3 that she brought three of her four children to Madison last September so her oldest daughter could receive treatment for a rare, terminal genetic disease. Visa delays forced her infant daughter Hala to stay behind in Pakistan with her father ever since.
- The family’s next visa appointment isn’t until October. Bakhash has applied for humanitarian consideration and expedited processing, but so far those requests have been denied. [News 3]
| | 🎥 City Wants UW To Take Down Flock Camera | - Madison officials are at odds with both state officials and UW-Madison officials over the legality of Flock Safety cameras on several of the city’s traffic poles.
- Five Flock Safety cameras – one on the UW campus and four around the Capitol Square – have been installed on property that is actually owned by the city. Such cameras have been criticized by privacy advocates, and the City of Madison does not use Flock Safety cameras.
- Assistant City Attorney Doran Viste has asked UW to take down its camera, located in front of the Memorial Union. City officials are reviewing whether the cameras on the Capitol Square are legal under a previous agreement with the state Department of Transportation or not. [ 🔒WSJ, 🎧 City Cast Madison]
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| | | MSO at the Movies presents Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark™ Live in Concert. Introduce your family to the adventure on the big screen with John Williams’ thrilling GRAMMY® Award-winning score, performed live to the film by the Madison Symphony Orchestra | | Tickets start at $34 – get yours now at madisonsymphony.org, and be there this Saturday and Sunday at Overture Hall to experience the hunt for the Lost Ark with your Madison Symphony. |
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| The Best New Restaurants in Madison |
|  | Salvatore’s Tomato Pies are being served at the Fairway Lounge in Fitchburg. (Rob Thomas / City Cast Madison) |
| Each month, we run down the best new restaurants in the Madison area that have either opened or announced plans to open in the near future. If you know of any that we missed, drop us a line at madison@citycast.fm. | | | The former Benvenuto’s Italian Grill location on McKee Road is now a golf simulator lounge that includes a full bar and pizza from Salvatore’s Tomato Pies. | | | The owners of this Monticello barbecue spot have opened a fast-casual version of its restaurant at 567 State St., including brisket sandwiches and mac ‘n’ cheese with pulled pork. | | | This new spot on High Point Road near Alicia Ashman Public Library sells Philly cheesesteak sandwiches as well as other sandwiches and loaded fries. Look for their food truck at various festivals and other events this summer. | | | An upscale Mexican restaurant is coming to the space at 313 W. Johnson St. that Estrellon used to occupy. In the liquor license application submitted to the city, the anticipated opening date is Aug. 1. | | | Mint Mark is opening its own outdoor cocktail bar on the sixth floor of the building it occupies on East Washington Avenue, where you can have a drink and enjoy the view or wait for your table downstairs. They’re shooting for an April 13 opening date. | | | A favorite at the Sun Prairie Farmer’s Market, this bakery is opening its first brick-and-mortar location on Main Street on March 28. | | | After building up a following selling catfish steaks and gumbo from its food truck, Sista’s is opening its own physical location on April 6 at the Amoco gas station at 1129 S. Park St. | | | The space formerly occupied by The Ready Set at 113 S. Main St. will become home to Doc’s Place, a restaurant that will evoke supper club vibes with steaks, relish platters, and “old fashioneds for days.” Expect an April 22 opening. | | |
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