

Why is it that we love to eat out? What is it we’re really looking for when we go to a restaurant? It can’t be just the food. I can cook for myself. It can’t be because we don’t have to do the dishes if we eat out (although that’s part of it). It’s not for the conversation; we have the same conversation we would have had if we stayed home (except we might try to sound more posh so anyone overhearing our conversation would think we’re more sophisticated than we are). So why do we go? It’s a question I can answer easily only for a handful of restaurants. Places so special that the more obvious question is: why wouldn’t you eat here? Cafe Porta Alba (or CPA for short), which was in downtown Madison, before recently relocating to Hilldale, is one of those places.



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