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Wisconsin State Journal: Backyard patio is the place to be.

June 9, 2016

Madison.com / Wisconsin State Journal Review by Samara Kalk, June 9, 2016 The lacquered wooden bar is particularly striking, but the spacious backyard dining area is the place to be at this time of year. Hard as it was to hold off, I waited a few months after Buraka’s well-documented move to try the new incarnation of this treasured East African restaurant. That’s because I have a friend, a UW-Madison graduate, who visits from Florida each spring, and while in…

Isthmus: Buraka’s Back

Isthmus Review by Amelia Cook Fontella April 21, 2016 Spicy stews and more are just as good at the new Willy Street location If the wind is blowing the right way down Willy Street, you might catch the intoxicating scent of spice-rich Ethiopian food drifting from Buraka. First a food cart and then a beloved State Street restaurant, Buraka has been a Madison staple since the early 1990s. After being displaced in 2013 for construction of the Hub apartment complex,…