If all goes to plan, the south side of Madison will welcome Friends Applaud Tavern to the Bay Creek neighborhood in spring of next year.
Adam Benedetto is waiting on a liquor license hearing on Dec. 17, but plans to open the tavern for breakfast, lunch and dinner at 1602 Gilson St. The site used to be Funk Factory Geuzeria and then Black Rose Blending Co. Black Rose closed in November 2024 and the site has been vacant since.
Benedetto told the Wisconsin State Journal it will be an “Irish bar with French sensibilities.”
