Chef’s Corner: Eldorado Grill

By Emily Bradley

The Eldorado Grill’s adventurous brunch menu began with a journey to create the perfect biscuit and gravy.

“I couldn’t find [a biscuit and gravy] anywhere that was good to me,” says chef and proprietor Kevin Tubb. “So I was like, ‘That’s it, I’m just going to make them!’”

After perfecting Eldorado’s flaky biscuit and gravy, Tubb reinvented the rest of the Southwest-themed brunch menu, adding innovative twists to everyday breakfasts—including bacon and blueberries baked right into a stack of fluffy pancakes or perfectly poached eggs and corn cakes topped with bacon and a scallion-lime sauce.

“We wanted to be…just a little bit off the beaten path,” Tubb says.

Adding the unexpected to familiar favorites, Tubb has succeeded, delivering  savory flavors of the Southwest to Madison’s near east side with a tasteful aplomb.

Eldorado Grill is located at 744 Williamson St., Madison; (608) 280-9378 or eldoradogrillmadison.com.