Fairchild Restaurant

Fairchild is hiring FOH & BOH!
To apply for one of these positions, send a copy of your resume & letter of interest to
[email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you!

No plans for your Sunday night? Let us take care of that!

Starting tomorrow we’re offering bottles of wine from our list at fifty percent off. With over one hundred fifty bottles to choose from and knowledgeable staff ready to help find something you love, our list has a little bit of something for everyone.

Reservations still available! Call or visit our website to make yours.

Cold windy days like today call for comfort food, so we’re looking to southern cuisine for some inspiration.

Southern fried veal sweetbreads with chicken & foie gras gravy, braised swiss chard, carrot and tarragon.

We’ve still got open tables for the weekend - this could be all yours!

New menu has landed just in time for the holiday season! Our appetizers include Spanish Octopus and Lovefood Hakurei Turnips - each of which offer a verdant and fresh contrast to the richness of winter cooking at Fairchild.

Spanish Octopus braised and tempura-fried with squid ink, sweet potato-guajillo pave, cippolini onion, frisée and cilantro.
Lovefood Hakurei Turnips, nước chấm, Thai vinaigrette and pickled Black Earth Valley spinach.

Menu for our collaborative dinner with is here!

Tickets for this meal will become available tonight starting at 5pm via Resy. We’ve put together a ten course tasting menu focused on a larder of Andrew’s products with a mixed beverage pairing available.

All proceeds will be donated to Women’s Medical Fund ( ) who supports Wisconsin residents in paying for abortion care and educates and organizes for abortion access in our state.

Head to the events page of our website for more info and secure your seat today!

We’d like to introduce you all to . If you haven’t yet, take a second to scroll through his page and then come back to this post. Feeling hungry, inspired, curious, or mind blown by his inventive fermentation and flavor experiments? So are we.
That’s why we are so excited to announce an upcoming meal with Andy - a multi-course tasting with beverage pairings utilizing a larder of ingredients Andy has put together. Better yet, all proceeds from our collaboration will be donated to Women’s Medical Fund - a Wisconsin based fund that has been ensuring access to abortion since 1972.

Expect delicious things like habanada butternut curry sauce, sweet corn / masa miso syrup, pheasantback mushroom garum, and cider poached ginger turmeric carrot.

More menu and ticket details will follow in the coming days - stay tuned to reserve your seat.

Grilled and raw matsutake mushrooms, Le Puy lentils, savoy cabbage and japanese curry - here ‘til it’s gone!

A very special shout-out to our new Sous Chef Nick Boline. is a true stalwart of the Madison restaurant industry, someone whose drive, determination, and hard work is integral to the experience we create every night. Not only that, but his jovial, caring and honest approach to team members make our restaurant family better.
Chef Nick, thanks for all you do, and congratulations on the new title!

Hey y’all! Quick announcement - half our team is packing up and heading to in Spring Green for their 11th Annual Harvest Moon Dinner. We can’t wait to bring our food to the field for you and celebrate the bounty of late summer - there’s a few tickets remaining for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday; head to the events page of our website for info on how to purchase.

With that said, we are currently no longer accepting reservations at Fairchild for today and tomorrow.
Following this, we will be closing for a week to give our team some time to enjoy the last days of summer!

We will reopen on the first day of fall - Wednesday, September 21, and can’t wait to lean into the comforting flavors of a new season.

See you soon!
-Fairchild Team

New dish alert! Hamachi tartare with habanada pepper, avocado, and cantaloupe. All things bright and late summer-y.

Fairchild will be closed for general dining this evening for a special dinner celebrating the wines of Sonoma, California. This event is sold out. We’ve got more in store for the fall - for information regarding future wine dinners and special events, make sure to check the ‘events’ page of our website.

Are you a line cook or hospitality professional looking for the next step in your career? Our Fairchild family is ready to grow and we are looking to add a couple new faces to our team. Whether you’re new to the industry or a seasoned vet, we would love to hear from you! Resumes may be sent to [email protected], or DM with any questions!