2012 Madison Favorites: Places Around Town

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If you took the most offbeat answers to the questions in this category and slung them together, you'd snag your Wi-Fi signal from Octopus Carwash, go dancing at Camp Randall, shoot pool with campus Mormons, listen to live music at the Labor Temple, answer trivia questions at the bowling alley, go to a museum in a funeral home and take visitors to see the state's Department of Health Services offices at 1 W. Wilson St. - a.k.a. "The Building in Madison Most Likely to Have Batman Perched on It."

Favorite Wi-Fi Hotspot

1. Barriques

2. UW Memorial Union Terrace

3. Starbucks

Favorite Place to Dance

1. Plan B

2. Five Nightclub

3. Cardinal Bar

Favorite Place to Play Pool

1. The Great Dane

2. The Brass Ring

3. Crystal Corner

Favorite Live Music Venue

1. High Noon Saloon

2. UW Memorial Union Terrace

3. The Majestic

Favorite Pub Trivia Night

1. Dexter's Pub

2. The Brass Ring

3. The Tipsy Cow and Genna's (tie)

Favorite Place for Karaoke

1. Rock Star Gomeroke at the High Noon Saloon

2. Karaoke Kid

3. Plan B

Favorite Museum

1. Madison Children's Museum

2. The Chazen Museum of Art

3. The Mustard Museum

Favorite Movie Theater

1. Sundance 608

2. AMC Star Fitchburg

3. Market Square

Favorite Tech Start-up

1. Per Blue

2. Murfie

3. Forward Health Group

Favorite Picnic Spot

1. Picnic Point

2. James Madison Park

3. Capitol lawn

Favorite Landmark (that's not the Capitol)

1. UW Memorial Union Terrace

2. Monona Terrace

3. Olbrich Gardens