Riverview Terrace cafÉ

Located within the Frank Lloyd Wright® Visitor Center, the Riverview Terrace Café is an opportunity not to miss!  The café has a warm and friendly atmosphere with windows that span the entire length of the building.  To top off your experience you will find an unforgettable view overlooking the scenic Wisconsin River!  For those traveling for business or pleasure, the café also has free access to Wi-Fi.  Sit, dine, relax and enjoy!

When: May 1st - October 31st:

9:00am – 4:00pm
Lunch served between 10:30am – 3:00pm 

For dining reservations, please call the café directly at 877-588-7900 ext 232.

Menu specialties include a Hot Italian Turkey BLT, Chilled Salmon Wrap, Char-Broiled 1/3 lb. Burger, Taliesin House Salad and the Chef’s Soup of the Day.  Beverages include coffee, iced tea, soda, beer and wine.  And for dessert, Madison’s Hubbard Avenue Pie!  The full menu is available in here as a .pdf file (requires Adobe Reader to view; click here to download Adobe Reader).

Questions? Call the Taliesin Tour Department toll free at 877-588-7900, or 608-588-7900, or e-mail tours@taliesinpreservation.org.  

History

In 1953, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a building adjacent to the Taliesin® Estate, which he called the “gateway” to Taliesin. Wright designed the building to overlook the Wisconsin River, and intended it to serve as restaurant with a meeting room for his potential clients. While the architect began construction on the building in 1953, he was unable to complete it before his death in 1959. His former apprentices completed the building in 1967 and it operated as an independent restaurant, The Spring Green, for 25 years.

In 1993, Taliesin Preservation, Inc. purchased The Spring Green in order to convert it into a visitor center, with a bookstore and tour program. The building was renovated in 1993 and the next year saw the first full season of tours from the building. Thus, the building finally became the gateway that Wright had envisioned.

The visitor center houses the Taliesin Bookstore, the Riverview Terrace Café, and is the departure point for all tours of the Taliesin Estate. It is free and open to the public from May 1-October 31, and on the weekends in November and April. It also houses offices for TPI tours administration, TPI preservation planning and research, and landscape management.