Tables are only frowned upon when they are used to mark up data that is not even remotely tabular, simply to achieve visual layout.
Yep, especially when nested :-)
Just today I came across a site that nests tables up to 9 levels deep. With a menu of 6 links that uses 5.5kB of code. They were trying to sell me their software that generates this rubbish. I'm telling them that until they clean up their act, I wouldn't recommend it if they paid me :-) But they probably don't care.
Anyway, I digress. If you have tabular data, put it in a table - that's what they are for!
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