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Newer restaurant in mpls that I had the pleasure of going to twice in the last couple of weeks when I was in town for christmas and new years.
It is a small restaurant with a rapidly changing menu and no waiters (the chefs also take orders and serve to keep costs down). 1-2 word descriptions of the dishes are written on chalkboards and erased when the dish is sold out.
The first visit, we went through a group of shared plates (I'm going to forget the details as it was before christmas). Had a charcuterie platter with several excellent pieces of meat (all made in house)--cured pork loin, liver sausage, head cheese, mortadella, and a few others that were quite tasty. With that were some fried oysters that were pretty interesting (not usually an oyster fan).
Then there were 3 more substantial items
-French Toast with Foie Gras. French toast points with some sort of peanut/hazelnut-butter sauce and slices of foie gras torchon.
-Pork Loin done sous vide. I can't remember what vegetable landed on the plate but there were a few blue cheese tater tots with it.
-Little bay scallops and ravioli. Excellent scallops and a few pieces of ravioli with a filling that I can no longer identify.
Finally there was a dessert tray that included a pre-dessert (really just more dessert...). I'm not usually a restaurant dessert fan but I liked almost everything that came out on these trays. I am a big peanut butter fan so the peanut butter bacon cookies and the peanut buttery sauce that came on another dessert were awsome.
With the meal, I was drinking Surly Smoke on tap--it is definitely not a normal drinking beer but I thought the super smokey flavor was great with all of the cured and flavorful meats.
I went back again on Sunday for their $5 burger special. This is the opposite end of the restaurant's spectrum...they serve their "Perfect Burger" with bacon fat fries and apparently also make a phenomenal reuban (if you are into that kind of thing). Instead of lots of small plates (I think they also do a 5-course tasting menu), it is a tasty meal on one plate--and only $5 on sundays. The burger was pretty good (my parents had eaten the burger on a non-special night and it sounds like it might have been a bit better) and the fries were worth the $5 alone.
Having the chefs do the table service was nice--while a good restaurant should have waiters who can talk about the food, it is a nice conversation to have with one of the actual chefs.
Here is an article with a food photo (as I took none)
If you are in the area, it is definitely worth stopping in. Prices are surprisingly low (the french toast easily had more of the foie torchon on the side than a more expensive foie-only appetizer in chicago would give you) and waits were short when I was there.
Newer restaurant in mpls that I had the pleasure of going to twice in the last couple of weeks when I was in town for christmas and new years.
It is a small restaurant with a rapidly changing menu and no waiters (the chefs also take orders and serve to keep costs down). 1-2 word descriptions of the dishes are written on chalkboards and erased when the dish is sold out.
The first visit, we went through a group of shared plates (I'm going to forget the details as it was before christmas). Had a charcuterie platter with several excellent pieces of meat (all made in house)--cured pork loin, liver sausage, head cheese, mortadella, and a few others that were quite tasty. With that were some fried oysters that were pretty interesting (not usually an oyster fan).
Then there were 3 more substantial items
-French Toast with Foie Gras. French toast points with some sort of peanut/hazelnut-butter sauce and slices of foie gras torchon.
-Pork Loin done sous vide. I can't remember what vegetable landed on the plate but there were a few blue cheese tater tots with it.
-Little bay scallops and ravioli. Excellent scallops and a few pieces of ravioli with a filling that I can no longer identify.
Finally there was a dessert tray that included a pre-dessert (really just more dessert...). I'm not usually a restaurant dessert fan but I liked almost everything that came out on these trays. I am a big peanut butter fan so the peanut butter bacon cookies and the peanut buttery sauce that came on another dessert were awsome.
With the meal, I was drinking Surly Smoke on tap--it is definitely not a normal drinking beer but I thought the super smokey flavor was great with all of the cured and flavorful meats.
I went back again on Sunday for their $5 burger special. This is the opposite end of the restaurant's spectrum...they serve their "Perfect Burger" with bacon fat fries and apparently also make a phenomenal reuban (if you are into that kind of thing). Instead of lots of small plates (I think they also do a 5-course tasting menu), it is a tasty meal on one plate--and only $5 on sundays. The burger was pretty good (my parents had eaten the burger on a non-special night and it sounds like it might have been a bit better) and the fries were worth the $5 alone.
Having the chefs do the table service was nice--while a good restaurant should have waiters who can talk about the food, it is a nice conversation to have with one of the actual chefs.
Here is an article with a food photo (as I took none)
If you are in the area, it is definitely worth stopping in. Prices are surprisingly low (the french toast easily had more of the foie torchon on the side than a more expensive foie-only appetizer in chicago would give you) and waits were short when I was there.
