Minneapolis Restaurant Reviews - Minneapolis Dining Reviews

Minnesota's Sno-Pac Foods becoming a well-loved brand

Ever done a frozen-pea tasting? Yeah, me neither, until the other day when I fired up every burner on the old Caloric and set four pots of water... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: February 10, 2010

Death by dinner: Burger Jones' Meat Your Maker, Origami's blowfish, and more

So what are the odds that this will actually, uh, kill me? I wondered as I sped downtown to make my 7:30 dinner reservation. I consoled myself... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: February 03, 2010

Subo does Southeast Asian with a French flair

It was, what, 10 degrees outside? And there we were: sipping the sweet juice of a young coconut straight from its shell, which looked something... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: January 27, 2010

Crave, Cooper, and Icon bring convenience to St. Louis Park

Back in the day—before Twitter, before 30 Rock, before voice mail—the only sustenance found within a shopping mall's walls was the... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: January 20, 2010

Il Gatto replaces Figlio in Uptown

The other night, seated in a booth in Il Gatto's clamorous dining room, I reached across the table and scooped up a spoonful of buttermilk ice... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: January 13, 2010

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl dishes on Twin Cities dining scene

I have never in my life had a bartender cut me off, though it nearly happened the other day when I was out to lunch at Barbette with City Pages'... More>>

Rachel Hutton

Published: January 06, 2010

The best new Twin Cities restaurants of 2009

Are you one of those people who reads the Cliffs Notes instead of the book? Procrastinates about studying and then pulls an all-nighter cramming... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: December 30, 2009

Can Good Day Cafe also serve great food at night?

On a recent Sunday morning, an older woman in a long wool coat stood in the vestibule of the jam-packed Good Day Cafe and shouted into her cell... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: December 23, 2009

Sweets Bakeshop and Sugar Sugar candy

Growing up, I was always the weird kid at birthday parties because I never ate the cake. You know the cakes I'm talking about: the flat, white,... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: December 16, 2009

Bar La Grassa: Trendiest table in town

I had my first local sighting of "jeggings" the other night at Bar La Grassa. They are a confident fashion choice that recently arrived from the... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: December 09, 2009

Anchor Fish & Chips offers authentic Irish fare

Unless you arrive especially early or late, there's a good chance that your evening at the Anchor Fish & Chips will begin across the street at... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: December 02, 2009

Anonymous online reviews affecting Twin Cities eateries

They gripe about their server tacking the gratuity onto their bill, without realizing that the sum was actually the valet parking charge. They... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: November 25, 2009

Lyndale Taphouse and Sauce Soundbar bring just the right flavor to Uptown

For all the diversity that Uptown accommodates—just the other day I watched a long-haired guy extract himself from a vintage Cadillac,... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: November 18, 2009

Loring Kitchen and Ginger Hop: The hits and misses

"It's a good life," the website of the Eitel Building City Apartments proclaims, as a synthesized Miami Vice-style soundtrack streams in the... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: November 11, 2009

Om Restaurant serves up nirvana on a platter, Indian-style

After the young, up-and-coming real-estate developer Vik Uppal bought the old Nate's Clothing Building at First Avenue and Fourth Street in... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: November 04, 2009

Kings Wine Bar cooks royally tasty menu from scratch

What does it take to be hip these days? Not long ago it was a mullet, a PBR tallboy, and a pair of tapered jeans. But after a few visits to Kings... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: October 28, 2009

A night with Galactic Pizza's Justice League delivery squad

It doesn't take long to forget that you're wearing spandex, or at least that's what Captain Awesome tells me. And he's right. After about half an... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: October 21, 2009

D'Amico Kitchen follows up legendary era with chic Italian

For quite a long stretch, in the restaurant world, at least, where time is measured in a ratio like that of dog years, D'Amico Cucina was the... More>>

Rachel Hutton

Published: October 14, 2009

Sea Change's Tim McKee brings sustainable seafood to the Guthrie

For the first few weeks after Sea Change opened, every time someone asked me about it, I found myself mentioning three things: The place was run... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: October 07, 2009

Manners 101: Etiquette queen Angelyn Davis gives it to us straight

The St. Paul Hotel's Business Etiquette class hadn't even started and I'd already committed my first faux pas. I realized it—or rather, it... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: September 30, 2009

Restaurant Cru, the Kitchen serve the suburbs fresh gourmet

At the Grand Garage building in downtown Stillwater, someone had hastily taped a homemade sign to the glass doors, right under the words "public... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: September 23, 2009

The Bootleg: Minnesota's signature country-club cocktail

I first heard about the Bootleg from Dean Phillips, of Phillips Distilling, who told me he'd served the drink at the Food & Wine Classic festival... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: September 16, 2009

Butcher Block in Minneapolis offers 29 different kinds of wings

When the waitress at the Butcher Block brought me a plate of chicken wings coated in peanut butter and chocolate syrup, I couldn't help but... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: September 09, 2009

How Minnesotan is the State Fair's fare?

If it's served on a stick, does that make it Minnesotan? Take your sugarcoated fingers out of the mini-doughnut bag and think about it for a... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: September 02, 2009

Gold Nugget, Galaxy Drive-In, and Red's Savoy replace old classics

Who doesn't have a soft spot in her heart for a hole-in-the wall? A place that serves classic American fare as thick with nostalgia as it is with... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: August 26, 2009