Minneapolis Restaurant Reviews - Minneapolis Dining Reviews

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

Brasa, Barrio, Bulldog set up shop in St. Paul

Something odd has happened to downtown St. Paul. In a city center that has often been desolate enough to film a zombie movie in, groups of people... More>>

By Bridgette Reinsmoen

Published: August 19, 2009

Acqua Restaurant, Margaux's Table give foodies reason to visit White Bear Lake

Chef Margaret Doran's new restaurant, the tiny, lunch-service-only Margaux's Table, has just three components: an open kitchen, a communal... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: August 12, 2009

Tavern on France goes overboard with 400,000 menu options

At Tavern on France the other day, I studied a notepad printed with a list of ingredients and check-boxes as I considered ordering a custom... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: August 05, 2009

Food critic spends day living off the land in Minneapolis

Even from the passenger seat of a car whizzing down the freeway, Teresa Marrone can't help foraging. Scanning the blur of vegetation, she picks... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: July 29, 2009

Northeast Social values old-fashioned camaraderie and great dinners

One warm summer evening not too long ago, I sat at one of Northeast Social's sidewalk tables and watched a man in a white linen suit pour a... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: July 22, 2009

Victory 44 wins as North Side's own gastropub

When Sauced opened in the spring of last year, it was the first restaurant to bring any sort of culinary chic to Minneapolis's North Side. Its... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: July 15, 2009

Worm compost bin produces great garden, clear conscience

About once a week, I toss whatever food scraps I've collected into a plastic bin in my kitchen, and in less than a month they disappear. That's... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: July 08, 2009

Lyn-Lake's Risotto is affordably and casually chic

Risotto, the new Italian restaurant at Lyn-Lake, might be the only place in the area where Andrea Bocelli can play on the stereo without seeming... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: July 01, 2009

Linden Hills' Trattoria Tosca makes the ambitious seem effortless

For the past five years, ever since Harvey McLain moved his Turtle Bread baking facilities out of Linden Hills, neighbors have been waiting,... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: June 24, 2009

Ten great takeout spots in the Twin Cities

It can be downright painful to stay indoors on a pleasant summer day in the Twin Cities. The reverse cabin fever that afflicts so many of us... More>>

By Bridgette Reinsmoen

Published: June 17, 2009

Ten favorite things to eat and drink before Labor Day

Last week I was biking along the Southwest Trail in St. Louis Park when I decided to make my first pit stop of the season at Wagner's Drive-In.... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: June 17, 2009

Cowboy Slim's runs roughshod over old Uptown

The first time I drove up to Cowboy Slim's, in the former home of Campiello on the corner of West Lake Street and Girard, my first instinct was... More>>

By Rachel Hutton

Published: June 10, 2009