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Chef-owner Isaac Becker does beautiful work with such high-brow fare as sea scallops with wild mushrooms and seared ahi tuna with chimichurri sauce. But don't miss his great takes on basic bar grub: the sweet-and-sour crab salad, cold cuts-pickles plate, bacon-harissa sandwich, the Twin Cities' best burger. Full menu served to 1 a.m. Monday-Saturday. The restaurant was the Star Tribune's 2005 restaurant of the year. Becker is a 2008 nominee for the James Beard Award's Best Chef: Midwest.
612-343-7696
112 N. 3rd St.
Minneapolis, MN
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At this laid-back coffeehouse, expect to find an ambitious live-music schedule (performed in an adjacent music room), a nicely retro setting and inexpensive fare that effortlessly swings from breakfast (burritos, oatmeal, waffles) to dinner (black-bean burger, smoked trout salad, aoili/three-cheese grilled sandwich). Beyond coffee, there's an impressive beer selection (including 24 tap choices, from Bell's Oberon Ale to Frostop root beer) and more than a dozen affordable wines by the glass.
612-874-8702
329 Cedar Av. S.
Minneapolis, MN
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Definitely Italian-American rather than "authentic" Italian, but it offers more variety and better quality than the usual red sauce restaurant. The restaurant does have deep-fried mozzarella sticks on its menu, and chicken wings, lasagna, manicotti and spaghetti and meatballs. But its more sophisticated offerings range from a lively, garlicky
bruschetta with tomatoes; gnocchi with pistachios and Gorgonzola; a chicken breast Gradiola with spinach leaves, pine nuts, walnuts and pecans, and lobster-filled ravioli topped with caviar. Portion sizes are definitely Italian-American: They are enormous. The weekend brunch menu, served a la carte, includes frittata, omelets and a tasty dish of eggs scrambled with pesto and pasta.
Wine list: Good selection of inexpensive California and Italian wines by the bottle or glass, plus a few more expensive
prestige labels.
612-823-0250
1601 W. Lake St.
Minneapolis, MN
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This second-story Dinkytown hangout does three things exceedingly well: burgers, fries and malts. In fact, if diners don't order a cheddar cheeseburger, a half-basket of the kitchen's hand-cut, skin-on fries and a gigantic malt, then frankly, there's something wrong with them. (OK, there might be a little wiggle room in the Plazaburger department, which is a burger topped with sour cream, onions and chives). Steer clear of the forgettable BLT or the greasy grilled cheese. The hot fudge-banana sundae is second to none, although the Caribbean sundae, a few scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with rum sauce, shredded coconut and slivered almonds, is pretty special. Don't let anyone seat you in the dreary overflow dining room, and if the weather's cooperating, take a table on Annie's amiable deck. There's an inexpensive kid's menu, too.
612-379-0744
313 14th Av. SE.
Minneapolis, MN
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