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Ask Jason: @DeRushaJ Quick! I need a restaurant to go to for 2 birthdays with family including 2 tweens.They can sit for a long time. — MplsK (@KristinLyngaas) January 28, 2015 Four great restaurants for decent-sized groups, celebrations, birthday parties: Libertine...
Is this the best, cheap Mexican food in Minneapolis? It might be. Maya Cuisine has a really kind staff, a truly authentic flavor, and incredibly reasonable prices. We brought our two sons for a Saturday lunch, and they loved it! The tortillas are all made in house,...
Brasa. Just typing those five letters makes my mouth water. Chef Alex Roberts (Restaurant Alma) opened Brasa in 2007. It was tailor-made to have multiple locations, and today there's a second spot in St. Paul. Brasa is so good, and so perfect, and has been for so long...
I love Saffron. It's one of the more underrated restaurants in the Twin Cities. The service is always nice, the decor is cool, the drinks are awesome, and the food is fantastic. Sameh Wadi is a master of spice, and his team in the kitchen is very talented. So when my...
Why so many chain restaurants in the suburbs of the Twin Cities, and so few interesting, locally-owned restaurants? Rent is high, diners are perceived to be less adventurous, I wrote about this in Minnesota Monthly awhile ago. But there are little islands of joy for...
One of my biggest beefs about living in Maple Grove is the lack of locally-owned restaurants. Our food scene is so excellent in the Twin Cities, and we are a largely suburban population, but outside of Pittsburgh Blue (owned by Parasole), Maple Grove has a lot of...
As a suburbanite, finding family-friendly, family-owned, scratch-cooking kitchens isn't easy. So Friday night when I was the emcee of the Robbinsdale Cooper marching band fundraising concert (sorry for partying, people!), I asked on Twitter if anyone had any...
The crust is great, the slices are big, but my favorite things at Hello Pizza near 44th & France in Minneapolis aren't of the pizza variety. It's a salad and a meatball sandwich. The smokey greens salad ($7.50) is big enough for four people to share, or for one...