What are your favorite resturants in Minnesota (including the outerstate)?

[Slig]

Originally Posted by MplsTodd

That's too bad, but I was always amazed they had three locations within about 1.5 miles on Lake. Their restaurant in Midtown Global Market is still open--I ate there last week. Great Cubano Sandwiches!

Nice, I forgot they had a spot there too.

Another of my favorite Mexican restaurants is in the Hi-Lake Center -- I think its called Pinnella's? Great burritos!

YES! Piñeda Tacos rules. Take Chipotle's concept and eliminate the tex-mex element and throw in authentic Mexican ingredients...the result is Piñeda Tacos.

[BORGUSX]

Originally Posted by kurls

Big E’s Soul Food (out of business)
Copeland’s (out of business)
Benihana (MG)
Java
Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits
Rossi’s (out of business)
Dakotah Jazz Club
WA Frost
McCormick and Schmick’s
IHOP (except Brookdale)
Great India (BC)
Chipotle
Pizza Luce

kuris,what is wrong with the IHOP in Brookdale?

Clifford,well even though I am a first generation-born American of Vietnamese descent,my parents still make Vietnamese foods and they aren't Americanized comparing to other immigrants that I know!

I only like some Vietnamese foods and I probably make a vegetarian pho,one day! Since,I heart animals!

[Clifford63]

Originally Posted by BORGUSX

kuris,what is wrong with the IHOP in Brookdale?

Clifford,well even though I am a first generation-born American of Vietnamese descent,my parents still make Vietnamese foods and they aren't Americanized comparing to other immigrants that I know!

I only like some Vietnamese foods and I probably make a vegetarian pho,one day! Since,I heart animals!

Azia is probably not considered true old school. The are marketing that the chef has blended his native cuisine with american. All I know is they have some kickass prawns. Its ok to eat fish because they don't have any feelings at least that is what Kurt Cobain said anyhow.

[kurls]

The Brookdale IHOP is just not up to par. The service sucks, I live about a mile and a half away so I have went there many times since it opened. Almost every occasion I have had poor waitress service (slow) the food is almost always wrong, they are slow to seat you. It just seems to have poor management and employees who don't take their jobs seriously.

[Slig]

That sounds like the average IHOP to me. Don't get me wrong, it hits the spot at 3 in the morning on weekends when you're hammed but other than that it's just another crappy sit down restaurant chain.

[Clifford63]

Originally Posted by Slig

That sounds like the average IHOP to me.

Exactly what I was thinking too.

[kg1701d]

Baboni's in Downtown St Paul.......Kurdish and delicious!