Top 12 favorite Ice Cream Scoops
WITH THE EXCEPTION of the hot dog bun, there has never been an edible invention as useful as the ice cream cone. Eat it all and leave nothing behind...
Every culture has its favorite comfort food, and you will find most of them in Minneapolis. A large Vietnamese population means there are dozens of restaurants where the pho is star of the menu (not to mention the city’s plethora of banh mi sandwiches). Minnesota’s own grain, wild rice, dates back to the native-American diet, and you will find a stellar take on it at Hell’s Kitchen, where one of the most popular dishes, featuring wild rice, maple syrup, nuts, and cream, is called mahnomin porridge. Even if they’re not specifically devoted to Scandinavian food, plenty of eateries around town offer Swedish meatballs, lefse and lutefisk, and smoked fish, with shots of Aquavit to back them up. We’re not sure if Somalis consider it comfort food, but you can get a bowl of camel stew at a food-court eatery called Safari Xpress. Hot dish featuring tater tots is more home-cooking comfort food, but it’s so important to Minnesota cuisine that several restaurants around town offer it as a special. One dish that is unique to the city is the Juicy Lucy, which is spelled Jucy Lucy by one of the places that says they invented it. Think of it as an inside-out cheeseburger, with molten cheese (and optional garnishes) secreted inside the meat patty. Minneapolis happens to be a great breakfast city — for new age donuts, colorful diners (vintage and modern) and nutritionally virtuous fare at America’s first certified organic bakery, called French Meadow.
WITH THE EXCEPTION of the hot dog bun, there has never been an edible invention as useful as the ice cream cone. Eat it all and leave nothing behind...
If you have time for only one meal in Minneapolis or Duluth, we strongly urge you not to go to Hell’s Kitchen, which has a location in each city. It is...
We’ve never met a cooked potato we didn’t like. Baked with butter, salt-boiled, fire-roasted, puréed with cream, au gratin, dauphinois, frittered, and french fried—all are surefire transformations of the homely...
Pancakes make people happy. Arriving at the table in the form of short stacks or lofty towers, or fanned out like a haul of soft gold medallions, they are...
As a matter of principle, we are committed to finding food with ample fat, from marbled steaks to chocolate cakes, but even we sometimes yearn for light fare. On...
Al's Breakfast, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, serves the best morning meal in town. Handsome half-moon omelets, creamy scrambled eggs, broad flapjacks made from buttermilk or whole-wheat batter, and crusty hashed...
Airport Food Food in airports is better than it used to be, but when we arrive by plane, we can't get out of the terminal fast enough. By rental car,...
Not that there's anything wrong with a Jucy Lucy inside-out cheeseburger at Matt's Bar or a silver butterknife steak at Murray's, but when we think of Minneapolis, we think...
Why is brunch so wonderful? One, it almost always includes adult beverages. Two, it's far more bountiful than either breakfast or lunch. Three, there's no hurry to eat it:...
The term diner has come to mean almost any inexpensive cafe that serves breakfast. But true diners are an elite class of eatery. They are mid 20th century design...
One morning at the turn of the last century, Lemuel Benedict shuffled into New York's Waldorf Hotel looking for a dish to cure his hangover. He asked for poached...
Donut devotion as fervid as the commitment devotees have for barbecue. Everybody has a favorite kind. From robust cake sinkers to featherweight glazed, styles vary dramatically. In our experience,...
We Americans love our hamburgers, at home and on the road. From mischievous fried sliders to majestic beef pillows oozing juice over coals, burgers are a birthright coast to...
Huevos Rancheros, which means ranch-style eggs, once was an exotic dish that U.S. travelers found only in the southern border-state cafes. With the burgeoning popularity of Mexican food --...
Pancakes are especially appreciated by travelers in search of significant breakfast. While fair to middling ones are on the menu virtually everywhere, restaurants that serve four-star flapjacks are rare....