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It was a fine year for Twin Cities eaters: An
array of savvy spots with soft prices and super fare swooped down to lift our
spirits and spare our wallets. Here’s the word on what’s hot and why.
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Plenty of fabulous restaurants opened in 2008. From neighborhood pubs to ethnic gems, ours critics—Steven Brown, Beth Dooley, Peter Lienthal, Stephanie March, Adam Platt, and Andrew Zimmern—scoured the city to find the best of the best new eateries in town.
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What do La Belle Vie, Solera, Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque & Pirate Bar, and Barrio have in common? Their sunny cuisines and equally sunny owners—Tim McKee and Josh Thoma. Learn how they built an empire, one restaurant at a time.
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Most of the top ten restaurants in Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Readers Poll are perennials with classic meat (or fish)-and-potatoes restaurants dominating the list. Find out your ten favorites, plus all restaurants by category, in our 2009 Reader's Poll.
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Hungry for something new? Mpls.St.Paul Magazine associate editor Stephanie March takes you on a tour of some of our editors’ picks of the best new restaurants in the Twin Cities, featuring moto-i, Black Sheep Pizza, Barrio, Sen Yai Sen Lek, and The Strip Club.
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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine restaurant columnist and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, Andrew Zimmern, interviews Tim McKee and Josh Thoma, owners of La Belle Vie, Solera, Smalley’s Caribbean Barbeque & Pirate Bar, and Barrio, about the secret sauce to their success. Plus, find out what’s in award-winning chef Tim McKee’s refrigerator.
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The Twin Cities' 2008 best restaurants reviewed by
Mpls.St. Paul Magazine’s dining team: Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern, Peter
Lilienthal, Stephanie March, Adam Platt and Beth Dooley. Find out which
restaurants were voted readers’ favorites in our annual readers’ poll.
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Our Best Restaurants issue goes green! Includes Restaurateurs of the Year, our annual Readers Poll, and more.
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Find the best restaurants in the Twin Cities.
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