Consistently voted one of the top overall Twin Cities’ restaurants – and one of the most romantic -- La Belle Vie features distinctive French Mediterranean cuisine. Since opening it has consistently topped ZAGAT® Restaurant Surveys for the highest-rated restaurant in Minnesota.

The restaurant’s dinner menu is an exciting, ever-changing Chef’s Tasting Menu that showcases McKee’s creativity and technique while taking advantage of the freshest, seasonal ingredients. The restaurant also features an impressive wine list that Food & Wine magazine declared one of the country’s 10 best wine lists.

The spacious lounge with its cozy sofas, banquets and regal fireplace has its own distinctive menu, offering a selection of casual French bistro-style fare with decidedly sophisticated touches, such as house-made potato chips in three flavors – garlic and rosemary, truffle and curry – and grilled lamb burgers with mint yogurt and hot peppers.

More Praise for La Belle Vie

• "****" - Mobil Travel Guide (La Belle Vie is the only four star rated restaurant in the sate of MN this year)
Mpls/St Paul, “2007 Readers’ Faves” Top ten best restaurants overall, #1 for Service, plus in top five for French, New Restaurant, Romantic, Special Occasion and Wine List
“Best New Restaurant,” “Best Wine List,” “Best Desserts” and – CityPages, 2006.
“Best Wine Lists,” Food & Wine magazine 2006.
• America’s Top 50 Restaurants 2006” Gourmet magazine
“ What magnificent cuisine.” “Seriously good food sets pace at La Belle Vie.” Jeremy Iggers, Restaurant Critic, Star Tribune, 2005
• #1-Rated restaurant in Minneasota – ZagatSurveyR 2003 -2008
• Top 10 Critics’ Choice: Fine Dining/Luxury – “The most luxurious dining experience in town is here.” Mpls/St Paul 2006
• Food & Wine has praised its “marvels of Mediterranean cuisine.”
• "I had two of the best dinners I've ever eaten in Minnesota at La Belle Vie," Dennis Cass, Minnesota Monthly.
• Year’s Best Restaurant’s Overall” – City Pages, 2003.
• Critics Top Restaurants, Top 10 Restaurants, Best French Restaurant, Mpls/St. Paul, 2004
• “Best Local Chef,” City Pages “Annual Best of the Twin Cities,” 2006 and 1999-2003.