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The dinner menu offers traditional and nontraditional pizzas (including a Mexican pie with chicken and chorizo), Mediterranean pastas and entrees such as halibut baked in banana leaves with achiote and sour orange, or garlic cilantro rib eye with caper salsa. Weekend brunch includes a special eggs benedict with avocado and green salsa.
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WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
Critics' Scoring
Scores will be assigned based on a 0-100 scale broken down as follows:
100 = Perfect
90 = Excellent
80 = Very Good
70 = Good, not Great
60 = High Average
50 = Average
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20 = Nearly Without Merit
10 = Poor
00 = Worthless
86
Twin Cities Eats
08/08/08
The La Chaya Huevos Rancheros were a far cry more elegant than the in your face hugeness of those from Hell's Kitchen or most of the other restaurants in town. A simple corn tortilla was gracefully topped with perfectly circular fried eggs and salsa.
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80
Minnesota Monthly | Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
06/08
In addition to the solid, simple, organic-when-possible Italian fare is a smattering of artfully upscale Mexican dishes, such as the tiny, perfectly tender poached baby octopus, served with an elegantly understated potato salad, or a large halibut fillet in a green-pumpkin-seed mole.
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74
City Pages | Rachel Hutton
04/28/08
After several visits, I found La Chaya to be a great spot for relaxing with a glass of wine and a little something to nosh on. My favorite appetizer was a plate of oyster mushrooms sautéed with garlic and chiles, scooped onto slices of grilled bread.
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72
Secrets of the City | Jeremy Iggers
3/31/08
I only sampled a few dishes, but I was impressed with the halibut in achiote sauce, and liked the black bean soup a lot.
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72
StarTribune | Rick Nelson
09/25/08
Instead, he's borrowing from his native Mexico -- and from Italy, where he worked -- and devising a menu that wisely doesn't fuse the two cultures but pairs them side by side. It's a welcome change of pace, and, more often than not, it works.
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70
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine | Peter Lilienthal
08/08
Although the tiny open-to-view kitchen might be a limiting factor, I personally would enjoy a menu with a bit more ambition and breadth. There were only seven entrée choices, and only two of them ... offered any notable depth.
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64
Gayot
Chef/co-owner Juan Juarez Garcia lets his customers pick sides by offering a menu that trades in on his native Mexico and on his experiences working in Italy.
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BUZZ
Metro
Top Ten New Restaurants '08
... a handsome neighborhood bistro serving handmade pastas and haute Mexican creations.
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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine | Stephanie March
First Impression
04/08
Allay your fears of meatball-pinata décor-this former KFC has been upscaled with natural colors, warm woods, and sophisticated artwork.
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