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Thistles is a contemporary American bistro with competent café-style service.
February 2006
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North Coast has its sights set higher than the food and service in other local waterfront eateries.
February 2006
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For most guests, Stewart Woodman's "bistro" cookery Five is a superb "fine-dining" experience with casual French inspiration.
January 2006
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To say chef and co-owner Don Saunders' ever-changing and seasonally adjusted, French menu at Fugaise is bold, sophisticated, and creative borders on understatement.
January 2006
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Amore
Victoria is an ambitious expansion of a group of restaurants based in much
smaller Midwestern cities.
December 2005
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One glance at the menu leaves no doubt that Kozy's is targeting stolid Midwestern tastes in the Galleria.
December 2005
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The Craftsman works better these days—though not perfectly—but you can finally see a synchronous attitude and vibe about the place.
December 2005
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Stella's is a great place to meet some friends for a platter of oysters, a piece of grilled fish, and a slice of Key lime pie.
November 2005
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Tum Rup emerges on the Uptown Thai restaurant scene with a decided edge when it comes to flavor and authenticity.
November 2005
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LoTo,
named for Lowertown, is David Fhima's concept
of a “restaurant marketplace.”
October 2005
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Dakota
Jazz Club & Restaurant’s new culinary energy under chef Jack Riebel is
nothing short of dramatic.
September 2005
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To call Wild Rice the best restaurant in Bayfield, or northern Wisconsin, or the
western Lake Superior region is to do it an injustice, because it would be
easily among the Twin Cities’ top ten were the restaurant located
here.
September 2005
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Joe’s Garage is still packin’ ’em in, and the reinvented burgers are still on the menu—but Joe Kaplan and his new chef, Karl Lichtfuss, have tilted the scales toward comfort food.
September 2005
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Fans
of high-end Asian food can rejoice—Wolfgang Puck's 20.21 fills a much needed
void in the local dining scene.
August 2005
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The bulk of Bellanotte’s patrons are out for a stylish night, and Bellanotte is not a restaurant built for critics.
August 2005
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Confluence
is a tightly controlled environment, where the staff is bright-eyed and smiling
and the food is, by necessity, rigorously fresh.
July 2005
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Istanbul
Bistro is very much like that at other Greek and Middle Eastern restaurants that
dot the Twin Cities landscape.
July 2005
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Lurçat remains one of the Twin Cities’ top dining experiences.
July 2005
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With its million-dollar
kitchen and a front of the house wanting for
nothing, Tria was built to be the
classiest of restaurants. With Joan
Ida on board, everything finally clicks.
June 2005
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112
Eatery is the best new restaurant to open in town in years.
May 2005
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