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by Laura Stephans

Masa | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Masa is a south-of-the-border cantina as modeled by D’Amico & Partners, whose chic vision converts to a bright, high-ceilinged space livened with blown-glass light fixtures, colored tile floors and wainscoting, parachute-cloth hangings, and a smattering of elongated wall paintings.

March 2006

Salut Bar Américain | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Salut Bar Américain keeps getting better, and Phil Roberts and his coterie of concept-driven cohorts seem committed to making it work for everyone.

March 2006

La Belle Vie | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

If you appreciate great cuisine professionally served in a classy, complementary setting, you will share my enthusiasm that La Belle Vie is now conveniently located in the heart of Minneapolis.

February 2006

Thistles | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Thistles is a perfectly decent contemporary American bistro with competent café-style service.

February 2006

The Table Is Set

SLIDESHOW

The arrival of the Room & Board catalog creates as much buzz for loyal customers and mindful magazine editors as an A-list fashion designer’s runway show.

January 2006

Five | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

For most guests, Stewart Woodman's “bistro” cookery Five is a superb “fine-dining” experience with casual French inspiration.

January 2006

Fugaise | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

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

Handbag

Private Shopping Parties | Slideshow

SLIDESHOW

Instead of feeling obligated to attend a friend or coworker’s Avon party, women are hosting private shopping events with quality clothing, jewelry, and accessories that you’ll actually wear.

December 2005

Amore Victoria | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Amore Victoria is an ambitious expansion of a group of restaurants based in much smaller Midwestern cities.

December 2005

Kozy’s

SLIDESHOW

One glance at the menu leaves no doubt that Kozy's is targeting stolid Midwestern tastes in the Galleria.

December 2005

My Prairie Home Movie

SLIDESHOW

When we found out Tim Russell was joining the cast of The Last Broadcast, AKA “The Prairie Home Companion Movie,” we called to ask him to keep a diary. The radio show veteran and WCCO Radio regular was happy to oblige.

November 2005

Tum Rup Thai | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Tum Rup emerges on the Uptown Thai restaurant scene with a decided edge when it comes to flavor and authenticity.

November 2005

LoTo 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

LoTo, named for Lowertown, is David Fhima's concept of a “restaurant marketplace.

October 2005

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant’s new culinary energy under chef Jack Riebel is nothing short of dramatic.

September 2005

Wild Rice | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

And 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

20.21 | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

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

Confluence | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Confluence is a tightly controlled environment, where the staff is bright-eyed and smiling and the food is, by necessity, rigorously fresh.

July 2005

Istanbul Bistro 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Istanbul Bistro is very much like that at other Greek and Middle Eastern restaurants that dot the Twin Cities landscape.

July 2005

Tria | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

Where there used to be overcooked and oversalted baked mussels Tria now has perfectly plumped and seasoned French ale–steamed mussels.

June 2005

The Craftsman | 3 Great Plates

SLIDESHOW

The Craftsman restaurant sits like a glowing beacon on an empty end of its street in Minneapolis, inviting and courageous at the same time.

April 2005


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