A few years ago I was paired with another female lawyer to give a presentation during an annual meeting of attorneys in our industry. It was the official beginning of the friendship between Country Mouse and City Mouse. She’s my friend from L.A. who I have referenced in a couple of other posts and, in many ways, we couldn’t lead more different lives. She takes her son to the beach in her free time and lunches with Reese Witherspoon (well, in the photo-bombing kind of way, but still); I live a city that warns about the length of time children can be outside without freezing an appendage and my star sightings are local news anchors. Yet we’re thick as thieves, and she recently made her first visit to Minnesota. It was snowing and frigid, and I was sad that I couldn’t share the beauty of the city’s lakes and landscape. So I turned the focus to food and drink, which I happen to think Minneapolis does spectacularly well. I’m a far cry from restaurant critic, I don’t write food copy particularly well, and this certainly is not intended to be a compilation of reviews or even recommendations. It’s just some musings about a few great days of food and drink in the city.
Bruch at Tilia. A favorite spot of mine for lunch and dinner alike, but this was my first experience with brunch. It was delightful, which was not at all a surprise.
Drinks at Marvel Bar. Vodka is kind of our thing, and this is more of a gin joint. Nonetheless, the drinks were as delicious and unique as the setting.
Dinner at 112 Eatery. Spiced nuts to start, tres leches cake to end, gnocchi and other goodness in between.
Drinks at Prohibition and dinner at Manny’s. We had everything you can expect from a weeknight dinner here – expertly crafted drinks, steaks cooked to perfection and to be seated next to a table of fairly drunk businessmen dining on a corporate card.
Drinks and donuts at Lurcat. My favorite place for a good, dependable dirty martini, a lovely setting, great service and, well, donuts.
Reality Check. My initial draft of this post had a ton of detail about how I met my friend, our immediate connection, how much she means to me, etc. Then I realized that without a lot of context, my brief but overly descriptive snapshot of our friendship had very Single White Female vibe to it. Detail nixed.
Katie
January 6, 2015 at 11:28 am (10 years ago)My next dirty martini craving will be cured at Lurcat. Love 112, especially the foie gras.
Kerry
January 6, 2015 at 4:39 pm (10 years ago)112 makes a mean dirty as well, but the blue cheese olives at Lurcat push it over the top for me. (:
megan weizel
January 6, 2015 at 2:29 pm (10 years ago)this post makes me miss minneapolis and drinking dirties with you!
Kerry
January 6, 2015 at 4:35 pm (10 years ago)Me too!!!! ): Soon!! ( ;
Karen
January 7, 2015 at 11:57 am (10 years ago)All of my favorite places that I never get to! Great post.
Kerry
January 7, 2015 at 10:27 pm (10 years ago)Thanks Karen! I know – writing the post made me want to go visit all of them again very soon. I was a lucky girl for those few days!