Someone wrote:
: I need to know of any good restaurants in the Minneapolis/St. Paul : area. Of special interest are Italian with good to excellent wine : selections.
Some good Italian restaurants (sorry, don't know too much about their wine lists):
D'Amico Cucina - 100 N. Sixth St., also there are 2 D'Amico and Sons
take out places , one on Hennepin and one on W43rd in Linden Hills.
Ciatti's - several locations around the Twin Cities.
Pronto Ristorante and Cafe - on Nicollet, the cafe is more informal.
Ristorante Luci - Cleveland Ave, in St. Paul, heard lots of good things
about this one.
Broders' Pasta Bar - 50th and Penn, Minneapolis. One reason we are house
hunting in SW Minneapolis! No wine list, though, and only 3.2 beer.
Olive Garden - several locations around the Twin Cities. Rated 5th best
Italian restaurant by the readers of MPLS-St.Paul magazine. ;-)
(I say, its's a joke son; is you smiley impaired or somethin'?)
Buca's - Mpls and St. Paul locations. More famous for their outlandishly
over-sized portions than the food quality. Always packed, always
a long wait. Very informal atmosphere (the St. Paul on has a 6
person table in the kitchen that can be reserved!). Very basic wine
list. Probably not what you're looking for, but worth checking out
for the fun of telling other's that you've been there.
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Chris Kantzes [email removed]
"Als Ik Kan" Minneapolis, MN
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Restaurants in Minneapolis
It's generally agreed (by restaurant critics and magazine polls) that the two best Italian restaurants in Minneapolis are PRONTO RISTORANTE, located downtown in the Greenway complex next to the Hyatt Regency; and D'AMICO CUCINA, also downtown, in the Butler Square building. Both are northern Italian, though Pronto features an additional special menu, which changes monthly, of regional dishes from throughout Italy. Pronto's front room -- known as Cafe Pronto -- is less expensive than its more formal rear dining room, but you can still avail yourself of the full wine list. For family-style southern Italian food, the runaway hit in Minneapolis is BUCA, located downtown on Harmon Place and in St. Paul, on Gannon. Prices are reasonable and portions immense, the decor is Italian Catholic kitsch, and waits tend to be long. This place is totally impractical if you're planning on dining alone. In the Uptown area, there's also FIGLIO, a "California Italian" restaurant (sort of like Spago or the now-legendary Mezzaluna), which when it opened was named by Metropolitan Home magazine as one of the top ten bistros in the country. Since then, Figlio's decor has become a bit dated, but the food has never been better. Prices range from $6 for a focaccia sandwich to $13-15 for the most expensive entree. This restaurant is in the Calhoun Square complex, on the corner of Lake and Hennepin. Loren F. wrote: > I need to know of any good restaurants in the Minneapolis/St. Paul > area. Of special interest are Italian with good to excellent wine > selections.
In article , Loren Flynn wrote: > I need to know of any good restaurants in the Minneapolis/St. Paul > area. Of special interest are Italian with good to excellent wine > selections. Try Grazzi in Minnetonka on Highway 394. They feature a different Italian region each season. I think they are focused on the area around Rome now. Their stuffed calamari, pastas and seafood are excellent. Their wine list is great. It's not a pizza spaghetti place. I still think it is a treasure and a great value.