Northbound Smokehouse and Brewpub

A new brewpub in the neighborhood? Of course.

We stopped in naturally.
Excellent food: smoked fish and cheese for T, salad for me.
Beer: Big Jim IPA for both of us.

Yum! We will be back.

T bday weekend, part 3

Sunday night: Dinner at The Butcher & the Boar

Reservations for 6:15. We arrived late, but not too late. The restaurant was busy for Sunday night. Nice atmosphere. T ordered an Old Fashioned, which he thought was good ...not sure if he agreed with the waiter that it was the best in the city.

The food was excellent. We had jalapeno poppers, which were made with a PB based filling, apricots, feta. So tasty. I would go back just for those.

Next up was gilled oysters. Perfectly buttery and lemony. Yum.

For the main dish, we ordered the sausage sampler platter - three house made sausages with various accompaniments. All were delicious.

Of course I have no picture of T and I from dinner. We dressed fancy-ish. ...and there is no evidence. As a matter of fact, I think the only picture of he and I from the weekend was taken by H at Target Field ...and I'm pretty sure my eyes were closed.

We finished the evening with a beer at Town Hall Tap. Sweet.

Another Saturday night

We got home late afternoon on Saturday. After doing some unpacking and dog walking, we decided to head out on the town.

First up was dinner at George & the Dragon. The tap beer selection was so-so. I had a Liftbridge IPA. The food was good+. We started with pretzel bread (my favorite!). I had a spinach pesto salad and sausage rolls for dinner. The sausage rolls were housemade sausage rolled in phyllo (super yum!). Definitely a neighborhood place to stop at again, but maybe not a regular spot.

Next up, the new Spiderman movie. It was great!

Joan's in the Park

In an effort to eat at all the wonderful restaurants in the Twin Cities, Marie and I stopped in for dinner at Joan's in the Park.

It wasn't easy to find. Luckily I lived over in Highland Park for a summer, so I had some idea of where on Snelling it was. Still I made a couple u-turns in order to get there. It was Sunday evening; traffic on Snelling was light.

I had scallops with walnut-maple brussel sprouts. The food was a bit over-priced, but delicious. The dining room is small and the tables are well spaced to give enough room for privacy with the cozy feel of being somewhere special.

Chances I will go back: 65%
** percentage would increase if they had a nice patio in the summer. Snelling Ave isn't exactly what you want to look out on in summer time.

Found: good fish tacos

Where: La Chaya Bistro at 46th and Nicollet

The steak tacos are good too.

You can stop in while rerouting around the Lyndale Ave Bridge closure.