Hello hello, Haute Dish, very belated post I know, as I had said in MAY that there would be more to come, and now it's AUGUST and finally, more to come! BELATED yet very ELATED. Jubilant!
Haute Dish, it's been a while. It's been so long, however my mouth still salivates thinking about their famous "tatter tot haute dish". As you may already know I have a very strong passion for braised short ribs. I LOVE short ribs. Not only are they delicious but they are tender, mouth watering, succulent. I am not joking when I say that my mouth is watering right now thinking about short ribs. The sauce, the meat, the best thing around. But back to the grind...Haute Dish WAS fairly new when i posted in May. It was hip, hot and HAUTE. Now, it's still all of those things, but possibly old news. Oh well, it's still news and it's still GOOD NEWS!
Haute Dish is a restaurant that prepares classic midwestern dishes with flair. Presentation and style is impeccable. The way that they present their food is with care, love, and modern design. Modern design and food? Well yahoo yes I say. Mac and cheese with King Crab: classy, Ice Berg Salad with hydroponic tomatoes and homemade dill buttermilk: hits the nail on the head, Duck in a Can (well we sisters didn't go that far.... yeeesh makes me wanna vom, however I have heard hype about it's greatness, yet I don't think gelatinous meat is for me (however I don't know if it's gelatinous, yet after one small bitty taste of lutefisk and I will never touch meat like that again). Overall the food is impossibly tasty, or maybe I was just hungry? Either way I am not kidding when I say that a Tatter Tot Haute Dish makes my mouth water, mouth smile, and mouth burp with delight.
Not only is their food delish, but they have a great selection of beer. I find that often I don't approve of beer selections, yet Haute Dish was an exception. Fully stocked bar with an impressive amount of taps, and even a few homemade cocktails. Fun for the whole family!
The interior of Haute Dish is also warm and friendly. Dark wood, and a wonderful tin ceiling (another favorite of mine). When you step inside Haute Dish is larger than it appears from Washington Avenue.
I know that this is a very late post, however I feel that Haute Dish is something that everyone must check out, and hear about. Better late than never!! ENJOY!
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Butcher Block
The Butcher Block, such a strong name, makes me think of meat, chopping meat, cooking. grilling, spices and peppers. Makes me want to cook, cook, cook, and not some wussy cooking, really cooking- like ribs- and then once they are done eat them with my hands. Or barbarically chew steak right off the bone. Needless to say, as you may guess, the Butcher Block specializes in meat!
The Butcher Block is a small northeast restaurant, tucked away on a busy street--Hennepin Ave. Inside it's alright, nothing too great, mostly because I'm not a fan of fabric covering the walls in lieu of paint or other decorations. It has a nice looking bar, but again small.
Prior to eating there, I would frequently walk by, stopping to look at the menu, and never thought it looked like much. I thought it would be mediocre, nothing special, things that I could make with ease. Oh how wrong I was. Granted I didn't order a full entree (just a small Caesar salad, you know watching the waist line and the wallet--mostly the wallet), I did pig off my sister, brother and boyfriend. And let me tell you, those bites were mouthwatering. Butcher Block offers wings, in 14 different exotic flavors. We all shared some wings, which were mmm, mmm, cumin and lime (YUM!) and sambal chili. They were delightful. Those worked as an app, not leaving us too full, but just perfectly satisfied. Now the entrees... New York Strip, a bit chewy but the brussel sprout with pancetta, made up for all the steak lacked. Best brussel sprouts in town!!! Their "special" pasta dish wasn't all the special. It actually lacked a lot. So, top tip, don't order it. What you should order is this: SPUNTATURA DI MANZO CACCIATORE--AKA SHORT RIBS. Honestly, I'm telling you, no need to look at a menu. So good, so good. This dish won over my heart. It was the envy of everyone at the table. I wanted to lick my brother's plate, even eat the fatty pieces..it was that good. GO THERE. ORDER IT.
As for their drinks, their beer menu is lacking, and they don't have any beers on tap. However, their wine menu is extensive, and impressive (I'm guessing, I don't know wine).
Honestly, I don't have much else to say about the Butcher Block. All I can really remember is that the short ribs were divine. My mind has blocked everything else. The short ribs, the short ribs, the short ribs.... seriously I gotta start turning tricks in order to order the short ribs...and not a damn salad.
The Butcher Block is a small northeast restaurant, tucked away on a busy street--Hennepin Ave. Inside it's alright, nothing too great, mostly because I'm not a fan of fabric covering the walls in lieu of paint or other decorations. It has a nice looking bar, but again small.
Prior to eating there, I would frequently walk by, stopping to look at the menu, and never thought it looked like much. I thought it would be mediocre, nothing special, things that I could make with ease. Oh how wrong I was. Granted I didn't order a full entree (just a small Caesar salad, you know watching the waist line and the wallet--mostly the wallet), I did pig off my sister, brother and boyfriend. And let me tell you, those bites were mouthwatering. Butcher Block offers wings, in 14 different exotic flavors. We all shared some wings, which were mmm, mmm, cumin and lime (YUM!) and sambal chili. They were delightful. Those worked as an app, not leaving us too full, but just perfectly satisfied. Now the entrees... New York Strip, a bit chewy but the brussel sprout with pancetta, made up for all the steak lacked. Best brussel sprouts in town!!! Their "special" pasta dish wasn't all the special. It actually lacked a lot. So, top tip, don't order it. What you should order is this: SPUNTATURA DI MANZO CACCIATORE--AKA SHORT RIBS. Honestly, I'm telling you, no need to look at a menu. So good, so good. This dish won over my heart. It was the envy of everyone at the table. I wanted to lick my brother's plate, even eat the fatty pieces..it was that good. GO THERE. ORDER IT.
As for their drinks, their beer menu is lacking, and they don't have any beers on tap. However, their wine menu is extensive, and impressive (I'm guessing, I don't know wine).
Honestly, I don't have much else to say about the Butcher Block. All I can really remember is that the short ribs were divine. My mind has blocked everything else. The short ribs, the short ribs, the short ribs.... seriously I gotta start turning tricks in order to order the short ribs...and not a damn salad.
Anchor Fish and Chips
Hello again, friends young and old-All spry and hip regardless of age. Deepest apologies for being away for so long, ah how you must have missed us and our large appetites. Well...despite the size of our stomaches, WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS BABAY! Starting out the month of March is Anchor Fish and Chips, a favorite of some local editorials. This blog however, disagrees with all the hoopity hype.
Anchor Fish and Chips, while reasonably priced leaves much to be desired by the taste buds, and leaves a whole lot to be desired after spending time on the royal thrown (aka the pot, aka the krapper, aka the dunny, aka the porcelin god, aka the john, aka the shitter, aka goin' pittles, aka the pool, aka the pissbak, aka, to be polite...taking a dump or a few. The Anchor offers a small menu, nothing vegan or veggie, a poor beer selection, and wet fries coated in grease. While I may not being giving the Anchor the chance it deserves, especially after only eating there one time, I instinctively feel that regardless of how many times I frequent Anchor Fish and Chips, I will still be disappointed and leave with a stomach ache.
The Anchor is in fact so disappointing, that they force you to order food in order to drink. POW! BAM! BANG! KABLOOEY! I think my head just exploded from this absurdity. ABSURD! CATASTROPHIC! UNBELIEVABLE! Honestly, what kind of place, what kind of management, what/where/why/who? Seriously though, they told me I can't drink without eating their shit nasty food. Honestly...I can't even speak-type how pissed that makes me. What kind of restaurant is this?
If someone forces me to go to The Anchor, I possibly would. Only for the fact that so many people have said this is a good place, a top place. I want to be wrong, and I want them to be proven right. Maybe for their breakfast menu on Saturday and Sundays, possibly for their Shepard's Pie, probably even for their curry/gravy chips. BUT NEVER FOR THEIR FISH AND CHIPS! It's quite sad that the name of the restaurant is most likely the worst dish they serve. If I have a hankering for grease nasty fish, I would rather spend $5.00 at McDonalds for their lenten special- the McFish Sandwich. I would rather stick my head in a toilet bowl that has fish swimming around and around. I would rather get some Gordy's fish sticks from my local market and burn them to a crisp.
But I cannot rant all day, and am working on positive thinking, so.... here is some positive aspects about Anchor. It's a great building, tin ceilings, nice red walls (I'm a sucker for red walls), and offers small/quaint booths. Also, another huge A+++ in my book, the ingredients that they use are mostly local and organic (even if they are poorly prepared). I respect and appreciate Twin Cities restaurants supporting local farmers, produce, and businesses.
So after all of this, possibly, maybe, ehhh if you feel a real need, try Anchor Fish and Chips. You may not be disappointed while you slurp down your food, but you surely will be while it is slurping out of you.
Anchor Fish and Chips, while reasonably priced leaves much to be desired by the taste buds, and leaves a whole lot to be desired after spending time on the royal thrown (aka the pot, aka the krapper, aka the dunny, aka the porcelin god, aka the john, aka the shitter, aka goin' pittles, aka the pool, aka the pissbak, aka, to be polite...taking a dump or a few. The Anchor offers a small menu, nothing vegan or veggie, a poor beer selection, and wet fries coated in grease. While I may not being giving the Anchor the chance it deserves, especially after only eating there one time, I instinctively feel that regardless of how many times I frequent Anchor Fish and Chips, I will still be disappointed and leave with a stomach ache.
The Anchor is in fact so disappointing, that they force you to order food in order to drink. POW! BAM! BANG! KABLOOEY! I think my head just exploded from this absurdity. ABSURD! CATASTROPHIC! UNBELIEVABLE! Honestly, what kind of place, what kind of management, what/where/why/who? Seriously though, they told me I can't drink without eating their shit nasty food. Honestly...I can't even speak-type how pissed that makes me. What kind of restaurant is this?
If someone forces me to go to The Anchor, I possibly would. Only for the fact that so many people have said this is a good place, a top place. I want to be wrong, and I want them to be proven right. Maybe for their breakfast menu on Saturday and Sundays, possibly for their Shepard's Pie, probably even for their curry/gravy chips. BUT NEVER FOR THEIR FISH AND CHIPS! It's quite sad that the name of the restaurant is most likely the worst dish they serve. If I have a hankering for grease nasty fish, I would rather spend $5.00 at McDonalds for their lenten special- the McFish Sandwich. I would rather stick my head in a toilet bowl that has fish swimming around and around. I would rather get some Gordy's fish sticks from my local market and burn them to a crisp.
But I cannot rant all day, and am working on positive thinking, so.... here is some positive aspects about Anchor. It's a great building, tin ceilings, nice red walls (I'm a sucker for red walls), and offers small/quaint booths. Also, another huge A+++ in my book, the ingredients that they use are mostly local and organic (even if they are poorly prepared). I respect and appreciate Twin Cities restaurants supporting local farmers, produce, and businesses.
So after all of this, possibly, maybe, ehhh if you feel a real need, try Anchor Fish and Chips. You may not be disappointed while you slurp down your food, but you surely will be while it is slurping out of you.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The Blue Door Pub
The Hot Chicks have taken a couple outings (family and boyfriends included) to the faraway and sometimes mysterious land of St. Paul to visit this bar/restaurant. I love the meaty, juicy, greasy goodness of a burger, and this place has lots of 'em. The Blue Door Pub is located on Selby Ave, and it is teeny tiny. The food here is so good there are always people lined up and squeezed in the entry (and sometimes out the door), so if you can grab a booth or a spot by the windows so you can enjoy your food while watching these people drool while they wait.
The Blue Door Pub offers its take on the infamous "Juicy Lucy," that super yummy ingenious burger with the cheese stuffed inside the ground cow. The BDP calls their burger a "Blucy" (SO clever). With all of the Blucy options, it's like they've taken the classic on a vacation, or dressed it up for Halloween... If you are brave, (Hot Chick is NOT) you could try "The Luau" a burger filled with mozzarella cheese and pineapple chunks, and topped with canadian bacon. The menu has many interesting and exciting, though also kinda gross-sounding options for your tasting pleasure. If you get all jazzed up about burgers, attempt the "Blucy Challenge." The BDP will give you a punch card with each Blucy option listed, and once you have eaten them all (please do not attempt this on one visit) you get a really cute shirt. Make sure to ask for one size up, because you will have a small food-baby sized gut after eating all 10 mouthwatering hamburgers.
Hot Chick loves that the BDP offers many beers on tap that change frequently, and that they support awesome MN breweries, like Summit and Surly. There is also Michelob Golden Light and Schlitz on tap for those of you who like piss water beer. There are about 5-6 options for red and white wine on the menu.
I suggest ordering The Blucy (stuffed with bleu cheese and chopped garlic-YUM) with NO pickles, a side of beer battered green beans, and a Surly Furious for a fantastic meal. Get some cheese curds for an appetizer and while you wait for your food you can sketch on the chalkboard wall. (idea: portrait of that weird looking dude sitting across the bar)
Hot Chick did go to the BDP for lunch on a Sunday, and could NOT be served beer because she was sitting outside. The food was still great, but not the same with a diet Coke. St. Paul has an ordinance to not serve beer to restaurant patrons sitting outside on Sundays. St. Paul, epic FAIL! The Hot Chicks are in favor of beer being served 7 days a week (um, like in Minneapolis).
The Hot Chicks think this is a totally super great place to go on a casual date. Menu items are priced right, and the atmosphere is fun and laid back. Remember to let your Blucy cool a little before taking that first bite, a scorching hot cheese/grease fountain in the face could put a damper on that date.
The Blue Door Pub offers its take on the infamous "Juicy Lucy," that super yummy ingenious burger with the cheese stuffed inside the ground cow. The BDP calls their burger a "Blucy" (SO clever). With all of the Blucy options, it's like they've taken the classic on a vacation, or dressed it up for Halloween... If you are brave, (Hot Chick is NOT) you could try "The Luau" a burger filled with mozzarella cheese and pineapple chunks, and topped with canadian bacon. The menu has many interesting and exciting, though also kinda gross-sounding options for your tasting pleasure. If you get all jazzed up about burgers, attempt the "Blucy Challenge." The BDP will give you a punch card with each Blucy option listed, and once you have eaten them all (please do not attempt this on one visit) you get a really cute shirt. Make sure to ask for one size up, because you will have a small food-baby sized gut after eating all 10 mouthwatering hamburgers.
Hot Chick loves that the BDP offers many beers on tap that change frequently, and that they support awesome MN breweries, like Summit and Surly. There is also Michelob Golden Light and Schlitz on tap for those of you who like piss water beer. There are about 5-6 options for red and white wine on the menu.
I suggest ordering The Blucy (stuffed with bleu cheese and chopped garlic-YUM) with NO pickles, a side of beer battered green beans, and a Surly Furious for a fantastic meal. Get some cheese curds for an appetizer and while you wait for your food you can sketch on the chalkboard wall. (idea: portrait of that weird looking dude sitting across the bar)
Hot Chick did go to the BDP for lunch on a Sunday, and could NOT be served beer because she was sitting outside. The food was still great, but not the same with a diet Coke. St. Paul has an ordinance to not serve beer to restaurant patrons sitting outside on Sundays. St. Paul, epic FAIL! The Hot Chicks are in favor of beer being served 7 days a week (um, like in Minneapolis).
The Hot Chicks think this is a totally super great place to go on a casual date. Menu items are priced right, and the atmosphere is fun and laid back. Remember to let your Blucy cool a little before taking that first bite, a scorching hot cheese/grease fountain in the face could put a damper on that date.
Red Stag Supperclub
This establishment is located in NE Minneapolis, one of the Hot Chicks verymostfavorite places to hang. We really wanted to like this place and gave it a total of four (4!) attempts to wow us with delish dishes. However, to our dismay, all four visits fell extremely short of our expectations.
The Red Stag is the first LEED-CI registered restaurant project in MN, which is very cool if you're into that whole "green" thing. However, this Hot Chick thinks they use it as a gimmick. Like other eateries owned by Kari Bartmann (Bryant Lake Bowl, Barbette), the Red Stag offers live music one or two nights a week and "Cheap Date Night" on Tuesdays, where you can get a bottle of wine, 2 entrees, and dessert for only $32. A steal, but one that provides entree options that leave a lot to be desired.
The drink menu is wonderful (so we'd go back for boozing) but the only thing worth ordering on the menu besides wine, beer, or liquor, is the gnocchi appetizer/side dish. (And maybe the homemade waffle chips that come with most lunch dishes.) Unfortunately, after online menu review, the gnocchi are no longer being served. At the Red Stag, we've experienced: bad wait staff (hipster scumbag with bad attitude and worse attire), cold and undercooked food (VERY bad idea to eat undercooked pork chop), and sitting next to patrons who looked like hippos quickly shoveling their faces full and smacking their lips. Yucka. We loved the atmosphere and decor, which is designed to look like a supper club you would find in the Northwoods of MN. I think it is fun to eat in a place that reminds me of home (Iron Range), but the walleye fish fry served up North is much better. And cheaper.
The Hot Chick's reccomendation: steer clear of the Red Stag Supperclub if you are looking for a great meal. Head instead to another one of Kari Bartmann's restaurants. Like Barbette, in Uptown, which is sure to please.
The Red Stag is the first LEED-CI registered restaurant project in MN, which is very cool if you're into that whole "green" thing. However, this Hot Chick thinks they use it as a gimmick. Like other eateries owned by Kari Bartmann (Bryant Lake Bowl, Barbette), the Red Stag offers live music one or two nights a week and "Cheap Date Night" on Tuesdays, where you can get a bottle of wine, 2 entrees, and dessert for only $32. A steal, but one that provides entree options that leave a lot to be desired.
The drink menu is wonderful (so we'd go back for boozing) but the only thing worth ordering on the menu besides wine, beer, or liquor, is the gnocchi appetizer/side dish. (And maybe the homemade waffle chips that come with most lunch dishes.) Unfortunately, after online menu review, the gnocchi are no longer being served. At the Red Stag, we've experienced: bad wait staff (hipster scumbag with bad attitude and worse attire), cold and undercooked food (VERY bad idea to eat undercooked pork chop), and sitting next to patrons who looked like hippos quickly shoveling their faces full and smacking their lips. Yucka. We loved the atmosphere and decor, which is designed to look like a supper club you would find in the Northwoods of MN. I think it is fun to eat in a place that reminds me of home (Iron Range), but the walleye fish fry served up North is much better. And cheaper.
The Hot Chick's reccomendation: steer clear of the Red Stag Supperclub if you are looking for a great meal. Head instead to another one of Kari Bartmann's restaurants. Like Barbette, in Uptown, which is sure to please.
Black Sheep Pizza
Baaaaa Baaaaaaaa Black Sheep have you any.....Black Sheep pizza is located on Washington Ave. It has a small menu, and if you are clever, you will realize that its menu offers pizza. "Pizza, eeesssh so boring", says the reader. Hot Chick frowns upon this sort of thinking. If Hot Chick could she would eat pizza every single day of the year, 24/7/365 or whatever those numbers claim. And in fact, she does consume pizza frequently. Very frequently. Hot Chick considers herself something of a "pizza connoisseur". And this pizza restaurant, Black Sheep, speaks her language.
Black Sheep is a restaurant to visit when you aren't that hungry, but you are craving pizza. It's menu is limited in appetizers, and desserts. Instead it offers mostly pizza (AH HA! a PIZZA RESTAURANT!). All pizza is coal-fired, so the crust is crispy crusty fresh. It has about 9 or so pizzas that they have dreamt up, but the menu also offers you the option to build your own. Hot Chick, loving pizza as a first born, has done both. When I first dined in this restaurant I ordered a pizza based on ingredients I like (duh!), one ingredient--perhaps my most favorite ingredient of all time-- was garlic. I ordered garlic with my pizza, along with other various vegetables. Let me tell you, if Edward Cullen or whateverhisfaceisgrossickihatetwilight, was around at that moment, he would have dropped dead or ran away (I can't really remember what happens to vampires when in the presence of garlic). So, this is your ALERT:garlic as an ingredient on a pizza at Black Sheep will fill your mouth with garlic for days! If you are going on a date do not order garlic, if you are so inclined to order garlic be prepared to brush you teeth multiple times every ten minutes, and swish with mouthwash so frequently that you fail a breathalizer. The second time I visited Black Sheep I tried one of their pizzas. This pizza was called Hot Salami (yeeeeehawww hot salami) and dried chili pepper. This pizza was tasty, and it was even better when I layered it with even more red hot chili pepper flakes.
What is pizza with out beer and sports? Well, it is still everything without sports (no TV here), but Black Sheep does have drinks! Black Sheep has about 5 or so beers-on-tap, and it also offers bottled beer. For such a small joint I think that it offers quite a nice selection. Black Sheep also offers wine, House Red and House White for $5! STEAL!
Overall I think Black Sheep is a nice place to go on a casual night. It has a fun atmoshere, the servers don't pester you like a mosquitoe trying to get its last fix (uhhhh Bradstreet Craftshouse), and the pizza is down right yummy in the tummy. Plus, it's in like the coolest part of the cityy dawg. Or some would call it that.
Black Sheep is a restaurant to visit when you aren't that hungry, but you are craving pizza. It's menu is limited in appetizers, and desserts. Instead it offers mostly pizza (AH HA! a PIZZA RESTAURANT!). All pizza is coal-fired, so the crust is crispy crusty fresh. It has about 9 or so pizzas that they have dreamt up, but the menu also offers you the option to build your own. Hot Chick, loving pizza as a first born, has done both. When I first dined in this restaurant I ordered a pizza based on ingredients I like (duh!), one ingredient--perhaps my most favorite ingredient of all time-- was garlic. I ordered garlic with my pizza, along with other various vegetables. Let me tell you, if Edward Cullen or whateverhisfaceisgrossickihatetwilight, was around at that moment, he would have dropped dead or ran away (I can't really remember what happens to vampires when in the presence of garlic). So, this is your ALERT:garlic as an ingredient on a pizza at Black Sheep will fill your mouth with garlic for days! If you are going on a date do not order garlic, if you are so inclined to order garlic be prepared to brush you teeth multiple times every ten minutes, and swish with mouthwash so frequently that you fail a breathalizer. The second time I visited Black Sheep I tried one of their pizzas. This pizza was called Hot Salami (yeeeeehawww hot salami) and dried chili pepper. This pizza was tasty, and it was even better when I layered it with even more red hot chili pepper flakes.
What is pizza with out beer and sports? Well, it is still everything without sports (no TV here), but Black Sheep does have drinks! Black Sheep has about 5 or so beers-on-tap, and it also offers bottled beer. For such a small joint I think that it offers quite a nice selection. Black Sheep also offers wine, House Red and House White for $5! STEAL!
Overall I think Black Sheep is a nice place to go on a casual night. It has a fun atmoshere, the servers don't pester you like a mosquitoe trying to get its last fix (uhhhh Bradstreet Craftshouse), and the pizza is down right yummy in the tummy. Plus, it's in like the coolest part of the cityy dawg. Or some would call it that.
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