The List of Lists '10: Dining

Best restaurants in Minneapolis

1. 112 Eatery
2. Brasa
3. Hell's Kitchen
4. Bar La Grassa
5. Barbette
6. Victor's 1959 Cafe
7. Chino Latino
8. Pizza Lucé
9. Manny's Steakhouse
10. moto-i

BEST BRUNCH

1. Hell's Kitchen
2. French Meadow
3. Egg & I
4. Triple Rock
5. Bad Waitress
6. Keys
7. Ike's Food & Cocktails
8. Town Talk Diner
9. Uptown Bar (R.I.P.)
10. Moose & Sadie's

Best restaurants in St. Paul

1. Blue Door Pub
2. Strip Club Meat & Fish
3. W.A. Frost and Company
4. Casper's and Runyon's Nook
5. The Happy Gnome
6. Shish
7. Ngon Vietnamese Bistro
8. Meritage
9. Bon Vie
10. Mango Thai

GREAT ICE CREAM

1. Grand Ole Creamery
2. Sebastian Joe's
3. Izzy's
4. Dairy Queen
5. Pumphouse Creamery
6. Annie's Parlor
7. Cold Stone Creamery
8. Edina Creamery
9. Crema Cafe (Sonny's)
10. Caruso's Gelato Cafe

Best restaurants in the suburbs

1. Mediterranean Cruise Cafe (Burnsville)
2. Mort's Deli (Golden Valley)
3. The Good Earth (Edina, Roseville)
4. Lion's Tap (Eden Prairie)
5. Granite City (5 locations)
6. Good Day Cafe (Golden Valley)
7. Smashburger
8. Dosa King (Spring Lake Park)
9. Buffalo Wild Wings
10. Origami (Ridgedale)

MOST OVERRATED RESTAURANTS

1. Chino Latino
2. Stella's Fish Cafe
3. Applebees
4. Buca di Beppo
5. Sawatdee
6. Pizza Luce
7. McCormick & Schmick's
8. Azia
9. Oceanaire
10. Figlio

Best places for dinner on Eat Street

1. The Bad Waitress
2. Azia
3. Pancho Villa
4. Black Forest
5. Salsa a la Salsa
6. Jasmine Deli
7. Quang
8. Peninsula
9. Rainbow
10. Evergreen

Best Italian

1. Cossetta
2. Broders'
3. Buca di Beppo
4. Loring Pasta Bar
5. Bar La Grassa
6. D'Amico & Sons
7. Amore Victoria
8. Maggiano's
9. Figlio (R.I.P.)
10. Al Vento

Best Chinese

1. Village Wok
2. Shuang Cheng
3. Rainbow Chinese
4. Hong Kong Noodle
5. Pagoda
6. Ping's
7. Evergreen
8. Tea House
9. Chino Latino
10. Thanh Do

Best Indian

1. India Palace
2. Namaste
3. Om
4. Taste of India
5. Gandhi Mahal
6. Dancing Ganesha
7. India House
8. Passage to India
9. Harry Singh's Caribbean
10. Biryani

BEST THAI

1. King and I Thai
2. True Thai
3. Chiang Mai Thai
4. Amazing Thailand
5. Tum Rup Thai
6. Sawatdee
7. Roat Osha
8. Mango Thai
9. Chino Latino
10. Taste of Thailand

BEST SUSHI

1. Fuji-Ya
2. Origami
3. Nami
4. Sushi Tango
5. Tiger Sushi
6. Anemoni
7. Wasabi
8. Midori's Floating World Cafe
9. Bagu
10. Koyi

BEST BARBECUE

1. Rudolph's
2. Market BBQ
3. Scott Ja-Mama's
4. Famous Dave's
5. Ted Cook's 19th Hole
6. Big Daddy's BBQ
7. Sassy Pig
8. JJ's Ribs
9. Baker's Ribs
10. Anything but Famous Dave's

BEST BURGERS

1. Jucy Lucy, Matt's
2. Bulldog
3. The Nook
4. Blue Door Pub
5. 5-8 Club
6. Smashburger
7. Ike's
8. Lions Tap
9. Five Guys
10. McCoy's Public House

BEST FRIES

1. McDonald's
2. State Fair
3. Barbette
4. Herkimer
5. 112 Eatery
6. Town Talk Diner
7. Salut
8. Annie's
9. Chatterbox Pub
10. Grumpy's

BEST FRENCH TOAST

1. Bryant-Lake Bowl
2. Hell's Kitchen
3. Egg & I
4. French Meadow
5. Al's Breakfast
6. Sunny Side Up
7. Uptown Diner
8. Town Talk Diner
9. Famous Dave's
10. Cosmos

BEST MINNEAPOLIS SKYWAY LUNCH SPOTS

1. Chipotle
2. Potbelly
3. Brothers Deli
4. Zen Box
5. Cosi
6. Marketplace
7. Greek Grill
8. Sawatdee
9. The Burger Place
10. Good-to-Go

BEST BURRITO

1. Chipotle
2. Burrito Loco
3. Pancho Villa
4. La Cucaracha
5. El Burrito Mercado
6. Taquiera Los Ocampo
7. Little Tijuana (when drunk)
8. Salsa a la Salsa
9. Pineda Tacos
10. Lyndale Tap House (breakfast burrito)

GREAT SANDWICHES (HOT OR COLD)

1. Jimmy John's
2. Potbelly
3. French Meadow
4. Caffrey's
5. Pizza Luce
6. Be'wiched
7. Erbert & Gerbert's
8. Davanni's
9. Milio's
10. Manny's Tortas

BEST BAKERY

1. French Meadow
2. Franklin Street Bakery
3. Cupcake
4. Yum!
5. Rustica
6. A Baker's Wife
7. Wuollet
8. Turtle Bread
9. Butter
10. Isles Bun & Coffee

BEST PIZZA

1. Pizza Lucé
2. Punch Pizza
3. Galactic Pizza
4. Red's Savoy
5. Cossetta
6. Davanni's
7. Green Mill
8. Broadway Pizza
9. Carbone's
10. Pizza Nea

BEST LOCAL GLUTEN-FREE MENUS

1. Pizza Luce
2. Galactic Pizza
3. Big Bowl
4. Common Roots
5. moto-i
6. Ecopolitan
7. Wildfire
8. Tao Natural Foods
9. Axel's Bonfire
10. WA Frost

BEST SOUP

1. Panera Bread
2. French Meadow
3. Eddington's
4. Whole Foods
5. Common Roots
6. Quang
7. Pho 79
8. Key's Cafe
9. Brueggers
10. Turtle Bread

BEST GRILLED CHEESE

1. Homemade/My mom's
2. Bryant Lake Bowl
3. Town Talk Diner
4. Caffrey's
5. Common Roots
6. Chatterbox Pub
7. Snuffy's Malt shop
8. Kings Wine Bar
9. Perkins
10. Acadia Cafe

BEST ATMOSPHERE

1. Loring Pasta Bar
2. Hell's Kitchen
3. Bryant-Lake Bowl
4. La Belle Vie
5. Moto-i
6. King and I Thai
7. Barbette
8. Bulldog NE
9. Azia
10. 112 Eatery

Favorite Fast Food

1. Chipotle
2. Taco Bell
3. Jimmy John's
4. Arby's
5. McDonald's
6. Wendy's
7. Pizza Luce
8. Culver's
9. KFC
10. White Castle

BEST CHEAP EATS

1. Chipotle
2. Taco Bell
3. Holy Land
4. Noodles and Company
5. Jimmy John's
6. Punch Pizza
7. Mesa Pizza
8. Mickey's Diner
9. Pancho Villa
10. Quang

GREAT APPETIZERS

1. The Bulldog
2. Psycho Suzi's
3. Sample Room
4. Pizza Luce
5. Azia
6. Chino Latino
7. Solera
8. Moto-i
9. Barrio
10. Bar 508

BEST HIGH-END RESTAURANTS

1. 112 Eatery
2. La Belle Vie
3. Murray's
4. Manny's
5. The Capital Grille
6. Cosmos
7. Cafe Lurcat
8. Fogo de Chao
9. Northeast Social
10. Al Vento

Best Grocery stores

1. Trader Joe's
2. Kowalski's
3. Lunds
4. Whole Foods
5. The Wedge
6. Seward Co-op
7. Super Target
8. Rainbow Foods
9. Cub Foods
10. Byerly's

BEST PATIOS

1. Brit's Pub
2. Psycho Suzi's
3. Stella's
4. Solera
5. Joe's Garage
6. Moto-i
7. WA Frost
8. Bulldog
9. The Liffey
10. Sweeney's

BEST DESSERT

1. Yum!
2. Cafe Latte
3. Salty Tart
4. Town Talk Diner's dessert drinks
5. Cupcake
6. Salut
7. Muddy Paws
8. D'Amico
9. Zeno
10. Buca di Beppo

DELIVERY FAVES -- WHAT'S ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR?

1. Pizza Luce
2. Jimmy John's
3. Galactic Pizza
4. Caffrey's
5. Davanni's
6. Domino's
7. Pizza Hut
8. Uptown Pizza
9. Burrito Loco
10. Mesa Pizza

WHERE TO EAT AT 2 A.M.

1. Pizza Luce
2. Little T's
3. Taco Bell
4. Uptown Diner
5. Perkins
6. Burrito Loco
7. Mickey's
8. Mesa Pizza
9. Caffrey's
10. Village Wok

CO-OPS THAT ROCK OUR WORLD

1. Seward Co-op
2. The Wedge
3. Mississippi Market
4. Linden Hill's Coop
5. Valley Natural Foods
6. Eastside Food Co-op
7. River Market Co-op
8. Matchbox Coffee Shop
9. Harvest Moon (Long Lake)
10. Eastside Co-op

GREAT PLACES FOR A ROMANTIC DATE

1. 112 Eatery
2. Barbette
3. La Belle Vie
4. Lake Calhoun picnic
5. Lucia's
6. Melting Pot
7. Solera
8. Stella's Fish Cafe
9. Kings Wine Bar
10. Cosmos

BEST PLACES TO DINE SOLO

1. Chipotle
2. French Meadow
3. Panera Bread
4. Al's Breakfast
5. Common Roots
6. The Bad Waitress
7. Taco Bell drive-thru
8. Any coffee shop
9. Barbette
10. Pizza Luce

BEST SERVICE

1. Manny's Steakhouse
2. Chipotle
3. La Belle Vie
4. 20.21
5. Murray's
6. The Independent
7. Broders' Pasta Bar
8. Zen Box
9. W.A. Frost
10. Hard Times Cafe (H.W.A., aka Hipsters With Attitude)

BEST CHAIN RESTAURANTS

1. Chipotle
2. Noodles & Company
3. Panera Bread
4. Green Mill
5. Old Chicago
6. Olive Garden
7. Big Bowl
8. Buca di Beppo
9. Taco Bell
10. Fogo de Chao

I'm a restaurant virgin at:

1. Fogo de Chao
2. 20.21
3. Chambers Kitchen
4. Sea Change
5. Melting Pot
6. Manny's
7. Ecopolitan
8. The Sample Room
9. Erte
10. Black Sheep Pizza

Favorite Farmers' Markets

1. Minneapolis Farmers Market (Nicollet Mall)
2. Mill City Farmers Market
3. St. Paul Farmers Market
4. Minneapolis Farmers Market (North Lyndale)
5. Midtown Farmers Market
6. Kingfield Farmers Market
7. Minneapolis Uptown Market
8. University of Minnesota Farmers Market
9. Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market

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