![Cynthia Gerdes is urging landlords to be willing to work with independent businesses such as hers -- she says it's the only way to fill your shopping centers and buildings with the kind of unique destinations that people have shown again and again is what they want, rather than the same old corporate eatery chains. Her new bakery called Angel Food Bakery And Coffee Bar sits just above her restaurant Hell's Kitchen. ] Richard.Sennott@startribune.com Richard Sennott/Star Tribune. , Minneapolis Min](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/222JS66LNMTCIJT7FF4FXDJJD4.jpg?&w=1080)
Weekend brunch is when Hell's Kitchen really goes into overdrive — exceptional hotcakes lightened with lemon and ricotta, poached egg-covered crab-shrimp cakes — but weekday breakfast also does the trick, with basics (eggs any style, a stick-to-your-ribs corned beef hash) supplemented by doughnuts, scones and other a.m. treats from the adjacent Angel Food bakery.
80 S. 9th St., Mpls., 612-332-4700, www.hellskitcheninc.com
The modern-day diner that is the Belmore/New Skyway Lounge is visit-worthy for its scrupulously prepared, reasonably priced renditions of huevos rancheros, eggs Benedict, biscuits and gravy and a glorious banana-topped blintz. Lovely baked goodies, too.
25 N. 4th St., Mpls., 239-339-5990
Breakfast at the counter-service Brothers Deli includes scrambles (don't miss the pastrami-red pepper combo) and well-stuffed egg sandwiches, plus four $2.49 options, including two pancakes with a slice of bacon, or an egg, hash browns and toast. Weekdays only.
50 S. 6th St., Mpls., 612-341-8007, www.thebrothersdeli.com
RICK NELSON
