THE HOT FIVE Use the weekend to kick the tires at a new restaurant.
BIBO RESTAURANT & WINE BAR
The former Viva Italia is now under the thumb of the folks behind top-rated i Nonni, and they're offering an easygoing Italian-inspired menu and a decent number of wines by the glass, served in an informal setting.
1629 Lena Court, Eagan, 651-686-8482
CHEEKY MONKEY DELI
Quick-service sandwiches, salads and a few ever-changing evening entrees, all priced to move and made with care. Other pluses: beer and wine, well-prepared dessert basics, comfortable surroundings and friendly staffers.
525 Selby Av., St. Paul, 651-224-6066,
FIVE GUYS BURGER AND FRIES
The up-and-coming less-is-more fast-food chain keeps its menu short and sweet: burgers, hot dogs and fries. The burgers come in singles or doubles, the fries are skin-on and fresh-cut, and both are pretty darned swell. Dessert? You'll need to go elsewhere.
3871 Gallagher Dr., Edina, 952-893-5489, www.fiveguys.com
RINATA
Jonathan Hunt of al Vento has gone Uptown, specializing in moderately priced pastas and a budget- and taste bud-pleasing four-course, $20 Sunday supper.
2451 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-374-8998,
20.21
OK, so the Walker Art Center's restaurant isn't exactly new. But the museum's iconic "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture is returning to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden today after a two-month hiatus, and to mark the occasion, 20.21 chef Asher Miller is offering a three-course, cherry-inspired lunch ($20.21, available through June) that includes spring pea-mint soup with a chile-oil "cherry," mock duck lo mein with a cherry hoisin sauce and a variety of cherry desserts, including the restaurant's popular Spoon, Cube & Cherry.
1750 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-253-3410,
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