You can still get ice cream at a former Dairy Queen in Minnetonka, but now there's booze in it.
Copper Cow Bar & Kitchen opens Tuesday, and boozy shakes are one of the over-the-top menu items. (5445 Eden Prairie Rd., Minnetonka, 952-297-8066, coppercowkitchen.com)
The "brother" restaurant to Copper Hen Cakery & Kitchen on Eat Street in Minneapolis offers a "masculine" update to the brand with a heavy focus on burgers — calorie-rich iterations, at that.
There's a shot put ball-sized orb of a cheeseburger, deep-fried in tempura batter, housemade bun and all. Another burger, topped with bacon and egg, is served on two of the restaurant's housemade sour cream doughnuts instead of bread.
There's an extensive cocktail menu, but the 7 spiked shakes get their own placard. There's the Happy Cake Day to Me: birthday cake ice cream blended with cake vodka, topped with one of those doughnuts, a mini cupcake, and lots of whipped cream and sprinkles.
The Funny Lunchbox is a play on PB&J. It contains vanilla ice cream, spiced rum, banana, peanut butter, strawberry, chocolate sauce and is topped with a mini carrot cupcake and yet another doughnut. In fact, those doughnuts top all the spiked shakes.
The menu is not all beef and booze.
A cauliflower steak, crispy Brussels sprouts, kale slaw with poppy seed dressing and sweet potato salad are some of the more veggie-forward offerings.