5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week Taste editor Nicole Hvidsten and restaurant critic Rick Nelson highlight the favorites of their weekly dining experiences. May 21, 2021 10:36am Text size Copy shortlink:
BLT Sandwich at Sandcastle
Can we all agree that the bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich has no equal? Especially when it s from this lakeside stand, which is back in business for the summer.
Because this classic formula has few components, each one has to be spot-on or the whole thing falls apart. Sandcastle nails it.
Owners Doug Flicker, Amy Greeley and Chele Payer seem to have a covert pipeline for sourcing out-of-season tomatoes that actually have flavor, juice (kosher salt surely helps) and color.
5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week Our food writers highlight the favorites of their weekly dining experiences. January 29, 2021 11:21am Text size Copy shortlink:
Cinnamon bread is not what I went into Nelson s Meats for, as you might guess. But this Minnetonka Boulevard strip-mall shop, half of which is taken up by a butcher case, is also a bakery and has been since it was founded in 1965 (it moved to St. Louis Park from Hopkins in 2014). And the cinnamon bread I added at the last minute turned out to be one of their signature baked goods.