Pip's Plate

Mpls St. Paul Magazine is launching what I think is a don’t miss event week. They’ve collected a list of restaurants that will be serving up a 3-course prix fixe menu for lunch and/or dinner for an entire week. What Mpls St. Paul Mag says about Best of the Best Restaurant Week:

“Restaurants recognized by our readers, or by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine food critics in past Best Restaurant issues, can participate in this exciting program. Restaurant week participants will be asked to create specially priced prix fixe menu options-from gourmet to casual.”

Mpls St. Paul Magazine is not currently listing details, but I found out some on Open Table:

What it is: 1 week of 3-course prix fixe menus offered at lunch, dinner or both

Where: restaurants that have received a “Best of” award from Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

Cost: lunch menus can cost $10 or $20 and dinner will cost $30

Why go? This is the perfect time to get to those restaurants that you’ve been meaning to get to

Here are the restaurants listed on Open Table that I would recommend trying (you can make a reservation online at any of the following restaurants at open table):

• Brix Bistro + Wine Bar
• Cafe Lurcat
• Chambers Kitchen (you can read my review of Chambers Kitchen here)
• Cosmos at Graves 601 hotel
• Cue at the Guthrie
• Fuji Ya (only because it’s sushi and I’m really curious as to what they’ll have – but I’m hesitant since it’s not my favorite sushi place and I’ve heard some not-so-great things about it from die hard fans) – eat here at your own risk
• La Belle Vie
• Masa
• McCoy’s Public House
• Mission American Kitchen + Bar
• Pazzaluna Urban Italian Restaurant + Bar (I heard a recent glowing review so I’m intrigued)
• Vincent – A Restaurant

This is just the list of restaurants that I recommend and are available at Open Table, so I don’t know who else will be on the list. Check back for updates.

UPDATE 02/27/07: MSPMAG Restaurant Week Info & Menus

Update 02/21/08: See recommendations for 2008 Best of the Best Restaurant Week locations