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The best coffee near the U campuses Cheap lunch options around campus Best new restaurants Best date ideas Three Middle Eastern beverages to make at home
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Best coffee near the U By Imani Cruzen icruzen@mndaily.com
Whether you’re in need of some caffeine or looking for a space to study off campus, there are plenty of coffee shops around the University of Minnesota to try. Here are some of the best. Lori’s Coffee House 1441 Cleveland Ave. N. St. Paul For your coffee and wifi needs, Lori’s Coffee House offers coffees and soups just a short walk from the St. Paul Student Center. If that isn’t filling enough, Mim’s Cafe at 1435 Cleveland Ave. N. serves affordable Middle Eastern food and boasts a four-and-a-half star rating on Yelp. Bordertown Coffee 315 16th Ave. SE. This coffee and pastry shop is a popular place for many language groups on campus, along with many students and faculty. You’ll
often hear conversations taking place in multiple languages during visits to Bordertown. Its larger library room can be reserved for meetings.
Purple Onion Café 1301 University Ave. SE. With its fair trade and organic coffee, bakery treats and other food, the Purple Onion Café is a popular place to sit outside and study with friends. Sitting outside this summer is even more appealing since the cafe partnered with Grand Ole Creamery last spring to start offering ice cream. Sencha Tea Bar 825 Washington Ave. SE. Too late for coffee? Sencha Tea Bar in Stadium Village, which is expected to close in May, offers various teas, both as loose leaf and bubble tea. Drinks can be ordered multiple ways, including hot, iced, and as a shake or cooler.
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Milk tea sits next to macarons on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Sencha Tea Bar in Stadium Village.
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Best cheap lunches By Dylan Miettinen dmiettinen@mndaily.com
Dinkytown, Stadium Village and Cedar-Riverside offer an array of lunch places near the University of Minnesota. While Coffman Union may have convenient and centrally located dining options, hidden gems speckle the landscape. However, not all of these studentfriendly luncheries offer options at student-friendly prices. Check out this listing of five restaurants near the University that offer lunches for under $10. Lands End Pasty Company A pasty is a savory British pastry (think a British calzone) that dates back to the 1300s. However, Lands End Pasty brings them into the 21st Century. And at only $6.94 per pasty and less than a dollar for a can of pop, they’re not too hard on the pocket book. With veggieor meat-filled options, these handheld lunch items work perfectly for a satisfying item on the go. Mesa Pizza Founded in 2006, Mesa has become the staple of students under the influence of ... well ... just about anything. But you don’t have to be inebriated to enjoy a slice of macaroni and cheese or southwest taco pizza – they make decent lunch items, too. Slices range from $3.60 to $4.10 and salads cost $4.50 (a bit cheaper
than Sprout or Crisp & Green), which makes this a solid deal for a solid meal. Hard Times Cafe Hard Times offers cheap dishes around the clock. Closed for only two hours a day, Hard Times serves up grungy vibes and punk music that pair well with some yummy eats. Perfect for a free lunch hour on West Bank, the Times serves up Mexican dishes, sandwiches, salads and breakfast items. Here, a crisp (or crumpled) $10 bill works to pay for a meal and a drink. Just don’t forget to bring cash, as they don’t accept cards. China Express Nestled in a nook about four strides across in Dinkytown, China Express offers a variety of filling meals on the cheap. Entrees cost around only $6.75 and options include sesame chicken, beef with broccoli, general tso chicken and shrimp with mixed vegetables. China Express shows that a trip just to the north of campus offers an inexpensive taste of the east. The Wienery Open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on weekdays with extended hours on weekends, this place puts a gourmet spin on ballpark classics. Featured on “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” this West Bank eatery dates back to the 1980s after an entrepreneurial couple brought Chicago dogs to the Twin Cities. Prices range from $3.50 to $4.50 per dog,
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A batch of pasties sits on display on Friday, Feb. 22 at Lands End Pasty Company in Dinkytown.
with options including vienna beef, bratwurst, spicy italian sausage and even vegetarian and vegan options. They also serve burgers and “wiene-wich-
es” that start at $3.50, and all offer a hearty variety of toppings. Plus, saying you made a quick stop at the Wienery never seems to get old.
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Best New Restaurants By Imani Cruzen icruzen@mndaily.com
An ever-changing dining landscape near campus offers many new and exciting eateries for students to try. Wonders Ice Cream 318 14th Ave. SE. With its cool atmosphere and panda mascot, Wonders Ice Cream helped reintroduce ice cream to Dinkytown when it opened last fall. The shop specializes in Thai-style rolled ice cream, which customers can customize with 20 different signature ice cream and tea flavors and various toppings. Wonders Ice Cream partnered with Boba King in January, and now the colorful and creative treats can be paired with bubble tea. SIMPLS 712 Washington Ave. SE. Feeling guilty about all that ice cream? The alumni-owned
restaurant SIMPLS, which opened in February, offers up salads, sandwiches and hot meals. Besides promoting nutritional dining options, the restaurant also donates 1 percent of its sales to environmental organizations.
Crisp and Green 411 14th Ave. SE. Since its December opening, Crisp and Green has offered students salads, grain bowls and smoothies. Those options are meeting many students’ need for options, wrote company CEO Steele Smiley in a press release last year. “We have ... received hundreds of requests from residents near the U of M, who want to see more healthy places to eat on campus, which is something this generation cares deeply about,” Smiley said in the release. JJ’s Poke 509 14th Ave. SE.
Best Date Ideas By Dylan Miettinen dmiettinen@mndaily.com Sifting through dozens of local restaurants, event-centers, theaters and bars can make finding the perfect date spot near impossible. From romance to fun and everything in between, here are five Twin Cities locations that make for a perfect date night.
La Grolla La Grolla is the perfect romantic venue. This classic Italian restaurant offers phenomenal dishes with homemade pastas and sauces reminiscent of cuisine straight from the Mediterranean. It’s a wonderful setting no matter the time of year. Go in the summer to dine under string lights in a blooming garden or visit in the win-
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A Pad Thai meal is displayed in one of SIMPLS’ downtown locations. The new location is at 712 Washington Ave. SE.
Adding to the number of poke restaurants in Dinkytown when it opened last fall, this restaurant offers Hawaiian poke served both traditionally and as a burrito. JJ’s Poke provides a choice of toppings and base options for its fish and veggie meals. Bánh Appétit 511 14th Ave. SE. The rebranded Bun Mi
ter to wander around Summit Avenue and gaze at Christmas lights. With a vast selection of wine to complement any flavors, it’s possible to grab a candle-lit and mouth-watering meal for two for under $30. Surly Brewing Co. A hometown legacy, Surly Brewing Co. put Minneapolis on the craft brewing map.
Sandwiches restaurant is expected to finish construction in Dinkytown mid-April. It renews hope for fans of the original restaurant in Stadium Village, which closed two years ago. Bánh Appétit will offer banh mi sandwiches, along with a new mystery item, owner and Bun Mi Sandwiches co-founder Sherman Ho told the Minnesota Daily in February.
Founded in 2005, Surly moved to its current location just a jaunt from TCF Stadium in 2014. Its 50,000 square-foot venue features a rotating list of 25 to 35 beers on tap, brewery tours, a massive beer hall and a garden and pizza hall that opened spring of last year. A date night here will leave a beer-aficionado couple feeling anything but surly.
Monday, April 8, 2019 Bryant Lake Bowl This Uptown date spot puts a new spin on bowling alleys. Alleys, a bar, restaurant and 85-seat theater means there’s something loud and entertaining in every direction. Though there isn’t typically a marriage between gourmet food and bowling alleys, BLB turns that stereotype on its head: the restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night and glutenfree options, all of which are sustainably-raised and locallysourced. Open from 8 a.m. to
7 2 a.m. daily, Bryant Lake Bowl makes for the perfect date setting morning, noon and night. Hodges Bend Hodges Bend, a hip bar that opened last year, offers decadent drinks and eats in a prohibition-era style setting. With specialty drinks and amicable staff, Hodges Bend offers highquality dishes. Delicious lunch and dinner options include a pimento cheese board, burgers and gourmet poutine; it also offers phenomenal week-
end brunch options including artful lattes, biscuits and gravy, veggie carnitas, breakfast burritos and avocado toast. For something different, try their coffee mocktails – artisanal beverages with coffee instead of alcohol. Betty Danger’s Country Club Deemed “country club for the 99%,” Betty Danger’s is a onestop shop for date nights. Start the night off with a round of putt-putt golf, then head on over to the restaurant to dine
on potato-chip fried chicken or the “double dog danger dare” sandwich, which features two sausages wrapped and bacon served with pickled vegetables and herb mayo. After closing the meal with some prizewinning lemon bars, conclude the night with a few spins on the Ferris Wheel (which supplies an exceptionally romantic view of the Minneapolis skyline). Located in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, no other country club provides such danger and fun!
Three Middle Eastern beverages to make at home By Samir Ferdowsi sferdowsi@mndaily.com Middle Eastern cuisine is an area of culinary adventure. Spanning many countries and even more cultures, this food’s inf luence dates back to ancient times. Join A&E as we explore three of the easiest snacks you can uncover during the Spring months. Cardamom saffron tea A traditional beverage for any time of the day. This ancient cocktail is refreshing and holds fantastic nutrients within its unique f lavor. Start by boiling tea, either in a tea pot or in a pan. Once it’s come to a boil, add about five cardamom pods — depending on how many cups you decide to make. Then, add a small amount of saffron
— a true Persian signature. From here, turn the heat down and add any black tea of your choice. Earl Grey is easy to find. Serve warm and often. It’s customary to grab the pot to fill your guest’s cup up before they even ask for a second. And trust us, they will. Doogh (sparkling yogurt and mint drink) The Middle East’s Gatorade. After school soccer wouldn’t be complete without a pitcher of doogh to quench your thirst. Popular among almost every country in the Middle East, Doogh and its variants are beverages with revitalizing energy equivalent to that of the Holy Grail. To make this, simply gather sparkling water, salt, plain yogurt (preferably Arab or Iranian yogurt that can be
found at specialty markets), dry mint flakes and fresh mint leaves. This concoction may sound a bit sketchy, but put the ingredients together and you’ll feel like an alchemist. To serve roughly four people, add three cups of sparkling water, one cup of yogurt, one teaspoon of dried mint flakes and one half teaspoon of salt in a pitcher. From here, mix all of the ingredients until the beverage is smooth. Garnish liberally with fresh mint leaves and some mint flakes. And, most importantly, add lots of ice to the pitcher. Yallah! Majoon (banana date smoothie) La Ferrari to Jamba Juice? No need. Not only drool-worthy, this Iranian smoothie is packed
with loads of energy and it is a good alternative to packaged breakfast beverages or bars. Plus, every ingredient can be found at any grocery store. Gather two bananas, two dates, some two-percent milk and some honey. That’s it. Depending on how thick you want your shake, pour between one to two cups of milk into the blender, pit the dates, add about half a teaspoon of honey and press mix. The result is a smoothie unlike anything you can find at your classic juice shop — at least in Minnesota. This summer staple is consumed by the masses in Iran when it’s scorching hot out in the city streets and everyone is looking for some energy after waking up from their lunchtime siestas.
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