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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Modern Cafe in Minneapolis

I went to the Modern Cafe in Minneapolis in August 2010.  I had the meatloaf sandwich and the vegan soup.  It was kind of a ying-yang thing, I suppose the healthy vegetables offset the meat/carb celebration.

The meatloaf sandwich was probably one of the best meatloaf anythings that I've ever had.  It had two strips of bacon on a couple of relatively thinly sliced (probably quarter-inch) pieces of meatloaf.  They used a little bit of mayonnaise and the bread was a really good quality white or possibly potato bread.

They claim that that they try to use organic ingredients.  So, it probably wasn't normal white bread.  It tasted pretty good in any event.  The vegan soup was really pretty good also.  The vegetables were still "snappy" so they had to have been really fresh.  The soup had a little bit of a spicy hot kick to it which surprised me because in the northern US most restaurants tend to shy away from spicy kick without giving fair warning first.

The location was in kind of an artsy outer-ring of the city center location.  There were a few galleries, art and printing businesses in the area. 

The restaurant itself was pretty much standard diner on the inside.  It was not very elaborate at all.  Just some basic booths and table and chairs. 

The service was pretty good.  They guy who seated me said that he would send over one of his "friends" to serve me instead of using the term "waitress" which I thought was kind of cool because I think that he might have been the owner. 

It was a relaxed placed.  A nice neighborhood restaurant.  There was a birthday party going on for a little girl, probably about 3 years old.  She was there with her mom and some of her friends, none of which were younger than probably 80 years old.  They all wore silly paper party hats and were having a grand time.



This is definitely worth checking out if your in the neighborhood.

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