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Sep. 17th, 2019 04:37 pmwww.hellskitcheninc.com/shop-hk-retail/exclusive-ralph-steadman-pint-glassesSo, a place called Hell's Kitchen is going to raise some eyebrows, right?
It is from their website, according to USA Today, Minneapolis's most booked restaurant. The late Mitch Omer, the founder and visionary of the place has real culinary bonafides. Local foodie Andrew Zimmeren never got along with Omer (he predicted it would fail), but it thrives, with big fans like Conan O'Brien.
They make their own peanut butter, and their food provides that 'foodie experience' but at a reasonable price.
I am not a foodie, so you will have to go elsewhere for that analysis, but I did make sure that I tried two things that are considered uniquely Minnesotan.
The Jucy Lucy is a cheeseburfer with the cheese cooked inside of the meat instead of as a slice on top. I think I have covered it before, but it was created in the 1950s by either The 5-8 Club or Matt's Bar- and at this point, is a Minnesota Tradition.
The other is the Ham and Pear Crisp sandwhich, which like it says is a grilled sourdough sandwhich with melted swiss and fontina cheese over slow roasted ham and a poached pear. Hell's Kitchen's version incidentally, was named by RoadFood's Best Sandwhiches in America. Jane and Michael Stern of Roadfood give it five stars.
No doubt, blog worthy I would suggest the above Roadfood link to look at other specialties like Bison Sausage, Lemon-Ricotta Waffles and Sausage Bread.
For me, though, I was immediately caught by the Ralph Steadman illustrations. I didn't even know there was a Minnesota connection.
In 2000, Omer bought a Steadman original, and through the years has added to his collection, and celebrated Steadman. In 2014, they celebrated Steadman's 78th Birthday with Ralph on Skype.
"I am not like the others" pint glasses are for sale at the bar.
Anyway, I didn't get a lot of pictures but it was neat, and the whole place is very cool, and the food was very good.
It is from their website, according to USA Today, Minneapolis's most booked restaurant. The late Mitch Omer, the founder and visionary of the place has real culinary bonafides. Local foodie Andrew Zimmeren never got along with Omer (he predicted it would fail), but it thrives, with big fans like Conan O'Brien.
They make their own peanut butter, and their food provides that 'foodie experience' but at a reasonable price.
I am not a foodie, so you will have to go elsewhere for that analysis, but I did make sure that I tried two things that are considered uniquely Minnesotan.
The Jucy Lucy is a cheeseburfer with the cheese cooked inside of the meat instead of as a slice on top. I think I have covered it before, but it was created in the 1950s by either The 5-8 Club or Matt's Bar- and at this point, is a Minnesota Tradition.
The other is the Ham and Pear Crisp sandwhich, which like it says is a grilled sourdough sandwhich with melted swiss and fontina cheese over slow roasted ham and a poached pear. Hell's Kitchen's version incidentally, was named by RoadFood's Best Sandwhiches in America. Jane and Michael Stern of Roadfood give it five stars.
No doubt, blog worthy I would suggest the above Roadfood link to look at other specialties like Bison Sausage, Lemon-Ricotta Waffles and Sausage Bread.
For me, though, I was immediately caught by the Ralph Steadman illustrations. I didn't even know there was a Minnesota connection.
In 2000, Omer bought a Steadman original, and through the years has added to his collection, and celebrated Steadman. In 2014, they celebrated Steadman's 78th Birthday with Ralph on Skype.
"I am not like the others" pint glasses are for sale at the bar.
Anyway, I didn't get a lot of pictures but it was neat, and the whole place is very cool, and the food was very good.
