Best Cheap Fancy Restaurant in Town
Did you know Jasmine 26, the elegant loft-like dark sister to everyone’s favorite Vietnamese cheap restaurant, Jasmine Deli, serves lunch all day long? It’s true, they’ve been doing it for a few months and I think it might be the best cheap fancy meal in town. Between 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., they offer a super-cheap menu of treats, like lacy patties of filligreed tempura yams for $4.50. But that’s not all! There are another dozen $4.50 options, like: A big bowl of their signature pho, vegetarian yam curry, and a deconstructed banh mi in which a bowl of chicken meatballs swim in tomato sauce topped with cilantro and scallions. For $4.50! $6.95 moves you into full entrée territory, with dishes like a silver-thread noodle salad with lime-juice-dressed chicken. $7.95 will score you a huge platter such as a broken rice plate with a grilled pork chop and a chicken patty. I had lunch there yesterday and it was spectacular—and spectacularly cheap; I shared a four-course feast with a friend and the bill came in well south of $20. This was even more impressive because the stylish room looks like the bill would be three times that. Service was friendly and fast, too; I was well impressed. So next time you need to impress someone and pick up the check, now you know where to go.
Jasmine 26 Restaurant & Bar
8 East 26th St., Mpls.
612-870-3800
jasmine26.net
Posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 in Permalink
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Reader Comments:
Yeah, but JD has had some major health code violations, right? That scares me away from their more-fancy 26 location across the street ...
(pleasepleaseplease tell me I'm wrong so I can go back to eating Jasmine Deli's banh mi)
You know what Chris?....don't go. don't touch the elevator button, or the bank pen. Put erasers on both ends of the pencil, you'll be ok.
I wish there was a government Web site or something w/ that sorta info. I mean, dirty elevator buttons don't quite freak me out as much as rodents and roaches, but thanks for the tip Burntside.
http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2009/12/jasmine_deli_sk.php