Minnesota Monthly’s 2006 Readers’ Choice Silver Spoon Awards
We asked and you voted…
Readers have selected their favorite restaurants across the Twin Cities and here’s how they stacked up.
Latte
Caribou Coffee | 1st
Starbucks | 2nd
Café Latte | 3rd
Margaritas
Bar Abilene | 1st
Pepitos | 2nd
Boca Chica | 3rd
Martini
The Independent | 1st
Chino Latino | 2nd-tie
Martini Blu | 2nd-tie
Azia Restaurant | 3rd-tie
Drink | 3rd-tie
Wine List
Cave Vin | 1st
Campiello | 2nd
I Nonni | 3rd
Breakfast
Hell’s Kitchen | 1st
Perkins | 2nd
Key’s Café | 3rd-tie
Victor’s 1959 Café | 3rd-tie
Donuts
Krispy Kreme | 1st
Mel O Glaze | 2nd
A Baker’s Wife | 3rd-tie
Byerly’s Bakery | 3rd-tie
Wuollet’s | 3rd-tie
French Toast
Hell’s Kitchen | 1st
Perkins | 2nd
Sunny Side Up | 3rd
Omelets
Key’s Café | 1st
Hell’s Kitchen | 2nd-tie
Perkins | 2nd-tie
Highland Grill | 3rd-tie
Sunny Side Up | 3rd-tie
Apple Pie
Baker’s Square | 1st
Betty’s Pies | 2nd
Byerly’s | 3rd
Cheesecake
The Cheesecake Factory | 1st
Muddy Paws | 2nd
Café Latte | 3rd
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Sweet Martha’s Cookies | 1st
Birchwood Café | 2nd
Potbelly | 3rd
Chocolate Dessert
Café Latte | 1st
Zeno Café | 2nd
D’Amico & Sons | 3rd
Ice Cream
Sebastian Joe’s | 1st
Crema Café | 2nd
Izzy’s | 3rd
Scones
French Meadow Bakery | 1st
Café Barbette | 2nd
Café Latte | 3rd
Tiramisu
Buca di Beppo | 1st
California Café | 2nd
D’Amico & Sons | 3rd-tie
Palomino | 3rd-tie
Ambiance
Loring Pasta Bar | 1st
Bellanotte | 2nd
Chino Latino | 3rd
Bartender
Chino Latino | 1st
TGI Friday’s | 2nd
Zelo | 3rd
Wait Staff
Oceanaire | 1st
Levain | 2nd
La Belle Vie | 3rd
Game Time Food
Champps | 1st
Old Chicago | 2nd
Buffalo Wild Wings | 3rd
New Restaurant
(Past 2 Years) 112 Eatery | 1st
20.21 | 2nd
Rebours | 3rd
Neighborhood Spot
Longfellow Grill | 1st
Al Vento | 2nd-tie
Liquor Lyle’s | 2nd-tie
Riverview Wine Bar | 3rd
Night Out With The Girls
Chino Latino | 1st
Mel’s Beauty Bar | 2nd
Solera | 3rd-tie
Zelo | 3rd-tie
On The Waterfront
Maynard’s | 1st-tie
Northcoast | 1st-tie
Sunsets | 1st-tie
Dock Café | 1st-tie
Lord Fletcher’s | 2nd-tie
Vic’s | 2nd-tie
Freight House | 3rd
Outdoor Dining
WA Frost | 1st
Black Forest Inn | 2nd
Stella’s Fish Café | 3rd
Place To Be Seen
Bellanotte | 1st
Cosmos | 2nd-tie
Redstone | 2nd-tie
Solera | 2nd-tie
20.21 | 3rd-tie
Café Barbette | 3rd-tie
Romantic
WA Frost | 1st
Loring Pasta Bar | 2nd
Lucia’s | 3rd
Splurge Worthy
Oceanaire | 1st
Manny’s | 2nd
Kincaid’s | 3rd
Bread
Panera Bread | 1st
French Meadow Bakery | 2nd
Great Harvest | 3rd
Burger
Matt’s Bar | 1st
Lion’s Tap | 2nd
The Nook | 3rd
Burrito
Chipotle | 1st
Pepitos | 2nd
El Burrito Mercado | 3rd-tie
Salsa A La Salsa | 3rd-ti
Business Lunch
Zelo | 1st
Campiello | 2nd
Redstone | 3rd
Caesar Salad
Pizza Luce | 1st
The Lexington | 2nd
Biella | 3rd-tie
Buca di Beppo | 3rd-tie
Calamari
Buca di Beppo | 1st
Figlio | 2nd-tie
Dixie’s | 2nd-tie
Bellanotte | 3rd
Chicken Wings
Buffalo Wild Wings | 1st
Famous Dave’s | 2nd
Rudolph’s | 3rd
Club Sandwich
Champp’s | 1st
Fabulous Fern’s | 2nd
J Doolittles | 3rd
Fajitas
Chevy’s | 1st
Don Pablo’s | 2nd-tie
Pepitos | 2nd-tie
Chili’s | 3rd
Fish
Oceanaire | 1st
McCormick and Schmick’s | 2nd-tie
Tavern on Grand | 2nd-tie
Kincaid’s | 3rd-tie
Stella’s Fish Café | 3rd-tie
Bloody Mary
Uptown Bar and Café | 1st
Ike’s | 2nd
Hell’s Kitchen | 3rd
Gourmet Pizza
Punch Neapolitan Pizza | 1st
Pizza Luce | 2nd
Downtowner Woodfire Grill | 3rd-tie
Galactic Pizza | 3rd-tie
Green Mill | 3rd-tie
Pizza Nea | 3rd-tie
House Salad Dressing
Byerly’s Minnesota Grille | 1st
Olive Garden | 2nd
Gianni’s | 3rd-tie
Punch Neapolitan Pizza | 3rd-tie
Lobster
Oceanaire | 1st
Manny’s | 2nd
McCormick and Schmick’s | 3rd
Pad Thai
Sawatdee | 1st
Chang Mai Thai | 2nd
True Thai | 3rd
Quesadillas
Applebees | 1st-tie
Pepitos | 1st-tie
TGI Friday’s | 2nd
Chevy’s | 3rd-tie
Don Pablo’s | 3rd-tie
Salsa A La Salsa | 3rd-tie
Ribs
Famous Dave’s | 1st
Rudolph’s | 2nd
Ted Cook’s | 3rd
Steak
Manny’s | 1st
Murray’s | 2nd
Morton’s | 3rd
Stir-Fry
Big Bowl | 1st
PF Chang’s | 2nd
Chang Mai Thai | 3rd-tie
Khan’s Mongolian BBQ | 3rd-tie
Sub Sandwich
Jimmy John’s | 1st
Potbelly | 2nd
Quizno’s | 3rd
Sushi
Origami | 1st
Sakura | 2nd
Fuji Ya | 3rd-tie
Nami | 3rd-tie
Vegetarian Meals
Café Brenda | 1st
Birchwood Café | 2nd
Good Earth | 3rd
Vegetarian Lasagna
The Good Earth | 1st
Bellanotte | 2nd
Broders’ Pasta Bar | 3rd
Wraps
Roly Poly | 1st
Marshall Field’s Marketplace | 2nd
Applebee’s | 3rd
Beer Selection
Old Chicago | 1st
Williams Bar | 2nd
The Local | 3rd
French Fries
Herkimer | 1st
Longfellow Grill | 2nd
JP American Bistro | 3rd
Cappuccino
Caribou Coffee | 1st
Starbucks | 2nd
Café Latte | 3rd-tie
Dunn Brothers | 3rd-tie
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