Best Dish 2014
Brasserie Zentral’s Stuffed Loin of Rabbit with Rock Shrimp, Prunes, Asparagus, and Fava Beans
This spring dish was inspired by a meal that chef Russell Klein ate while traveling in Berchtesgaden, Germany, researching for his new Austro-Hungarian eatery in downtown Minneapolis. • zentral-mpls.com
PHOTO BY TJ TURNER
Best Drink 2014
Tea at Verdant Tea
This Seward neighborhood teahouse and cafe offers the most carefully curated selection of its namesake beverage in the Twin Cities—tea in pure form as well as blended in craft cocktails or fermented for its housemade kombucha (now available bottled). • minneapolis.verdanttea.com