Butcher & The Boar

Delicious food and decent prices. House made sausages are the cheap option. Cocktails were good, but nothing to write home about. Sides were great as well. Update: The cocktails are way better. The care given by the bartenders, combined with the food make this a crazy easy recommendation
5 7 years ago (31-05-2018)

This place is amazing! The Russian 74 was my favorite drink, but I wasn't able to sample very much. The selection was insane. The steak was decent, but I expected more for that price point. The atmosphere is incredible. Very upscale spot. Good for hanging solo or taking a date too. Outdoor seating area is absolutely amazing as well!
5 7 years ago (27-04-2018)

Wow! If you are interested in some excellent barbeque meats this place has it in spades. I had an incredible long rib that had so much meat I code not to finish it. Must have been 20 oz on that bone. Could have fed my entire family with it. The only downside was the restaurant was too noisy. I was able to converse with the person's next to me but could not carry on a conversation across the table. Nevertheless the food was excellent.
5 7 years ago (13-05-2018)

Fantastic! I tried a bourbon flight, and was so impressed with how knowledgeable the waitress was; it's clear that the team takes pride in their craft. My colleague had the peanut butter stuffed jalapenos and raved about the wonderful flavor combinations. I had the cheddar and pork sausage, which comes with broccolini and it was AMAZING. Overall a truly excellent dining experience and the very best that I've ever had in Minneapolis!
5 7 years ago (04-06-2018)

What they do here they do to a high level. I have no complaints in regards the quality of the food. I do have complaints though. First off, you can just walk into the beer garden and seat yourself, unless of course they tell you that you can't sit there. I politely said that "a sign would be nice", for which I got as a reply, "we have all those ropes set up for a reason..." Slightly polite, and thanks for the information, but I didn't walk through any cordoned off area to get to the table I tried to sit at. Again, a sign would be nice. So we walk into the restaurant to be seated, and are led to the table for two that we asked for. Nice outside seating, the weather was great, the couple that we were sandwiched in next to were cool. So we ordered drinks, and looked over the menu's. I'd found this restaurant by virtue of their being recommended as a top Hot & Spicy food spot in Minneapolis via a Google search for such. When I asked the waitress what their hottest dish was she said, "nothing really", you could try this, or this, but we don't have anything that's going to kill you" Well, when you search for spicy food, and you want spicy food, and you go to a place that Google says has spicy food, but staff says that they have nothing all that spicy, and certainly nothing that will "kill you" (and being that at this point I REALLY want something so spicy that it might kill me, since I was seated next to some thorny-ass evergreen that's been jabbing me in my arms and side for the last twenty minutes...) well you either settle, or you get up and walk out... But I'm not that kind of guy. We did a couple of appetizers, and a $22 Cheese Plate that was basically worthless, but it is what it is. The apps were good, the drinks were over-priced, the service was fair. Three drinks, and three apps later my friend and I walked out with an $80 tab. It's a cool place, don't get me wrong, but it was advertised as being Spicy food, and a couple slivered Serrano Peppers on a Cheese Platter isn't what I'd call Spicy. You can after-all walk into any Thai place on the planet and ask them to "make it as spicy as humanly possible", and if that's what you want, you're gonna leave happy (and at less than $80). If you want spicy, don't even bother with this place. If you want choice cuts of meat, beautifully prepared by an obviously professional chef. Go for it! They didn't do what I wanted, they didn't do what was advertised, but what they do do, they do to a high level.
3 7 years ago (25-05-2018)