That's funny. My google search gave me Patieerie 46 where I went on Friday. The lunch items looked pretty good as well.

Where can I find it near Champlin?

This is from the website:
Budget Mart
Byerlys
Coborn's
Costco
Cub Foods
Econo Foods
Festival Foods
Fleet Farm
Food-n-Fuel
Happy Dan's
Holiday Station Stores
Hornbacher's
Hugo's
Kowalski's
Lunds
Oasis Markets
Rainbow Foods
Sam's Club
Speedway/SuperAmerica
Target
Walgreens
Wal-Mart

This is from there website:
customer.service@thumanns.com

The Kung Pao Chicken Chili is really good.

The Smack Shack food truck. Lobster roll.

Take the time to drive to South Minneapolis to Buster's on 28th. Why? Fresh baked buns, freshly ground burger which cooked to perfection, plenty of topping options including cream cheese with chipotle, hand cut fries, and home made ketchup. You will not be disappointed. Just had one today...

Yes, Von Hanson's did have it in their freezer section. It is a bit spendy at $9.99 a pound but hopefully the meatballs turn out well...

I appreciate all the recommendations!!

I don't think Cub or Von Hanson's has it.

Looking for a Blue Crab place on Friday night.

Thank you for the feedback!

Ok then. TL and Steves. Thanks.

I'm leaning towards trying Either Tony Luke's or Pat's and Steve's Prince of Steaks. Is Pat's worth a shot due to nostalga?

(Note: This thread was split from the Minneapolis-St. Paul board at http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/4423... since it was meandering over to cheesesteaks in Philly instead of in MSP. -- The Chowhound Team)

I'm headed to Philadelphia the end of the month. Which restaurant should I go to for a Philly Cheesesteak?

Never mind.

Does anybody have any feedback on Mandarin? I've heard they have very good Pho.

Here is a link to several:

http://twincities.metromix.com/restau...

Costco sells Vienna Corned Beef from Chicago. It's very good.

Looking for some chow favorable recommendations.

Thank you,

Tim

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Midtown Global Market
920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407

That is a big sandwich. Did the meat have a nice smoke taste?

Had an awesome pork sandwich from Scott Ja Mama's yesterday. No, not BBQ, but a solid sandwich, lot's of meat, good hot sauce, tasty cole slaw, bag of chips. Price......$5 and he said go ahead and grab a soda from the fridge. It's solid.

Any recommendations other than Tea House or Pings?

Thank you,

We went the other night at about 7:45 on a whim. The guy was the rudest person I've ever dealt with. He had an issue with us ordering food because they close at 8. He should have just said were closed. We asked if we could get a pulled pork sandwich and a chicken sandwich. I asked for the vinegar sauce. He asked me if I had ever had it before (not sure why). Then when we didn't order something to drink he had another issue. We said forget it and walked out. Just say your closed if you don't want to sell your food. What a joke.

I've thought a lot about having a Portillo's in the metro area. I think it would take a little time to catch on, but think there is enough variety in the menu that it would work. Thoughts? I'm thinking the Maple Grove are would support it.

The sliced beef 505 is always consistent, good lean meat. The stew meat MFH mentions was inedible.

Just got back from a lunch buffett visit with a friend. I have to say, this place must be hurting for money. Many of the lunch options were empty. The food was sub-par. I can understand if it's busy it is hard to keep the chafing dishes full, but this was a joke. Pick up your own fork, knife and napkin from the buffett. Anybody else been there lately? Maybe we just hit it on a bad day, but that was horrible.

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Tea House Chinese Restaurant
88 Nathan Ln N, Minneapolis, MN 55441

Thank you for all the guidance.

The standard order has been the sliced beef Pho - 505. In wanting to go off the board for something different, what recommendations would you have? Are the salads good? How about sandwiches?

Thank you for your feedback.

The before and after pictures are great!

I need some recommendations for private dining in downtown Minneapolis for approximately 15 people. I would like to try to find a place that does not charge room rental and would be upbeat and fun.