Borough

Stephanie and I went out recently for dinner and we checked out Borough in the North Loop area of Minneapolis. We had a reservation and were seated promptly on arrival. The room is very cool in an old warehouse with lots of old wood floors and exposed brick.

The Not far from the tree cocktail with apple-infused square one botanical vodka, leopold cranberry liqueur, dolin blanc, earl giles vanilla bean, bitter truth lemon bitters. This was a great winter drink.

We started with tuna carpaccio with kalamata olive, pickled mustard, pepper, chive and rye crisp. The portion was tiny, but the fish tasted fresh and the items served with it were an interesting contrast.

Next, the pork belly with pear, red wine, pie crust, allspice and chive. The pork belly was perfectly grilled and very delicious.

My entree was the scallops with red wine risotto, leek, root vegetable, grapes, elderflower and salsify. The scallops were nicely seared, but I did not care for the red wine risotto.

Stephanie had the beef flat iron with mole, smoked tamale and pickled red onion. She said it was rather salty, but the meat was cooked as requested.

We finished with the smores dessert with smoked chocolate cream, burnt white chocolate, pickled blackberries and fluff. This was much better than it looked. It was basically a deconstructed and elevated version of smores.

Our service was good, little slow at times though. Overall, the starters and the dessert were the highlight of our meal and the entrees were just average. I think it would be worth going back for the happy hour and the burger, but I'm not sure the entrees are the draw.


Borough
730 N Washington Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Phone: (612) 354-3135
http://boroughmpls.com