Rabbit Hole

I've heard a lot about Rabbit Hole from various media sources, best wings, excellent chef and such, but we had not made time to visit. We should have gone a long time ago. The menu is interesting and fun and the beer list and cocktails are great too.

I had the poke mon, this was the rice with fish flakes. 

The fish and other items were in another bowl- Hawaiian Style marinated salmon sashimi, avocado, mango, and wakame. This was a great poke bowl- the fish was fresh tasting and the accompaniments were great additions.

The "wangs" or wings often make the best of lists in the area. And they certainly were tasty with a flavorful sauce and crisp exterior and juicy interior. The Singapore chili sauce was quite salty though. I'd try another sauce next time.

John had the California sub, which was more along the lines of a sorta with fried chicken, avocado, pickled onion, pico de gallo, bacon, avocado crema, jalapeño hot sauce and served with house cut fries. The fries were excellent, freshly cut and crisp. John loved the sandwich, it was super flavorful and perfect all around. 

The food was great and the service was good as well. I'd like to return and try some of the other menu times as the tacos and bop bowls sound great.


Rabbit Hole
920 E Lake St Suite 101
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: 612) 236-4526
http://www.eatdrinkrabbit.com

Manny's Tortas

John and I stopped at the Midtown Global Market for lunch last weekend. It is always fun to wander around the market and see what is new. There is almost always some sort of event or music on the weekends. It looks like they have opened things up a bit more and added more seating too.

We both ordered the Manny's special torta. First off, they arrive burning hot, so you have to wait awhile for it to cool off so you don't give yourself third degree burns in your mouth! A torta is a type of Mexican sandwich that usually had grilled meat, refried beans, cheese and assorted toppings. The Manny's special is chopped steak and ham with cheese, onions and peppers grilled on a flat top. The bun is toasted and the refried beans are applied to one side of the bun. A spicy mayonnaise sauce is on the other side and then it is topped off with slides of avocado.  It is a very spicy and flavorful sandwich and so delicious. They also have Mexican Coca Cola, which I love because it is made with real cane sugar instead of corn syrup. I think it tastes better than regular Coke.

As with other places in the Global Market you just order at the counter. Our sandwiches were brought out once they were ready.

Manny's Tortas

Midtown Global Market
920 East Lake Street #125
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Phone: (612) 870-3930
http://www.mannystortas.com

Sonora Grill

We visited Sonora Grill for a late Sunday lunch a couple Saturdays ago. It is a relatively new stall at the Midtown Global Market and we had seen it featured on a couple of food shows on TV. So we had pretty high expectations. First of all, we were a bit disappointed when we arrived and and found out they were sold out of the Sonora dog, the bacon wrapped hot dog. How do you run out of bacon and hot dogs? We we looked at the menu a bit, walked around the rest of the market and ended up coming back and ordering other menu items instead.

We each ordered the shrimp caramelos, and they were described on the menu as red tempura, cilantro and cabbage sonora style tacos. The tacos were quite tasty, and had just a tiny bit of spice. The red color made me think they looked like they would be quite hot and spicy, but I guess that was just an illusion. The shrimp were cooked well and this was a tasty taco. I think I liked this taco more than John did though.

We both ordered the beef skirt steak caramelos that had chihuahua cheese, sauteed onions, cilantro and salsa verde. We both thought these were good tacos with lots of steak and onion inside. The cabbage added  a nice crunch too.

I also got a side of the eggplant fries with chimichurri aoili. The eggplant fries were quite tasty, but they were also quite greasy. They really soaked up the oil they were cooked in. We ate about half of the eggplant fries and had enough of them. The dipping sauce that came with the fries was quite good and it gave some good flavor and spice to what is otherwise a very bland vegetable. The breading on the eggplant fries did not do much to give them more flavor either. I wanted to keep my arteries free for tastier greasy goodness.

Unfortunately, while eating my steak taco I bit into a piece of wood inside the taco. I should have taken a photo of it, but I forgot. (Major error on my part, I know.) I put it on a napkin and took it up to the counter and told them this was in my taco and I thought they should know about it. The employees did not seem very concerned. They said the steak is cooked on skewers, so that is where it came from probably. I told them I thought they would want to know about it because it ruined my meal for me. They did not offer any apologies or anything at all. I was very disappointed in how they handled the situation and would have at least liked a sincere apology. Their apathy led me to feel that they did not care if I returned again or not, which is too bad. So, to say the least, the service was not exactly great.

Sonora Grill
920 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
(612) 871-1900
http://www.midtownglobalmarket.org/sonoragrill
www.facebook.com/SonoraGrill