close to home. I am looking for suggestions because I know there are places I haven’t tried yet or should go back to. I’ve been to Heidi’s, Broders, Blackbird, Corner Table, Cafe Maude, Levain, Al Vento, Prima....

Jun Bo is right off 494 in Richfield (just West of the airport). It’s a solid Chinese place with a daunting menu. If you take 62 West from the airport (which meets up with 494), you’ll go by Cafe Maude, which I think...

Try Shanghai Cafe at 100 Mott St, btwn Canal & Hester St. I read about it in a NYTimes (I think) article about soup dumplings, and now it is the place I go when I get a hankering. V good dumplings and less crazy that Joe’s...

to Swede Hollow Cafe on Saturday. Their hot chocolate was quite mediocre, but I had an incredible cranberry-orange scone. Thanks in advance, alison

Not a whole lot in the way of bars or “hangouts”, but my recs (food/beer/wine-wise) would be: Cafe Maude at 54th & Penn, Cave Vin at 56th & Xerxes, Broders at 50th & Penn or Pierre’s at 50th & Penn. A little...

Cafe Maude has really good mac and cheese, which would be a ten as it literally uses aged cheese. Smalley’s in Stillwater has really good mac and cheese, which doesn’t have aged cheddar, but bacon and chili’s....

It won’t help for your downtown outing, but I would highly recommend that the two of you try out Cafe Maud sometime for the nonalcoholic drinks. The list is AMAZINGLY thorough and creative and every time I’m there I...

I agree it’s a really nice place and should get more coverage here and in the local food scene. Maybe they will start to get some spill-over effect from the hotness of Cafe Maude. Adding a places link.

How about Heidi’s or Cafe Maude? Both excellent and mpls but not downtown.

We are hanging in the Village this weekend, and looking for a fun place that casual for the family. I remember eating at a place years ago that stopped the kitchen do sing the theme from Maude . . .does it still exist? Any other...

Just wondering if any of these places are still around: The German/Bavarian Place heading out towards White Spar Rd. Loved their hand-carved sandwiches. Was it the Hofbrau House? Maude's on the square -great sandwiches, soup and...

not cafe maude, apparently! http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/574076

..... http://www.sunsetcove.net/. I forgot the name of the place that took over the Main Street Cafe but I believe that was labeled casual. Maybe someone else could elaborate on the name of the place. In Hastings, it’s been...

Twenty Eight Tejas Although Cafe Maude does not have a kid’s menu, they have fun non-alcoholic drinks (that can keep your toddler entertained), and will modify recipes (mac and cheese) for kids. It’s loud enough in...

Monday is my birthday and I am having a shopping and lunch day with my siter and SIL. Suggestions for a special lunch? I was planning on Cafe Maude, but they aren’t open for lunch yet. eastsidegirl