Hopefully, the St. Paul outpost will have at least ‘x’ times the service as the NE location. We got up and left last week after being ignored for at least 15 minutes after snagging a table and instead had a very...

For a soup from a resto...my best pick is the coconut soup at BonXai on University and Snelling in St. Paul. It made me swoon! The next best pick I’d make is the miso soup from Obento-Ya - it was so complex and smokey, and...

of reference outside of what I order when we go to Origami or Obento-Ya (and then it is a crap-shoot, often relaying on the server or Itamae...perhaps Surdyk’s offers a class). Anyway, both sakes were very good. For food we...

Punch Pizza has gift cards. Also, not sure if these places offer gift cards but, Obento-ya for Japanese, Bewitched for gourmet sandwiches and Brasa for “premium rotisserie” (their description).

many great, cheap ethnic places in town, including tons of places I haven’t tried yet. For just a few more $$, check out Brasa (Southern), Midori’s (Japanese), Ngon (Vietnamese-fusian), Obento-Ya (Japanese), Tanpopo...

friendly. i have loved all of the vegetarian items i have tried and they also do a great job with lamb. haven’t ordered fish there. for sushi, midori’s is a fine rec. also if you are trying to keep it on the cheaper...

Here’s another one: Obento-Ya. Its roughly over by the U, and while sushi/japanese is not necessarily something i think we do the best around here, this place has made some of my more memorable japanese meals. They have...

ObentoYa is not too terribly far up on Como.

" places to help ease into a St. Paul experience, try Birchwood, Cupcake, Obento-Ya, and Sea Salt (in Mpls), and Trotter’s, Jay’s Cafe, Muffuletta, and Izzy’s (in St. Paul). For help discovering more St. Paul...

Check out Obento-ya. I’ve dined solo at the bar and had both good service and good food.

restaurants as well as good Sushi/Japanese and Indian spots. Additionally, some very good African food/restaurants (Ethiopian, Guyanese, Moraccan, Somali, etc) Hole in the wall places we like: Mairin’s Table, Koyi, Sabor...

?), and they were average, nothing to write home about. We had dinner once at Obento-ya - cute place, good food at decent prices, good service. We had gyoza for an appetizer. I had a compartmentalized bento meal, and I think my...

Not like I usually crave or would recommend pre-made sushi from a store, but a friend tipped me off to an exception. Pemberton Market in Cambridge carries O-Bento sushi from Belmont and the veggie maki combo (can’t bring...

)? & what’s with the lack of focus on the eats in st paul itself? why not mention some of the great bakeries in st. paul for breakfast instead of al’s? & as much as i’m a fan of obento-ya (como in southeast...

place, try Obento Ya. It’s tiny, so a group of eight will fill a third of the place. But the service is very friendly and the food is great. http://iplogic.stores.yahoo.net/bistro.html Have fun! Anne