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I LOVED A REBOURS! Best Pate hands down in the Twin Cities. I lived in MSP for 2+ years from NYC and instantly fell in love with this place. It's a real shame that Minnesotans don't patronize good places as often as needed to support these excellent venues. I strongly feel that you guys really don't know how to appreciate a great spot when its right in the middle of your city!
I'm still shocked to this day that Five Res + Street Lounge closed after one year. If we had Five in NYC, at those prices, holy smacks, I'd be there every weekend. The closest thing I've come to Five (in terms of quality, taste and originality of the food, as well as spectacular presentation and tasting menus) is a placed called CRU (look it up on citysearch) and it costs at least 5 times as much, easily. But it does WELL, not only because NY'ers go out more, because when we find a real gem, we really show our appreciation, in the form of $$. Sorry but restaurants aren't non-profit charities that cook out of good will, they need to make money to stay open. And if you want all these great qualities in a place, don't bicker when you have to shell out some hard earned cash! Trust me, you guys REALLY are paying peanuts for a place like Heartland.
Sadly a gorgeous place like A Rebours, with friendly, timely service, well presented, tasteful and creative food, with a pretty good wine list and GREAT prices, closes down because places like Chino Latino (which yes does have good food, but come on! noisy as heck and the bathroom being unisex *really* isn't as impressive as it's made out to be, and it sure doesn't improve it's service!) are sucking all your attention.
Oh goodness, if it gets any worse, next, Heartland will be closed! Or the Artists Quarter! Or 112 Eatery.... well, that's not likely....at least I hope not or I'll have to stop visiting.
Pros: food, service, wine, PATE and then a Steak sandwich at lunch, YUM!
Cons: empty in this lunch based economy and unappreciative "city"-dwellers
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