21. TRAVAIL KITCHEN & AMUSEMENTS
Robbinsdale, MN
22. HARVEST
St. Louis, MO
23. BACHELOR FARMER, THE
Minneapolis, MN
24. SAKURA
St. Paul, MN
25. JESS & JIM’S
Kansas City, MO

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Travail Kitchen & Amusements
Robbinsdale, MN

4154 WEST BROADWAY
763-535-1131
HTTP://TRAVAILKITCHEN.COM

The quaint Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale, Minnesota, seems better suited to being home to shops frequented by the local Swedish community. But directly across the street from Hackenmueller’s Butcher Shop, you will find this restaurant, described by one of our reviewers as “one of the coolest dining experiences in the country.” While the menu seems simple – offerings written on a blackboard list only the featured ingredient – the finished product is anything but, and an $8 plate of pork could end up as an artfully plated, elaborately put-together dish featuring 12 ingredients and finished with odd garnishes and emulsion dollops. The atmosphere is equally surreal, and the energy level is so high, one reviewer described the place as “pulsating.”