Fickle Fork of Fate

Casual Dining

Jake's City Grille

Pasta in a cream sauce with cajun chicken.

Before I go into further details, let me mention that I went to Jake's City Grille in Eden Prairie with my parents for my dad's birthday, and they like it, and it's not what I would call bad food. As such.

But there's something about a place like Jake's, a place that's still serving cajun chicken pasta in 2010, that makes me want to scream. A place that puts their name on things (Jakesauce, Jakewings, Jakefries) when, at least in the case of the Jakefries, clearly came frozen off the back of a truck.

Pei Wei Asian Diner

 

As I've mentioned in the past, when I go out to eat, more often than not it's at a fast-casual place with counter service. Sure, I see the value in going to a nice restaurant, sitting down, and enjoying a nice, long meal with good service and pleasant conversation. But I don't always have the time or money for that, and neither do you. And so I find myself at a Chipotle, or a Panera, or a Noodles, or, from time to time, a Pei Wei.

ICETAFD: The Huarachazo at Taqueria Los Ocampos

I don't know who "emoeby" is, but their Flicker feed is a life-saver.I have made no secret of my love for the glorious taco. But it is not a boundless love. It has boundaries.

Case in point - I have been to Taqueria Los Ocampos, in the Midtown Global Market, at least a dozen times, and probably more. And I have never, ever, ever ordered a taco. Not even a gordita. And that is because they sell the huarachazo.

Sushi-Do

 

My plan was to do a short write-up of Tensuke Sushi, in the Baker Building, in the Minneapolis skyway. It's a place I used to eat at a lot before the economy went in the shitter, and I loved it. Simple rolls, of the usual fish-avocado-cucumber-spicy mayo variety, but fresh and well-made and inexpensive. And today, circumstances lined up so that I'd be going there for the first time in a long time. Only it wasn't Tensuke Sushi anymore. It was Sushi-Do.

The Twin Cities Patty Orgy: Burger Jones

We continue our review of the new burger places that opened up in Minneapolis in the past couple of months. As of last night, I have completed the trifecta, but you'll have to wait a bit for my thoughts on Smashburger, because like everyone else, I'm going to talk about Burger Jones.

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