Restaurants & Bars
A St. Paul Restaurant Just Made The New York Times' Best List In America
One dish here has diners convinced it's not actually meatless, and it helped land the spot a national ranking.
ST. PAUL, MN — St. Paul's Khue's Kitchen has landed on the New York Times' annual list of the best restaurants in America.
Critic Brett Anderson praised chef Eric Pham's inventive Vietnamese menu, from a locally famous crispy chicken sandwich to a grilled sirloin that mixes steakhouse quality with Vietnamese takeout flavors.
The showstopper, according to the Times, is a meatless jicama rib dish that tastes like the real thing.
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"Honestly, you can hardly tell there is no meat in there," Anderson notes.
"The dish is also among a majority of entrees priced at $21 or less. A budget-friendly restaurant that doesn’t ask you to sacrifice anything? Yep. There are very good wines, too."
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