Hey-o Minneapolis friends!
Did you know? Common Roots Cafe in the Uptown area is where it’s AT.
Common Roots Cafe was recently featured on the Eat Better America Healthy Restaurant Road Trip as a tasty and healthy restaurant in the Minneapolis area. I’ve been hearing good things about this place for a while, so when given the chance to try it out, it was an easy yes!
Although the quantity of food we ate probably doesn’t qualify as healthy (macaroni and cheese with spinach walnut pesto, basil, mozzarella and Parmesan as a STARTER), it felt awesome to enjoy a meal of fresh, organic, creative food that was locally sourced.
Wanna see what we ate? It’s ok, I like creeping on other people’s food, too.
After perusing the menu online for at least 20 minutes before getting to the restaurant, I decided to order the veggie burger. As a self-proclaimed veggie burger snob, I can tell you that this was one of the best veggie burgers I’ve ever had! The texture was the perfect balance of crunchy, grainy, and moist – and the flavors rocked my face off. Who knew a sunflower-spinach veggie burger topped with pickled radish, aioli and roasted garlic spread could be so delicious? Well, I guess I did. Holla.
After looking at the menu for maybe 5 seconds, Bjork ordered the flat iron steak. And although it was not quite as well-thought out as my order, it was a great decision. Grass-fed beef in a Madeira pan sauce with mushroom, wilted spinach and poached potatoes? Yeah. We absolutely loved the steak. And honestly, check out those potatoes. I’m melting.
And now, things get life changing.
I ended up making a split second decision to get a sea salt caramel latte to go with my chocolate cherry cake. SEA.SALT.CARAMEL.LATTE. Could I write a whole post just on that latte? Yes, I could. It was so creamy, so strong, and so so so unexpectedly salty in a buttery caramel way. I WILL be back for that latte. I will.
Here’s the awesome news!
Eat Better America, a healthy lifestyle resource created by General Mills, is sponsoring a giveaway for a $50 gift card to Common Roots Cafe! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post in order to enter the giveaway!
Update: a winner has been chosen and the giveaway is now closed.
Minneapolis peeps, good luck! And the rest of you… you know where your first stop will be the next time you decide to drop by Minneapolis! Please order the sea salt caramel latte. Please.
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I look forward to trying that restaurant!
that macaroni and cheese looks really good
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/onitnaram/status/193286084732530688
It IS as amazing as it looks!
I love Common Roots! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
Oh, I love Common Roots, their food is so amazing! Definitely one of my favorites in town!
I love Common Roots! So fun to have a local giveaway!
Why am I not at all surprised you got the veggie burger? 🙂 Everything – especially that latte – looks delicious!
Because Im predictable. :). But this one was 100 times better than the one I had last weekend!
Yummy I’ve heard great things about this place
That sea salt caramel latte looks amazing!! I have never been to that cafe before in Uptown, but it looks like a must-stop place!!
I haven’t been there yet, but I’ll have to check it out! It looks delicious!
My mouth is watering. Everything looks AMAZING! I will definitely be checking out Common Roots Cafe this weekend! Sea salt caramel latte here I come!
I’ll be back home in Minneapolis in May, and would love to try that sea salt caramel latte….yum!
EVERYTHING in this post looks delicious, I would love to try Common Roots Cafe!
Love Common Roots.
I would make a trip to Minneapolis for this! That latte looks DIVINE. Yum.
Looks AH-mazing. Hope i get to eat that Mac and Cheese someday…
I grew up in Minneapolis and my second home was the overall Uptown area and this post brings back soooo many memories for me!
Great blog! I will have to try that latte!! Sounds amazing!!!
Yes, I love Common Roots!
I tweeted this giveaway on Tweeter! https://twitter.com/#!/HannahRogal/status/193365780711211008
Yum! I would love to try this restaurant!
It sounds like a great restaurant!
https://twitter.com/#!/annakl24/status/193394053356851200
Took me forever to figure out how get the link!
Awesome giveaway! Everything looks so great, especially that mac and cheese! Do I spy some pesto in there?