20 Dec
2006
20 Dec
'06
4:27 p.m.
Mostly an update. Hovering at 13.
Small, gentle pours please.
Proven Pinot at Emmas.
6:30 on Thursday (our usual day and time)
Weather could be messy. After dinner WILL NOT be a good
time to be looking for your ice scraper, your washer fluid
or your jumper cables.
Cheers,
Jim
----- Forwarded message from "Jim L. Ellingson" <jellings(a)me.umn.edu>
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On 12/19/06 1:27 PM, "Jim L. Ellingson"
<jellings(a)me.umn.edu> wrote:
> Emma's Restaurant and Lounge
>
> A low-key neighborhood sweetheart with fine-dining aspirations, Emma's is
> where you'll find young chef and owner Emily Streeter cooking her likable
> French-touched classics. For dinner you'll find carefully made bistro classics
> as well as more ambitious showpieces. Streeter works particularly well with
> flavors along a single theme: One wintertime special of goose fat-braised duck
> crusted with fines herbes and served in a smoked tomato duck stock with
> potatoes, leeks, and fresh baby fava beans was unforgettable. During weekend
> brunch, unpretentious dishes like fried-egg cutouts and French toast as fluffy
> as bed pillows brighten every table--and cost the same as at nearby style-less
> diners. Emma's back lounge is a hidden oasis, and the wine, cocktails, and
> privacy are a welcome after-dinner treat for those who want a drink, but not a
> bar. American Posh. $$-$$$, Breakfast / Brunch, Great Bar.
> 2817 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls.; 612.879.5800
>
> Proven Pinots at Emmas. 2817 Lyndale (was 3 Muses?).
> Bob
> Lori
> Betsy
> Annette S
> Jim
> Warren/Ruth/Steve
> Karin/Nicolai
Dave T
Jeff G.
Fred Petters
> Cheers,
> Jim
>