Minneapolis Fun!

The month of February has been one big ball of snow!  Literally--we are already at the same amount of snow that MN had at the end of the winter last year.  And of course, it's making the list for the top 5 highest recordings of snowfall since meteorologists began recording snow fall amounts.  Not to mention, it's been brutally cold.  I don't know what the average temp. has been, but let's just say, COLD.  It's been pretty absurd weather throughout the entire country.

Although we've had these treacherous conditions, we still have managed to have some fun.

For our b-days, my husband's(the 12th), mine (the 14th), and Valentine's Day we booked a room at the Foshay, and had dinner at Manny's.    http://www.mannyssteakhouse.com/  This place has won several awards.  The service was pretty good and the steak my husband ordered was pretty darn tasty.  If you like paying a lot for not a lot of food, this place is for you!  We were there pretty late--9:00ish.  We didn't see any kids, that was sort of nice.   Can't imagine people taking their children to this place, but maybe they do?

A couple days later, we all got out to Hell's Kitchen for their Sunday brunch. http://www.hellskitcheninc.com/ We did this in honor of Grandma's 60th b-day.

The heading of their webpage reads, "Damn Good Food!"  I'd have to agree.  They give you a hefty portion.  The burgers were great.  Especially the grass fed bison burger that my mom ordered.  Yum!  Very tender and moist.  My husband ordered Minnesota Icon: Lemon-Ricotta Hotcakes.  He is still dreaming about them.  Grandpa ordered the huevos rancheros.  He thought those were pretty darn good too!

Whether or not this place is kid friendly?  Well, they did have live music.  My son loves to hear live music, but we weren't in the room with the music.  They didn't have crayons, or anything for him to do.  So, he was pretty bored.  If we would have reserved the room with the live music, I think his experience would have been much better.

I'd recommend this place overall, and bring something along for my son to do next time!