How I rate restaurants

This is a simple process and I'll try and keep the comments to a minimum. I rate using four criteria - taste, value, ambiance, service. Five points possible in each category, twenty points max overall.

14 August, 2010

Grandma's

Supper on August 14th
http://www.grandmasrestaurants.com/
Duluth

Ambiance 4

Service 4

Taste 4

Value 3

Total 15

I eat here when I'm in Duluth for a family outing. About once every year or two. Rock solid, consistent. Not gourmet but never a bad meal. 

Pablo's

Supper on August 13, 2010

http://www.pablosmexican.com/
Shakopee

Ambiance 3
Service 5
Taste 4
Value 4

Total 16
It's been a long wait to find a decent Mexican rest in Minn at a good price.

10 August, 2010

Lyndale Tap House

Brunch on August 7, 2010
http://www.thelyndale.com/

Uptown
Ambiance 3
Service 3
Taste 2
Value 2

Total 10
 
I'm sure it's worth a second chance but hard to overcome lukewarm grits and bad coffee.

06 August, 2010

Rand Deli

Lunch on August 6, 2010
http://www.alliesdeliandcatering.com/index.htm

Downtown Minneapolis in the Rand Building

Ambiance 1
Service 5
Taste 4
Value 4

Total 14

It's a deli in a crowded corner of the skyway, so low on ambiance, best to takeaway. Great people.

02 August, 2010

Cafe Ena

Lunch on July 17
http://www.cafeena.com/
Minneapolis

Ambiance 4
Service 4
Taste 4
Value 3

Total 15

Latin fusion. More fusion than Latin but quite nice.