Something (foodie) dawned on me...

You know when you have one of those moments where the light bulb just goes off? When something in your primordial reptile brain snaps to attention and comes barreling through your forehead so hard your head snaps forward? Like your own personal spidy-sense just red-lined and went WAY past 10... to... 11!

This wasn't one of those...

This was just more of a gentle merging... like a 6 to a 6.2. See, one of the things I've always loved about Minneapolis is the wonderful variety of restaurants. I eat out. A LOT. When I lived in Atlanta, it was always one of my gripes. I never found that special alchemy of affordable and really good neighborhood place.

One of the beauties of the Twin Cities is that there's a host of local, neighboorhoody eateries.

So I was running late today after an appointment in Downtown Minneapolis and got on this Philly Cheese Steak mission. In my experience, I've yet to find a decent Philly in Minneapolis, but I've learned to allow a certain margin of error when looking for a regional food in the Twin Cities. It's like wanting a Chicago-dog outside of Chicago.. or asking for sweet tea anywhere except in the South. It's just not the same...

So.. Yelp comes to the rescue with Caffrey's. I've eaten there a handful of times and I'm always happy with them. They're hip, fun and nice. Plus the sandwiches are really good. So, while I'm surfing the web, eating my philly... I do the equivalent of an internet stream of consciousness. I find myself trying to track down a place that serves a decent fish taco. (it's on ongoing quest)

I'm just really curious as to find out where people think the best fish taco in Minneapolis is (I've always thought the ones at Baja Sol are ok. - but I know there has to be better out there). So after a few minutes of frantic searching, I come across La Sirena Gorda, only to come home and find one of my friends singing praises about Taqueria La Hacienda and how it's the most amazing taco she's had since leaving Southern California. Which.. lead me to writing this...

I love this town and all it's eateries and how dynamic and fun they are. There's no reason to settle for a boring meal when you have literally hundreds of places to accommodate all types of foodie cravings within a 30 min drive.

With that, I think I'm going to go track down some dessert. ;)