Food Write: August 7, 2017 J. Selby's on Selby in St. Paul

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Following twenty years of farmer's markets selling locally grown vegetables, native fruits, and local honey Linda created Marianne's Kitchen in Shoreview, MN, an oasis of good food, conversation and laughter in a suburban food desert. Operating from 2011-2017 the cafe offered home made soups, fresh bread baked daily, great sandwiches and treats and a complete line of gluten-free soups, pickled products, jams, jellies, salsas and locally sourced soups, honey and grains.

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Friday, December 8, 2017

August 7, 2017 J. Selby's on Selby in St. Paul

We were finally able to get a table at J Selby @ 8 tonight.

They seem to still be struggling to have food. When they start by telling you they're out of 5 menu items (& they have 2 hours of service left), it's disappointing.

The facility is beautiful (when we had a retail store at Grand & Victoria, we often drove past this bldg which was poorly used for years). It's nice to see it's getting a new lease on life.

The food was average (hard to say that when there's not much to compare it to). But the fries were bad, my sandwich was a mess (& gee, it's a vegan place---could I get a whole slice of tomato?), John's spicy slaw was red cabbage with chipotle mayo & they left off 1/2 of his ingredients.

I get the sense that they are still having trouble prepping adequate amounts of food for their dinner service--so they left some stuff off our plates.

I think we'll try then earlier in the day next time - like maybe weekend breakfast - and report back on their progress.

They have big crowds. Hopefully that will bode well for their future.