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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.

The Marianne's Kitchen of sharing, conversation, and learning continues with ongoing commentary, food reviews and food finds as we grow, cook and eat our food and sample local restaurants.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Stay Away!!! Phil's Tara Hideaway in Stillwater

Linda says: 
Finally made it to Phil's Tara Hideaway in Stillwater.

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Guess we should have waited longer.

2 stars
p.s. Sorry, don't serve romaine when the source(s) of the nationwide outbreak of e-coli have not been confirmed --- many other greens are available...maybe some of them might even be fresh.
p.p.s.  I guess they should hand out antacids for dessert.......I'm truly suffering from my grisly duck from which the fat was not rendered.

John says:
We keep track of places that suck.  I pick most of the places that suck.  This was my choice and I'm
out $50 for dinner and two glasses of water.

It's a charming log cabin exterior and interior and the service was attentive.  Everything else was 'meh.'

  • the salad was Romaine (90% of the Romaine in the US is grown in the Yuma/Imperial Valley area...that's where bad lettuce is coming from), was pretty wilty with a bland Greek vinagrette.
  • the salads came with four little pieces of cold, hard bread that looked like pancakes you make for four-year olds
  • I  had the Gyros Dinner (this is a Greek place...it s/h/b a good choice)
    • the cucumbers and tomatoes had been sliced long ago (perhaps in Greece)
    • the minimal pieces of Pita bread were cold, hard and flavorless
    • the sauce for the Gyros meat should have had some sparkle or bright freshness to it also tasted old and more like a lemony tartar sauce
    • the saffron orzo was an unremarkable mushball
    • the Gyros meat was ample in size, somewhat spicy,  but certainly is staying with us
    • the onions were harsh and should have had a cold water bath
    • the peppers were wilted and appeared to be right out of the Mount Olive or Mezzetta jar
    • the three olives were OK
Go figure...off their game tonight or just old-fashioned supper-club OK?


We've eaten many, many meals together.  Our meals at the Hideaway should have stayed hidden in the kitchen...but you know, tomorrow is a new day, but not at the Hideaway!!








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