restaurant: butcher block

by anutritionisteats on October 24, 2009

in appetizers, cheese, pasta, Uncategorized, vegetables, wine

For the tasters Birthday he decided on a new restaurant in our neighborhood called The Butcher Block. “Where meat is our passion; organic, grass-fed & sustainable are our principles; and serving great-tasting food – with or without meat – is our priority.” And meat we had. I love the more “traditional” Italian restaurants complete with separate courses of chewy pasta and tender meat. The prices were very reasonable and they had a number of bottles of wine for $15. So we had a $15 bottle of Chianti. Was it the best bottle of wine I’ve ever had? Obvy not but I’m no wine snob so it worked.

Get ready for a ridiculous amount of food. I’m just warning ;)

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Grilled Octopus: Haven’t had this since Greece and while we are sadly no where near the ocean here in MN, it was surprisingly good. It pretty much melted.

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Romanesca Salad: Romaine, cucumber, tomato, anchovy vinaigrette – some greens were definitely needed in this meat-centric meal.

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Lamb Sausage: this is freshly ground and prepared on-site and it is to. die. for. literally. The taster and I were dreaming of putting this on pizza and pretty much just eating it as often as possible.

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Fettuccine alla Bolognese: ground pork and beef, tomato – definitely not something I would generally order but it wasn’t my birthday :) This dish was so straight-forwardly delicious- nothing fancy here and nothing fancy needed.

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Pork & Ricotta Meatballs: we ordered these along with pasta (why? I’m still not really sure) but they were amazing none the less

While we have already tried about 3/4 of the menu, I can’t wait to get back to the Butcher Block. Who knows, maybe once it thaws we can actually walk there!

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{ 6 comments }

runroamrecycle October 24, 2009 at 10:22 pm

Haha so I’m guessing this wouldn’t be the best choice for a vegetarian… ;)

anutritionisteats October 25, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Well, they do have some veg options, but apparently it was all about the meat that night!!! :)

runroamrecycle October 24, 2009 at 10:22 pm

Haha so I’m guessing this wouldn’t be the best choice for a vegetarian… ;)

anutritionisteats October 25, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Well, they do have some veg options, but apparently it was all about the meat that night!!! :)

Molly October 25, 2009 at 8:23 am

mmm Butcher Block! You guys made some amazing choices!
Hope you had a good weekend :)

Molly October 25, 2009 at 8:23 am

mmm Butcher Block! You guys made some amazing choices!
Hope you had a good weekend :)

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