Barb Lickness' review of Azia had my mouth watering. And I am sure that other Minneapolis List members know of equally great restaurants.
So I am asking list members to take a shot at one of the following two questions: What is your favorite Minneapolis restaurant? What is your latest Minneapolis restaurant find? I will share my latest find: Taco Cabana in Marcello's at the north east corner of Bloomington and Lake. Last week I had a meeting with two people at Marcello's. Marcello's strikes me as a fairly typical semi-interesting, semi-foofy, semi-organic coffee shop. To pay for the rent for the table, I went to the front counter buy a cookie. The woman behind the counter stared at me blankly, and shook her head no. I then pointed at random inside the display case. I ended up with a chicken taco. 99% of my experience with tacos has been with the likes of Taco Bell, and I thought I didn't like tacos. So the taco sat on the plate, and occasionally I poked and prodded and pecked at it. Finally, in boredom, I took a bite. And I was sent into Taco Heaven. These are by far the softest, juiciest, tastiest tacos I have ever had. They are oozing over with cilantro and lime juice and quacamole. The taco pollo a la Mexicana has just the lightest hint of a kick. The Taco Pollo Verde has enough heat to give my bland northern European tastebuds a workout, without putting them into cardiac arrest. They also gave me this wonderfully smoky red sauce, but the seeds put the fear of God into my tastebuds, and I didn't dare put it on anything. For those who think all tacos are made of iceburg lettuce and grated American cheese, be ready for a taco epiphany. These tacos are not even the same species. I have become a tacoholic. I am powerless to resist. Word of caution. At least when I have been there, you better either be fluent in Spanish or fluent in pointing your fingers. Jay Clark Cooper P.S. Regarding police, community meetings and the media. A police officer said don't worry about it, and that it is business as usual except for things of an extraordinary nature. I went to a Windom Park meeting last night regarding the recent shooting of a convenience store employee. A beat cop was freely talking with the community and answering questions, even with a channel four camera lurking about. Based on the comments by reporters and the police, and based on the Windom Park meeting last night, I'd say that my concerns that the police could clam up in community meetings with the media present can go into remission. A media person also said that the best and perhaps only way to get the police to cooperate with reporters is to have the mayor order the police not to talk to reporters. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
