Description
Most of food-oriented Minneapolis was reeling when three of our biggest of our big-name restaurants closed, namely Auriga, Five, and Restaurant Levain. What to do? Where to go? Who would carry the locally sourced, local-talent train forward? Luckily, the answer was right in plain sight, at the Corner Table, a restaurant in Kingfield helmed by Scott Pampuch, the chef locally famous for launching the Modern Cafe into its modern era. The Corner Table has local-sourcing cred to burn: For instance, all their beef is grass-fed and raised locally by Thousand Hills Cattle Company, and the rest of their meat comes through the Southeast Minnesota Food Network, which draws on farms from around Pampuch's hometown, Winona. The hungry hordes come often to sample from the frequently changing seasonal menu, which has featured such dishes as a Minnesota beef tenderloin grilled and served beside crimini mushrooms, roasted shallots, and chestnut spaetzle; or a green curry lamb stew with polenta, parsnips, and pumpkin; they stay for the light and clean little restaurant's sophisticated wine list, and desserts.
