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5607 Chicago Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55417

612-825-6900

http://www.firstcoursebistro.com

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5607 Chicago Ave. S. Minneapolis MN 55417

Cuisine(s): American, Tapas, Wine Bar

Hours: Sun-Thu 5pm-9pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-10pm

Price: $$$ $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Delivery, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

Serving: Dinner
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street

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With reasonably priced pastas and antipasto plates to share, First Course is the kind of neighborhood restaurant you could raise a family in. Pasta dishes are well-turned-out and flavorful, and the solid little wine-and-beer list is nice to have in your corner, but perhaps the biggest draw here is that the First Course is virtually the only neighborhood restaurant in that cozy Tudor world south of the crick and east of Diamond Lake.

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By Emily Weiss | Wed, February 20, 2013

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Main Menu

Appetizers

Cup $4.00
Bowl $6.00

Soup Of The Day

$13.95

Seared Ahi Tuna
with a soy-mirin-rice wine vinegar sauce

$6.25

Bruschetta
with basil pesto and kalamata olive tapanade

$12.00

Mediterranean Mussels
with red curry

$14.00

Antipasti Platter
with cured meats, marinated olives, oven roasted tomatoes, and artisan cheese

Pizza Of The Day

Salads

$7.75

Caesar
with romaine, gorgonzola anchovy dressing, croutons and parmigiano reggiano

$8.00

Grilled Portabella And Asparagus
with mixed greens, tomato, herbed goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette

$7.00

Mixed Greens
with tomato, red onion, pepperoncinis and red wine dijon herb vinaigrette

$8.25

Bistro
with mixed greens, applewood smoked bacon, oven roasted tomato, poached egg, toasted bread and mustard sherry vinaigrette

Sandwiches

$9.50

Croque Monsieur
with pommes frites on a toasted french baguette with ham, baby swiss and dijon aioli

$10.50

Bison Blue Burger
with sweet tomato and truffle fries

$7.50

2 Mini Burgers
with white cheddar, tomato and chipotle aioli

Pasta

$14.00

Penne Afredo
with sundried tomatoes, basil, pinenuts and parmigiano reggiano

$15.00

Butternut Squash Ravioli
with brandy gorgonzola cream, julienne vegetables and rainbow chard

$15.50

Linguine
with proscuitto, sun-dried tomato, garlic, basil, olive oil and parmesan

$16.00

Rosemary Pappardelle And Lamb Ragu
with pecorino and tomato

$17.95

Gnocchi In An Ancho Chili Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
with beef tips, leeks, tomato and spinach

Risotto Of The Day

Entrees

$20.00

Cornmeal Encrusted Tilapia On Mixed Greens
with roasted shiitakes, oven roasted tomatoes, stickney hill goat cheese, crispy shoestring potato and grilled lemon vinaigrette

$25.00

Halibut With Leeks, Wild Mushrooms And Vanilla Olive Oil

$17.00

Chicken Roulade
with gorganzola and parmesan risotto, julienne vegetables and shallot pan jus

$19.00

Ancho Accented Bone-in Pork Chop
with wild rice, julienne vegetables, pear-blueberry chutney, crisp sweet potato strings and veal demi

$29.00

16 Oz. Corn-fed N.y. Strip
with fingerling potatoes, juliene onion and red wine jus

$25.00

Duck Breast
with sweet potato puree, julienne vegetable, sour cherry sauce and crispy sweet potato strings

Tapas

$7.00

Honey Garlic Baby Back Pork Ribs
with soy, ginger & chili oil

$4.00

Fried Green Olives Stuffed
with blue cheese

$4.00

Three Salamis
cured pork loin, chorizo, spanish wine salami

$4.00

Grilled Asparagus
with balsamic and thin onion rings

$4.00

Senorio De Montelarreina
(spanish sheeps milk cheese) with banana-date-raisin-ginger-curry chutney

$3.00

Large Green Spanish Olives
marinated w/celery, garlic, oregano and olive oil

$4.00

Calamari
lightly fried with chipotle aioli

$4.00

Humboldt Fog Goats Milk Cheese
with boozy cherries

$8.00

first Course Shrimp
(buttery tail on tiger shrimp w/our special bbq spice)

$8.00

shop In The City Skewers
(beef tips w/green chili, tamarind & molasses)

$4.00

Olive Duo
small spanish arbequina & kalamata

$5.00

Warm Almond Coated Manchego Cheese
on baguette w/ sherry vinegar-garlic oil

$4.00

Parmigiano Reggiano
with balsamic vinegar of modena no. 12 & arbequina extra-virgin olive oil

Dessert

$6.50

Flourless Chocolate Cake
with pistacio and fresh berries

$6.50

Tres Leches Cake
with passion fruit and lime

$5.95

Creme Brulee

$5.95

First Course German Chocolate Cake
in a bittersweet macadamia nut, coconut caramel sauce

$4.95

Ice Cream Or Sorbet
pumphouse creamery ice cream or sorbet of the day with cookies

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First Course

5607 Chicago Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55417

612-825-6900

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Best Twin Cities restaurants you haven't tried

By Emily Weiss | Wed, February 20, 2013

Best pumpkin dishes in the Twin Cities, part 2

By Emily Weiss | Tue, October 23, 2012

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By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, February 27, 2002

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