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19 5th St. NE Minneapolis MN 55413

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  • Greek, Health, Mediterranean
    Tue-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
    $ $
  • Catering, Private Party, Takeout
    Dinner, Lunch
    Accepted
  • Street
Description

Anna and Lazaros Christoforides's sunny restaurant with the bubbling fountain and the moist, lemon-scented air is a vivacious, herbal oasis in a cold meat-and-potatoes world. Start with a couple of kicky dips, like a zingy skordalia (mainly potatoes, lemon juice, and garlic) and tyro (feta blended with roasted red bell peppers and chile peppers, garlic, and herbs); work up to tried-and-true sandwiches, like a parsley-touched chicken souvlaki. If you're a real epicurean, please do try the rice-stuffed squid baked in a red-wine sauce, or the fresh artichoke-and-braised-lamb dish that's a bright point of every spring.








  • 2013 | Best Greek Restaurant

    The sun reflects off the blond wood, washing the rock-and-metal sculptures with comfortable warmth. No matter the weather outside, inside Gardens of Salonica feels like an oasis in the gritty city. On a chilly November day, the liberal use of lemon in the appetizers, served with warm pita bread, is like a wink of summer sun. On a sweltering August afternoon, the cool, simple greens dressed in light vinaigrette make the Greek salad a refreshing splash of water on the cheeks. Here they use... More »

  • 2012 | Best Greek Restaurant

    For more than two decades, Gardens of Salonica has provided Northeast with a glimpse into Greece, even on the coldest winter's day. Owner Anna Christoforides dances through the restaurant each day, crafting fresh and traditional dishes to her heart's delight -- and that of the diners as well. Like any great restaurant, it starts with the ingredients, then is built up with plenty of attention to detail and the flair of a great artist. There are regulars on the menu, like the psito (a leg... More »

  • 2010 | BEST GREEK RESTAURANT

    There's something charming about having a restaurant's chef double as your server. At Gardens of Salonica, it means owner Anna Christoforides can easily direct diners to dishes like the lachanodolmades, a seasoned beef and cabbage dish liberally coated in avgolemono (a thick egg-and-lemon broth). How else would we know to swirl vinegar into the thick lentil soup without her suggestion? No encouragement is necessary when it comes to ordering the sunny restaurant's many dips for the stack of... More »

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  • Down the Garden Path

    Down the Garden Path

    Gardens of Salonica 19 Fifth St. NE, Mpls.; (612) 378-0611 Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Anna and Lazaros Christoforides' little Northeast restaurant has mastered the art of appearing like a well-kept... More »

Main
Appetizers & Salads
With Pita
S. $4.50
L. $9.50
Salata
greek salad with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, pasteurized domestic feta, calamata olives, house vinaigrette dressing
$5.50
Melitzana
oven roasted eggplant pureed with greek olive oil, scallions, parsley, garlic, organic seasonings
$4.75
Piaz
organic black eyed peas, tossed with greek olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, onions, parsley
$4.50
$8.50
Horta
steamed local, organic greens drizzled exclusively with extra virgin greek olive oil, garnished with lemon wedges (greens are par-boiled and frozen for winter availability)
$5.50
Tzatziki
greek-style, naturally fermented yogurt, grated cucumber, fresh garlic, seasonings
$4.75
Fava
the greek bean dip: yellow split peas pureed with greek olive oil, seasonings, garnish of onion and lemon
$4.75
Skordalia
pureed garlic with potato, greek olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, seasonings
$5.25
Tarama
steamed beets with green tops as available in vinaigrette with fresh garlic
$5.25
Tyro
pasteurized feta blended with greek olive oil, roasted red peppers, serrano peppers, garlic, organic seasonings
$6.95
Anginares
braised wild-caught octopus in vinaigrette and organic seasonings
$6.95
Pipperies
in-house hand-roasted red bell peppers in greek olive oil, red-wine vinegar, garlic, seasonings
$9.25
Combination Plate
select from any three of the above
$6.95
Octapodi
braised wild-caught octopus in vinaigrette and organic seasonings
Soups Of The Day
Cup $3.75
Bowl $4.50
All Natural, House Simmered Stock
all natural, in-house simmered stock with organic meats and veggies. bowl portion served with slice of pita. vegan selection often available. ask for today's selections
Entrees
Served With Choice Of Greek Salad Or Soup And Pita Bread
$11.95
Yigandes
mported giant greek beans, oven-braised with tomato, celery, onions, garlic, herbs, and spices in red sauce; a vegan selection w/an olive substitute
$11.95
Ambelodolmades
rolled grape leaves stuffed with seasoned rice, choice of tzatziki or avgolemono; a vegan selection when ordered with lemon wedges
$12.95
Lachanodolmades
hand rolled cabbage leaves stuffed with seasoned local, pasture-raised, all-natural beef and rice, topped with avgolemono
$12.95
Pastitsio
baked layers of greek pasta and seasoned local, pasture-raised zweber farms ground beef, topped with bechamel cream sauce made of organic milk, schultz eggs, hope butter and organic aromatic spice
$12.95
Mousakas
baked layers of oven roasted eggplant and seasoned local, pasture-raised ground beef, topped with bechamel cream sauce of organic milk, hope butter, schultz eggs and organic, aromatic spices
$11.95
Vegetarian Mousakas
meatless variety of mousakas with pasturized cow's milk feta and garlic-tomato-wine sauce
$13.95
Psito
roasted boneless leg of lamb with fresh garlic and greek seasonings, served with oven roasted lemon potatoes; available friday/saturday and as a special order
$13.95
Orzo Arni
locally raised, all-natural, braised lamb simmered with greek pasta in red sauce and a garnish of imported, sheep's milk kefalotyri cheese: may be seasonally substituted by fasolaki arni, lamb and green runner beans
$13.95
Plaki
baked wild-caught cod in greek olive oil, wine, tomato, onion, parsley, and garlic
1 Skewer $12.95
Skewer $17.95
Makaronia Kai Souvlaki
choice of chicken, pork tenderloin, soutzoukakia or gyros meat on a bed of linguine pasta and a garnish of imported, sheep's milk cheese
Platters
Select From: Gyros, Pork Skewer, Lamb Skewer, Chicken Breast, Soutzoukaki, Served With Pita Bread
$20.95
Small Platter
select 2 meat offerings + one regular entree
$29.95
Large Platter
select 4 from the meat-only offerings + one regular entree
Sides
$1.00
Pita
$3.50
Feta Ladorigane
pateurized cow's milk feta, greek oregano and greek extra virgin olive oil
Half $3.50
Full $4.75
Greek Fries
fresh cut daily, fried per order and sprinkled with the gardens' special spices: no ketchup
$1.95
Salonica Peppers
$2.75
Calamata Olives
oil cured for a rich, mild flavor
$4.25
Meze Combo
domestic, pasteurized feta, olives, salonica peppers
$6.50
Saganaki
kefalograviera cheese dipped in seasoned flour and fried in extra virgin olive oil; flambeed in a saganaki pan: $9.25
Boughatsa
$2.50
$4.50
Spinach Feta
spinach, cow’s milk feta, scallions and seasonings mixed with whole, organic, free-range eggs
$2.50
$4.50
Pikantiko
roasted red and green bell peppers, feta cheese, calamata olives q
$2.50
$4.50
Mushroom Kef
fresh mushrooms, imported greek kefalotyri cheese, seasonings
$2.50
$4.50
Leek Lemon Garlic
leeks, skordalia
$4.50
Feta Ric
feta, ricotta, kefalotyri, seasonings
$5.25
Beef Mushroom Burgundy
local, pasture-raised, all-natural ground beef, fresh mushrooms, onion, burgundy wine
Pitza
Fresh Tomatoes, Garlic, Calamata Olives, Salonica Peppers, Feta And Kasseri Cheese On Greek Pita
$6.95
Vegetarian Pitsa
seven inch pita brushed with extra virgin greek olive oil, and layered with fresh tomatoes, garlic, calamata olives, salonica peppers, pasturized feta and kaseri cheese
$8.95
Soutzoukaki Pitsa
with cumin seasoned in-house, pastured-raised, all-natural beef links
Sandwiches
Wrapped In Greek Pita With Fresh Tomatoes, Onions, Parsley, Tzatziki And Garnish Of Home Cut Greek Fries
$8.25
Gyros
blend of rotisserie ground beef and lamb sliced to order
$8.25
Souvlaki
broiled skinless chicken breast broiled pork tenderloin
$8.25
Soutzoukakia
cumin seasoned in-house, all-natural, pasture-raised house beef links
$6.50
Vegetarian Sandwich
tomatoes, onions, tzatziki wrapped in a grilled greek pita
Desserts
With Organic Milk, Eggs, Sugar, And Butter
$3.50
Lemon Cream Boughatsa
light cream filling made organic 2% milk, schultz organic eggs, hope butter, organic sugar and flavored with organic lemon zest and vanilla hand-wrapped in sugar and cinnamon sprinkled fillo pastry
$3.50
Chocolate Hazelnut Boughatsa
dark brandied chocolate with pureed hazelnuts hand-wrapped in fillo pastry
$3.50
Apricot Cream Boughatsa
blend of apricots, cream cheese, 100% sweetened with ames farm's honey and spice, hand-wrapped in fillo pastry
$3.75
Baklava
almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts in layers of fillo and clarified hope butter drizzled with ames farm honeyed, organic orange zest, and cinnamon-spiced syrup
$3.00
Kataifi
almonds and walnuts in shredded fillo pastry, drizzled with clarified hope butter and ames farm honeyed syrup
$5.50
Galaktoboureko
semolina cream made from organic 2% milk, hope butter, schultz organic, free-range eggs in layers of fillo drizzled with a light orange zest syrup.
$3.50
Rizogalo
greek style rice pudding with organic 2%milk and sugar flavored with organic lemon peel, dusted with organic cinnamon
$3.00
Ice Cream Scoop Of Organic Vanilla
locally produced sonny's organic vanilla
$4.50
Yogurt Honey Sundae
greek style old home yogurt from topped with toasted nuts and local, independently owned ames farm honey
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