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1113 E. Franklin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55404

612-870-9842 

http://www.mariascafe.com  

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1113 E. Franklin Ave. Minneapolis MN 55404

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  • Breakfast, Fusion
    Sun 8am-3pm, Mon-Sat 7am-3pm
  • $ $
    Delivery, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
  • Breakfast, Lunch
    Lot Available
Description

Consider yourself a connoisseur of all things flapjack? Well buddy, you haven't lived unless you've had one of Maria's famed corn pancakes, plate-sized, finger-thick fellows as brown as wrens, as plump as puddings. No wonder people make the counterintuitive pilgrimage from Wayzata to Phillips just for an order of the beauties. Other highlights? Vegetarians do backflips for the lemony marinated eggplant sandwich, and that dark and bitter Colombian-style flan inspires pilgrimages of its own.








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  • citypagesbestof
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    | Minneapolis, MN | 145 Reviews

    4
    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    Do you know what this is—this thing they call the "corn cake"? Perhaps you know it as cachapas venezolanas? It is round and flat like a pancake. It is moist and savory. It contains corn flour, butter, and cut corn. You sprinkle fabulously dry and sharp Cotija cheese on it. This, at least, is what the corn cake is at Maria's on Franklin, resurrected from the ashes of the beloved Maria's Breakfast Club. Elsewhere you might find it a little too dry or too sweet. And there might be no Cotija cheese. At Maria's the corn cake is honored and never alone. It is accompanied by sautéed yucca and huevos pericos and other delights from Maria Hoyos's splendid fusion of North and South American cuisines. Hoyos has done all of this for you—so that you may know the corn cake.

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    | Minneapolis, MN | 2 Reviews

    4
    | Fri, July 9, 2010

    Try them you'll like them.

  • coletta.amy
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    | Eagan, MN | 7 Reviews

    4
    | Fri, August 14, 2009

    This isn't Perkins! Vibrant Columbian fare. I've only eaten during the breakfast/brunch hours, but it's just amazing food. The corn pancakes and mango pancakes...mmmm. Good, strong coffee. Fresh, homemade and delicious. Everything that the chains aren't.

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  • 2008 | BEST CORN CAKES

    Do you know what this is--this thing they call the "corn cake"? Perhaps you know it as cachapas venezolanas? It is round and flat like a pancake. It is moist and savory. It contains corn flour, butter, and cut corn. You sprinkle fabulously dry and sharp Cotija cheese on it. This, at least, is what the corn cake is at Maria's on Franklin, resurrected from the ashes of the beloved Maria's Breakfast Club. Elsewhere you might find it a little too dry or too sweet. And there might be no... More »

  • 2000 | BEST PANCAKES

    Once upon a time--21 years ago, to be precise--a young Colombian woman traveled far, far north and landed in a place called Minnesota, where she began spreading to seekers of the ultimate comfort food the joy that is a perfect pancake. The regulars from Maria's Breakfast Club still wax poetic about her toasty wild-rice and fresh-blueberry pancakes, so, naturally, it was a dark day when her lease expired and the coveted short stack was no more. Now Maria is in the biz again, and a recent... More »

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  • Hot Cakes

    Hot Cakes

    By Jessica Armbruster | Wed, December 29, 2004

    Grim times have befallen the pancake. In days of yore they were as much of a morning staple as a black cup of coffee. But lately, chain diners have sullied the pancake's reputation, serving up homogenous, thin, tasteless, soggy concoctions... More »

  • Ave Maria

    Ave Maria

    By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, October 18, 2000

    Maria's Café 1113 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis; (612) 870-9842 Hours: Monday-Saturday 7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; Sunday 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.   Maria Hoyos battles clichés wherever she goes. She hails from Medellín, Colombia, and proudly says so... More »

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Dinner Menu
Appetizers
$4.50
Arepas Con Queso(4)
choice of beef or chicken
$5.50
Yuca Frita Con Mojo
fried yuca root served with garlic marinade
$5.50
Patacones / Tostones
green plantains cut into thick slices and fried until crispy. served with guacamole
$5.50
Tajadas De Maduro
fried ripe plantain slices
$6.50
Empanades(4)
fried corn meal turnover filled with potatoes, seasoning and beef
Salads & Soups
$8.95
Colombian Salad
romaine and leaf lettuce with tomatoes, scallions, white onions, cilantro, carrots and avocado, with maria's homemade dressing
Cup $4.25
Bowl $5.50
Pinto Bean Soup
Cup $4.25
Bowl $5.50
Black Bean Soup
Cup $4.25
Bowl $5.50
Soup Of The Day
Combo Dinners
$14.95
Fridays-pabellon Venezolano
ropa vieja (shredded beef), white rice, black beans, sweet plantains and a cachapa
$10.95
Arroz Con Pollo
seasoned rice with 14 piece of chicken in a bed of salad
$14.95
Saturdays- Sancocho
colombian stew with green and ripe plantains, carrots, yuca, potatoes, corn on the cob, and chuck beef, served with a side of white ride and salad.
$11.95
Chuleta De Cerdo
center-cut pork chop, served with salad, white rice and beans
$12.95
Bistec Encebollado Con Tomate
pepper steak with sauteed onions and tomatoes, served with salad, white ripe & beans
$14.95
Bandeja Paisa Colombiana
a combination plate with sirloin, white rice, red beans, sweet plantain slices, chicharron(fried pork rinds), fried egg & arepas
Desserts
$4.25
Colombian-style Flan
custard served in a homemade caramel sauce
$4.75
Bocadillo Con Queso
whole guavas with colombian cheese

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