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4300 E. Lake St. Minneapolis, MN 55406

612-722-0175 

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  • American
    Sun 10am-9:30pm, Mon-Thu 4pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-10:30pm
    $$
    All Major Credit Cards
  • Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
    Brunch, Dinner
    Live Entertainment
    Full bar
  • Accepted
    Lot Available
Description

The first really nice, upscale, celebration-destination dinner restaurant in the recent history of East Lake Street combines an American Arts and Crafts decorating scheme, a lovely outdoor patio, an over-ambitious menu, and a wonderful bar that serves a number of imaginative, well-executed, and affordable tasty treats. Chef Mike Phillips is a guru of all things local, seasonal, and hand-crafted and his house-made charcuterie platter is one-of-a kind







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  • 2008 | BEST SALAD

    The sparse and straight-line interior of the Craftsman is a tribute to the Arts and Crafts design movement of the early 20th century. It would be fitting, then, to begin with a word or two from English artist and writer William Morris, the man whose work and writings seeded the movement. The words we've selected to share here were spoken about art, but our topic here is salad, so we will adjust Morris's words a smidgen--forgive us. "If you cannot learn to love real salad," the man... More »

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    citypagesbestof | Minneapolis, MN | 145 Reviews

    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    The sparse and straight-line interior of the Craftsman is a tribute to the Arts and Crafts design movement of the early 20th century. It would be fitting, then, to begin with a word or two from English artist and writer William Morris, the man whose work and writings seeded the movement. The words we've selected to share here were spoken about art, but our topic here is salad, so we will adjust Morris's words a smidgen—forgive us. "If you cannot learn to love real salad," the man famously said (sort of), "at least learn to hate sham salad and reject it." Craftsman chef Mike Phillips can help you learn to spot a sham, for such a salad is everything the Craftsman's beet and chèvre terrine is not. Perhaps that is too abstract. Forgive us again. The terrine is alternating layers of beet and chèvre pressed together in a beautiful cube. The beet dyes everything it touches, of course, so what you have are layers of alternating shades of red. The terrine is served at room temperature with micro arugula and homemade cornmeal crackers. Each of these things complements the other as if it were not Phillips's idea to plate them together but an idea passed from some band of bejeweled forest mystics centuries ago. Friends, we implore you, learn to love real salad.

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Main Menu
Starters
$14.00
Charcuterie With Crostini, Pickles, And Mustard.
$9.00
Pork Rillettes With Crostini, Apples, And Mustard.
Sm. $10.00
Lg. $15.00
Selection Of Artisan Cheese.
$12.00
Hummos And Olive Tapenade With Vegetables And Crackers
$12.00
Farmers Salad, Greens, Vegetables, Cheese And Fish
$8.00
Duck Egg, Capers, Arugula, Croutons And Mustard Vinaigrette
$8.00
Micro Greens, Candied Walnuts, Chevre, Apples, And Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Entrees
$25.00
Grilled Pork Chop With Green Garlic Mashed Potato And Mustard Braising Greens.
$25.00
Duck Leg Confit With Creamy Lentils, Grilled Escarole, And Balsamic Reduction.
$21.00
Potato Gnocchi, Smoked Chicken, Sun Dried Tomatoes And Creme Fraiche.
$25.00
Smoked Pork Belly, With Rye Croutons, Seared Savoy Cabbage, And An Herb Relish.
$25.00
Rabbit Leg Confit, Shaved Fennel And Spring Greens In Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette,
with honey and polenta croutons
$26.00
Whole Trout With Summer Squash, And Wilted Greens Tossed In Pancetta Vinaigrette
$19.00
Carbonara, Hand-cut Spaghetti With Lamb Pancetta, Egg, Cream And Grana Padano.
$19.00
Fettuccini With Chanterelles, Red Chard, Creme Fraiche, And Thyme
$23.00
Pressed Chicken Breast With Saute Of Green Beans, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, And A Cucumber Relish.
$25.00
Grilled Grass Fed Hangar Steak With Fries And Bearnaise.
$19.00
Oven Roasted Polenta With Summer Vegetable Ragu.
$30.00
Grass-fed Beef Rib-eye Steak With Roasted Fingerling Potatoes And Shitake Mushrooms And Garlic Scapes.
Sandwiches
Served With Hand-cut Fries And Chili Ketchup.
$13.00
Beef Burger With Harissa, Cheddar, And Bacon.
$14.00
Barbeque Pulled Pork With Cabbage Slaw.
$15.00
Craftsman Reuben, Corned Beef, Swiss, House Made Kraut And 1000 Island.
$14.00
Venison And Bacon Burger, With Pickles And Mustard.
$13.00
Beets, Apples, Micro Greens And Provolone.
$13.00
Turkey Burger With Chive Aioli And Micro Greens.
$2.00
Bread And Butter Refill

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