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3421 W. 44th St. Minneapolis MN 55410

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  • Bakery, Deli, Health
    $ $
    MasterCard, Visa, cash
  • Casual
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Wheelchair Accessible
    Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Snack Food
  • None
    Not Accepted
    Lot Available, Street
Description

Why are there limousines and Porsches stacked up outside Turtle Bread every holiday? Because fresh baked-from-scratch pies, heart-shaped cookies, and world-class breads have profound emotional value. Pick up one of the dense, almost meaty breads here and it's clear that the bakers are competing on an international, pan-historic stage. The wild yeast, organic, and locally milled levain breads have a big, lively taste--chewy and tender inside thick, crisp, breathing crusts. Buttery croissants, goodie-studded muffins, fresh soups, tables by the great big windows, and a cheese counter to be reckoned with, and little gifty jams complete the bakery and market. Ye of meager checking accounts, take heart: No matter how profound its emotional value, a loaf of bread just doesn't cost much, so add your tattered Schwinn to the pileup outside.








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  • Tablehopping

    Tablehopping

    Turtle Takeover! So, you know the empty grocery store kitty-corner from Crema Café--the home of Sonny's Ice Cream--on the corner of West 34th Street and Lyndale Avenue South? Early next year it's going to be the home of a whole new Turtle... More »

  • Chairmen of the Gourd

    Chairmen of the Gourd

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  • 2005 | BEST BREAD

    Turtle Bread knows crust: the splinteringly crisp but tender crust of a baguette, the soft shell of a potato loaf, crackling and toothsome ciabatta. Turtle also knows crumb: airy baguettes, soft and open hearth loaves, dense brioche. What's amazing is that, like a batter in a cage hitting ball after ball out of the park, Turtle Bread makes nearly three dozen unique breads, consistently producing excellent loaves. Most of them are set apart not by futzy seeds or olives, but by masterful... More »

  • 2003 | BEST BREAD

    Those woven baskets at the Linden Hills Turtle Bread Company, they are a shrine to the possibilities of flour, water, and fire, and we are ecstatic to worship there. But which to take home? The simple baguette, sweet and plain and airy, as hard to describe as a single cloud in a blue sky, and as essential to a happy life? The weighty sourdough, tangy and heavy in the hand, like an egg big enough to hatch a whole week? The sweet cranberry pecan levain, the ideal bread for sandwiches on the... More »

  • 2002 | BEST BAKERY

    Ambition, accomplishment, and too many wicker baskets don't often walk hand in hand in this life, but they do at Turtle Bread. Wandering the aisles recently, we were struck by the sheer accomplishment in so very many fields. Cardamom bread is sweet and light and smells like the lace-doily version of heaven. Normandy cheese bread is rich and herbal; the smell snakes out from the basket headily, just crying for indulgence and wine. Baguettes are creamy and lush in the middle and crisp outside... More »

  • 2002 | BEST PIE

    If there's a more satisfying activity in the Twin Cities than ordering two slices of pie and sitting down along a window bench at Turtle Bread with a cup of coffee, we don't know what it is. Yeah, two slices. Want to make something of it? You try deciding between lemon chiffon, cherry, apple, raspberry, key lime, and whatever else is in there, say, pumpkin or pecan. Why do you think we slave so hard at the job, anyway? It's not for the company car. It's so we can pile slices of Turtle Bread... More »

  • 2001 | BEST GOURMET GROCERY

    One day the lottery will be won and, to paraphrase Scarlett O'Hara, with God as our witness, we'll never go grocery shopping again! Never pushing a cart through the over-lighted, endless, despairing maze, certainly. Instead, we'll do all the shopping at Turtle Bread. We'll throw a darling little basket over one arm and pick up a loaf of bread, a package or two of Turtle's precious homemade olive-oil crackers, and some fancy olive oil, maybe some mustard, a couple of quarts of homemade... More »

  • 2000 | BEST BAKERY

    The more widely we taste of the world's bread, the more convinced we are that Turtle Bread isn't merely the best bakery in town, it might well be one of the best bakeries on Earth. Case in point: Last fall we were in Paris and had the chance to swing by Poilane, widely reputed to offer the best boule (a wild-yeast bread) in the world. The world! And while it was an amazing bread, it wasn't all that far ahead of Turtle Bread--and Poilane didn't have the yummy little cookies, addictive olive... More »

Dinner Menu
Antipasti
$6.00
Green Salad
green oak lettuce, lemon vinaigrette, grana padano
$11.00
Scallops
fingerlings, slab bacon, honey, scallions, mustard cream
$7.00
Kumquat Salad
greens, chevre goat cheese, hazelnuts
$6.00
Celery Salad
frisee, golden raisin vinaigrette, peanuts
$7.00
Pear Salad
mascarpones, squash puree, citrus vinaigrette
$6.00
Chicken Noodle Soup
toasted bread, herbs
$10.00
Shrimp
carrots, cucumbers, ginger, coconut
Primi
Half $9.00
Full $17.00
Orchetti
spicy rustic tomato sauce, basil, broccoli, lemon mascarpone
Half $9.00
Full $17.00
Tagliatelle
anchovies, lemon, egg yolk, grana padano, breadcrumbs
Half $9.00
Full $17.00
Bucatini
bolognese sauce, grana padano, breadcrumbs
Half $9.00
Full $17.00
Macaroni
mushroom cheese sauce, truffle, pecorino romano
Half $9.00
Full $17.00
Maltagliati
chicken confit, tosca alfredo sauce, breadcrumbs
Half $12.00
Full $23.00
Gnocchi
lobster, creme fraiche, truffle oil
Half $10.00
Full $19.00
pappardelle
lamb ragu, aged goat cheese, cucumbers, mint, hazelnuts
Half $8.00
Full $15.00
rigatoni
spinach, vegetable ragu, mushrooms
Ravioli
Half $10.00
Full $17.00
Squash Ravioli
pecans, grana padano, garlic chips
Half $10.00
Full $18.00
Agnolotti
porcini broth, grana padano, garlic chips, caramelized onions
Half $10.00
Full $18.00
ham hock ravioli
figs, bleu cheese, pecorino romano
Secondi
$23.00
Chicken
roasted seasonal vegetables, pan sauce
$21.00
Short Rib
polenta, braising liquid, parsnips
$23.00
Grouper
chorizo, pumpkin risotto, crispy leeks, white wine butter sauce
$22.00
Strip Steak
braised leeks, fingerlings, red wine and balsamic reductions
Contorni
Half $6.00
Full $11.00
Mushrooms
garlic, shallots, lemon, truffle oil, balsamic
Half $6.00
Full $11.00
Brussels Sprouts
shallots, thyme, balsamic
$4.00
$7.00
polenta
creme fraiche, chives
Dessert
$6.00
Coconut Kiwi Cheesecake
$6.00
Chocolate Chestnut Pudding Cake
$6.00
Blood Orange Tart
$6.00
chocolate caramel banana sundae
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