Schwartz Summer Visit

After a sub-zero visit from the Schwartz family in February, the family decided to test out Minnesota in summer. This time our nephew Jake was in tow for a grand tour of the town. This visit did mean touring, and we did alot of it--visiting the Landing, walking and riding rides at the Mall of America, swimming at the indoor waterpark--Waterpark of America, shopping at the huge IKEA, and cheering on the Twins as they beat the White Sox in a really good game.

We visited a variety of restaurants, but none had as much anticipation attached as did the visit to the Town Talk Diner on Lake Street. It was recently featured on the Food Network, and to borrow a line from Dave--we hope that's where it will stay. The idea of the diner is to combine the regular greasy spoon feel with edgy gourmet food... like Lamb chops served with grits or Chicken served with Wild Rice Waffles. We ate our fill of fried Cheese Curds and fried pickles, but we don't think we'll be back for a second visit. The rest of the food and service was decidedly sub-par.

But the visit, though, gets two thumbs up!