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Bûcheron
French
The menu cites lumberjacks as inspiration, which sounds like a joke until the food arrives smelling of juniper and pickled elderberries. This is a French American neighborhood restaurant on Nicollet, where the chef works a distinctly Upper Midwestern palate, finding fall vegetables worthy of a special occasion without making the room feel like one. It won the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant and landed on the New York Times Restaurant List. The pommes dauphine are, regulars will tell you, really just very good Tater Tots.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Midwest Living 2025 · Best of the Midwest
- Wine Enthusiast Top 50 New Restaurants
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- Minnesota Monthly Best Service · Best New Restaurants
- Minnesota Monthly Top 75 Restaurants
- Artful Living The Top New Twin Cities Dining Experiences
- Artful Living The Best New Twin Cities Restaurants
- Mpls St Paul The Best Restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Midwest Living Best Restaurants in Minneapolis
One number, weighted & current 92
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Smoked whitefish dip
“the smoked whitefish dip and pommes dauphine that, as every regular knows, are really amazing Tater Tots”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Pommes dauphine
“the smoked whitefish dip and pommes dauphine that, as every regular knows, are really amazing Tater Tots”
The New York Times, 2025
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