Believe us when we tell you that the next place you may want to indulge in French bistro fare is along some of the coldest banks of the Mississippi River.
This week, chef Gavin Kaysen opened Bellecour in Minneapolis’s North Loop neighborhood, his ode to French fare that is a bakery and café during the day and a bistro at night. Named after the Place Bellecour, the town center of France’s gastronomic capital Lyon, the restaurant will feature some of that region’s classics like Burgundy escargot with garlic herb butter and French onion soup.
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The tight menu includes a raw bar with a seafood tower, followed by appetizers that range from the dishes listed above as well as squash velouté with spiced crème fraîche and toasted pepita; fried duck wings with sauce à l’orange; and beef tartare with cornichon, crispy shallot, and toasted baguette. And Kaysen’s teams will offer mains like the dirty French burger with raclette, red-wine onion aioli, and sauce pergourdine; steak frites with sauce au poivre; and cod with puy lentils, vadouvan curry, and parsley oil.
“This is the food I’ve loved cooking and eating for decades,” Kaysen said in a statement. “It’s our first restaurant that will completely transform into a different experience from day to night. This restaurant represents so many chapters of my career. From the flavors, to the energy, and the sense of gathering we’re creating, I’m bringing what inspires me under one roof in a way that’s deeply personal.”
The restaurant is located nearby two of Kaysen’s other award-winning restaurants, his tasting counter Demi and à la carte Spoon and Stable, which ranked No. 91 on our 100 Greatest Restaurants of the 21st Century list. Kaysen has been building a mini empire in Minneapolis since returning home in 2014 after a successful stint in New York City where he was chef at legendary Café Boulud. His hospitality empire includes everything from a company devoted to cooking for professional athletes to a bakery and café in the suburbs that’s also under the Bellecour banner. And while Demi and Spoon and Stable have French influences, Bellecour in the North Loop will be a much more direct ode to old-school French bistro cooking.
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