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We are the Tiny Tuesday Dining Club - just four friends exploring the delightfully diverse dining scene of the Twin Cities metro area. We'll also post an occasional review on an out of town eatery when traveling.


One Tuesday of every month, our club meets to eat out together and then rate our experience - the food, drink, ambience and service of each place we dine. Ratings are done on a 10 point scale - 10 being 'excellent' and 1 being 'dismal'.


What follows will be a fun journey spent eating all around St. Paul and Minneapolis - burgers, brew pubs, food trucks and fine dining spots - with blog entries and restaurant ratings from club members posted each month.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Lutsen Resort - Lakeside Dining Room

Lutsen, MN
https://www.lutsenresort.com/dining/lakeside-dining-room/


Lance and Annie have often enjoyed the classic elegance of this north shore landmark and were excited to introduce Larry and Isabel to this nostalgic dining experience.

The setting is lovely - right on Lake Superior's shore! The quiet dining room is set in an old knotty pine lodge with touches of elegance all around.


It was a classy dining experience from start to finish - the old time ambience and the savory food were nicely complemented by attentive, not intrusive, table service. 


Lance had stuffed pork tenderloin; Annie loved the seafood fettuccine; Isabel purred her way through the pot roast special, and Larry ordered the Swedish meatballs in his grandmother's memory.


After dinner we sat in the adjoining lamplit lounge where Annie and Isabel handily won two games of cribbage over the guys, a fact that likely boosted the ratings in the "Overall Experience" category!


Tiny Tuesday Rating:

Food - 7.3
Service - 8
Ambience - 8.5
Overall Experience - 9.3