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8 THURSDAY, November 12, 2015 507 MAGAZINE • www.PB507.com ADVERTISEMENT A & W 202 Apache Mall 507-288-1248 awrestaurants.com KEY Big Brad’s on Broadway 309 S Broadway 507-226-8100 Beer & Wine Outdoor Seating Full Bar Late Night Dining Children’s Menu Live Music Wheelchair Access Reservations Takeout Facebook Twitter Delivery Average cost of dinner for one (Excluding liquor, tax & tip) $ = Less than $10 $$ = $10 to $20 $$$ = $20 to $30 $$$$ = More than $30 Mon.-Sat.: 10am - 9pm Sun: 11am -7pm Quality ingredients, made to order, great-tasting All-American Food! Burgers, hot dogs, french fries, onion rings, and of course our famous A&W Root Beer! American Legion, The Wm.T. McCoy Post 92 315 First Ave NW 507-282-1322 Wednesday’s 5-7:30pm: Burger & Fries $6.50; Karaoke 6:30-10pm More than 30 bottled beers and 20 taps! Trivia Mafia every Thursday night with prizes for top 3 teams and shot and drink specials every Friday and Saturday night. Erbert and Gerbert’s Sandwich Shop 2848 41st St. NW 507-280-0060 www.erbertandgerberts.com Erbert & Gerbert’s Subs & Clubs is a quick service sandwich shop serving up the best sub sandwiches & soup on the planet. Dine-in, delivery and catering. $ Freshens 3rd Avenue NW 507-285-2727 www.kahler.com/dining/freshens Freshens offers fresh salads, savory rice bowls and tasty treats like smoothies and yogurt. $$ Glynner’s Pub 1643 N Broadway Hubbell House Restaurant & Stagecoach Stop Saloon 502 N. Main (Hwy. 57), Mantorville, MN 507-635-2331 hubbellhouse restaurant.com “The Hubbell House was a stagecoach stop to the endless prairie; today it is an historic, award-winning restaurant and cocktail lounge.” $$ John Hardy’s Bar-B-Q 929 W Frontage Rd. Hwy 52 N 1940 S. Broadway 507-288-3936 507-281-1727 johnhardysbbq.com A Rochester original since 1972, John Hardy’s Bar-B-Q specializes in southern style bbq meat smoked over apple and cherry wood. $ McGoon’s 7 Second Street SW 507-288-8130 www.McGoonstaxi.com Mon.-Thurs.: 11am - 8pm Fri.-Sun: 11am - 6pm 507-252-8800 Daily Food and Drink Specials! Happy Hour 2 for 1 Rail Drinks and House Wine 4pm- 6pm every day! Beer of the Month: Michelob Golden Draft Light $4 TALLS. $$ Godfather’s Pizza 1611 16th Street NW 507-288-7515 Mon.-Sat.: 11am - 1am Sunday: 11am - 10 pm www.godfathers.com No skimpy toppings ever! 100% Mozzarella. Freshly made dough daily. Party Room for all occasions! Dine-In, Carry-out, Buffet, Delivery. $$ Mon – Thurs: 11am – 10pm Friday: 11am – 1am Saturday: noon – 1am Sunday: Closed Located below Goonie’s Comedy Club. Have dinner – See a show! Large, diverse beer selection featuring imports, microbrews and domestics $$ Pappy’s Place 1635 Hwy 52 N 507-258-4550 pappy’splacerochester.com Have you discovered Pappy’s Place yet? Voted one of Rochester’s best new restaurants in 2013. Always Local, Fresh and Homemade. Don’t forget Pappy Hour 11-7 $$ Perkins Family Restaurant & Bakery 432 16th Ave NW 1818 S. Broadway 507-288-1996 507-288-9400 www.perkinsrestaurants.com Late night bites 9p.m. – 6a.m.: ½ price appetizers, ½ price slice of pie, cheese burger with fries and coke $8.99, All you can eat pancakes $5.99 $$ Roosters Barn & Grill 2280 Superior Dr NW 507-226-8885 roostersbarngril.com HOME COOKED FULL BREAKFAST till 11am Mon-Sat (till Noon Sun). Weekday Happy Hour 11am to 6pm! Serving 11am to 10pm Daily with Bar Pizzas, snacks 10pm to 1am $$ Salute wine bar and more 101 SW First Avenue 507-285-2766 www.kahler.com/salute Salute wine bar and more offers authentic Italian cuisine paired with fragrant wines from around the world. Open daily Salute has relaxing indoor and outdoor seating. $$$ Sontes Catering 4 Third Street SW 507-292-1628 www.sontes.com Enjoy seasonally fresh farm-to-table dishes in a relaxing atmosphere, plus 40 wines by the glass, extensive beer selection and handcrafted cocktails. Lunch, Mon.-Fri. Dinner, Mon.-Sat. $$$$ Tonic – Fresh Juice & Local Food 1217 2nd Street SW 507-258-5224 tonicfreshjuice.com TONIC is a modern full juice bar experience serving local food and beverages delivered in a modern, natural, hip, comfortable, and polished recycled atmosphere. $$ Top Shots 310 S Broadway 507-252-6915 topshotsbar.com Open weekdays at 3pm , Weekends at Noon. Six Valley Bar size pool tables. Four league style Dart machines. Video arcade games. Full bar with flat panel TVs. Daily drink specials. Sean Cloutier Restaurant & Entertainment Specialist 507-421-4750 “Thank you for introducing 507 to The Hubbell House. The area has been hungry for this type of magazine, and the Post Bulletin delivered a very nice product for us and any business that would like to reach a large audience! I would suggest 507 for any business, as the content is written very well and I for one, love reading it!” — Don Pappas, Owner, The Hubbell House got events? we’ll bring the crowd! YOUR CODE FOR FUN WEEK OF MAY 22-28, 2014 Brothers Bar & Grill, Inc. 812 S Broadway 507-281-8902 BrothersBarandGrillRochester.com Serving up breakfast, lunch & dinner. Daily specials & Happy Hour. Full Bar TV’s. #1 stop for tap take overs. Family owned 23 years. $ Charlie’s Eatery & Pub 1408 2nd St SW (Brentwood on 2nd) 507-285-9229 CharliesEateryandPub.com Establishment with Personality! Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner $$ Nupa Mediterranean Cuisine 1035 Civic Center Drive 412 Crossroads Dr SW 507-206-5044 507-218-3130 Nupaexpress.com Fresh, Fast and Healthy! Bold flavors, fresh ingredients, and homemade recipes plus great service is what you can expect! Dine-In, Take-out, Catering. $$ Pannekoeken 6 1st Avenue NW 507-287-0722 pannekoekenmn.com Pannekoeken is perfect for any occasion. We have seating for large groups, a coffee shop to get a FRESH muffin and delicious GOURMET coffee. $$ Victoria’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar 7 1st Avenue SW 507-280-6232 www.victoriasmn.com Open seven days a week. Hours: 10:30 am-10:00 pm. Connected to the downtown subway/skyway system. We offer many options to make your experience extraordinary. $$$ Z Pizza 111 South Broadway Suite 211 507-424-0040 zpizza.com/rochester Satisfying healthy appetites & healthy lifestyles! Delicious, artisan pizza, salads, sandwiches and more available for delivery, take-out, dine-in and catering. $$ www.PB507.com Add your event to our calendar at PB507.com Click Events Calendar and then Submit an Event.
507 MAGAZINE • www.PB507.com THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 9 DINING FOUR STARS Big, authentic tastes from Little Havana By Jay Furst furst@postbulletin.com Francisco Corripio has a great story to tell. The 59-year-old native of Cuba fled the country with his family when he was 3. He lived most of his life in Miami, where he was a banker for 35 years, but about 10 years ago he came down with a rare medical condition — “I’m alive because of Mayo Clinic,” he says. So Francisco and his wife of 10 years, Miguelina, who goes by the nickname, Mickie, moved here for Mayo reasons last year, as so many people do. One thing led to another and now he has a Cuban cafe tucked away in the First Avenue Food Court, where he serves the most authentic Cubano pork, ham and cheese sandwich in town, as well as genuine Pilon Cuban coffee. Francisco’s Cuban Cafe opened a week ago Wednesday in the food court’s far corner, which has been a graveyard for a few other fast food shops, but Francisco is accustomed to beating the odds. “I don’t have any restaurant experience whatsoever,” he says. “I always wanted to open one in Miami but in Miami they’re a dime a dozen.” With help from his daughter Lisette, who with her husband owns a restaurant in Jamaica called the Cool Spot, “I believe this is going to be the first one ... we’re hoping there are more to come.” They’re already thinking about a full restaurant elsewhere in Rochester, if this one goes well. The cafe is a full-blown family affair. Francisco, who’s wheelchair-bound, runs the business, along with Mickie, who donated a kidney to him during his medical ordeal. Lisette Nunez is general manager and an ex-son-in-law, Kevin Jay Furst / Post-Bulletin Mickie and Francisco Corripio opened their Cuban cafe in the First Avenue Food Court last week, with Kevin Zapata at the grill. The fast-food cafe is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Zapata, is in the kitchen. Also helping is a friend from Miami, Daisy Lara, who like the others knows the secret of the Cuban espresso machine. Another daughter, Denise Nunez, was in town this week to pursue a residency in pediatric neurology at Mayo. Francisco says he got into the cafe business because he missed the food he’s always enjoyed in Florida — “and I figured if I’m missing it, Rochester is missing it. It was time to give it a try.” Two weeks ago, I wrote about Cuban sandwiches in this column and noted that Francisco was about to open. Now that his foil-covered sandwich press is fired up, I can report that the Cubano sandwich ($6.99) is just what you’d expect — completely different from others available locally, and I’ll assume as genuine as you can get in Minnesota, outside the metro area. As with all sandwiches, “it begins with the bread,” Francisco says. It’s a Cubanstyle bread, baked on the premises every morning, crusty outside and fluffy inside. The rectangular loaf is filled with thinly sliced ham, pork and Swiss cheese, with a mild mustard and crispy pickle chips. “That’s the authentic Cuban sandwich. It doesn’t have anything else, no salami, no lettuce, no mayo, nothing.” It’s not pulled pork, either, which is what other sandwiches I wrote about last week featured. Francisco’s uses a thin, coldcut style piece of pork, and then it gets grilled and pressed in a counter-top cooker, which makes it dense, chewy and textured, plus it’s hot through-andthrough. Francisco’s is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and they have a lot more than just the Cubano sandwich on the menu, including flaky island pastries, daily specials such as ropa vieja, Miami-made Cuban pop and, of course, the intense, smoky, ever-soslightly sweetened Cuban coffee. If you’re craving Cuban, there’s another pressed and grilled version at Fat Willy’s, the auto-styled bar and grill in the Shoppes on Maine area, just west of the Galaxy 14 theaters. They call it the Ford Fairlane Cuban ($9.99), and it’s a hearty handful of a sandwich, pressed in a good hoagie roll and loaded with seasoned pulled pork and a dash of tart, house-made Key Lime mustard. It may not be the way it’s served in Little Havana, but it’s an excellent sandwich, with a side of what they call Backfire Beans. Regarding the beans — you have been warned. Jay Furst is the Post-Bulletin’s managing editor and writes the Four Stars dining out column for 507 Magazine. If you have tips or comments, call Jay at 507-285-7742. INTRODUCING LATE-NIGHT BITES ~ Make it a good night with tasty deals till dawn~ Whether you’re pulling an all-nighter or just up for unforgettable late night meal with friends we’re open for business! We’ve got Wi-Fi and amazing meal deals. See you tonight! 1818 South Broadway • 2 Blocks South of • Graham Arena on Broadway • 507-288-9400 423 16th Avenue NW • 1 Block South of HyVee • Barlow on CivicCenter Drive • 507-288-1996 1/2 PRICE SLICE OF PIE! 1/2 PRICE APPETIZERS CHEESEBURGER, FRIES & COKE ® $8.99 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT-PANCAKES $5.99
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