A Reuben from Nighthawks Diner + Bar has a standout housemade pastrami.

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities this week

Breakfast pizza is on the new brunch menu at Giulia in the Emery hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in Twin Cities area (and beyond) this week

The Market pizza at Bear Cave Brewing in Hopkins

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

In boat noodle soup, a rich beef broth is perfumed with warm Burmese spices and served over rice noodles packed with fresh herbs.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Burger Dive’s House Burger at the 1029 Bar.

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

The Fox and Pantry is a new kind of gathering space in Plymouth.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Come for the pizza, stay for the tasty Italian sub special at Red Wagon.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their recent dining experiences. (Thanks to the snowstorm, we reached back into last week, too.)

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Start the day with a handheld breakfast bite from Wee Claddagh coffee shop in St. Paul.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Chicken pot pie at Hazelwood.

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

The Taste team's dining diaries include sweet and savory pie, supersized sandwiches and a downtown Minneapolis day-brightener.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Zelo is back, and so is its margherita pizza.

— Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune

This week, the Taste team's dining diaries include revisiting an old Italian friend, dips for the ages, ramen, fish-on-a-stick and the highest-shelf Cognac.

The 5 best things our food writers ate and drank in the Twin Cities area this week

A new breakfast obsession: shrimp and grits at Big Biscuit Bar in Lowertown.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Gobi Manchurian at Muddy Tiger Indian Bistro.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

From morning muffins and lunchtime sashimi to comfort food in the form of brisket, pasta and cauliflower, the Taste team shares their weekly dining experiences.

The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week

Bar+Cart on Grand Avenue has a menu filled with foods to pair with their top-shelf bar program.

— Joy Summers, Star Tribune

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.