For my final evening in Minneapolis, I went to the Capital Grille which is just a block away from the hotel. It's one of those places where the menu doesn't have $ signs next to the prices and when the menu offers you a steak, you know that that's exactly all you are going to get, so you have to add all the sides individually (at $9 a pop).
The smoked salmon appetizer was very nice, though a main course in itself really. The "Filet Oscar" steak ($43) was very nice for a fillet steak, but perhaps I should have had the sirloin or the porterhouse. The lady sitting at the next table, who I chatted to and her husband briefly during the meal and for quite a while afterwards, had the 24oz porterhouse and we all just laughed at the size of it when it came.
I passed on a dessert and coffee. Once the tip was added, the bill came to over $90, for just the two courses! The food is excellent, though, and I don't mind paying for that. All the staff at the Capital Grille are excellent and can talk knowledgably about everything that they offer, including the extensive wine list. I also talked to the hostess at the front desk for quite a while when I had finished and was leaving, and described my holiday to her.
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