Glam Doll Donuts

Glam Doll Donuts is one of those places where you go and want to try everything they have, but then always go with what you have had before because it was so good last time. It is located at 26th and Nicollet on Eat Street. It won the City Pages' award for the best donuts in the Twin Cities, and I definitely agree with that award.I have tried the Calendar Girl, which is a raised donut with chocolate icing and salted caramel on top. I think this is my favorite donut that I've had from there. I always enjoy chocolate and caramel, and this combination on top of a delicious donut is just perfect. I also really like the Cosmopolitan Girl, which is a chocolate cake donut with peanut butter icing on the donut and chocolate icing drizzled over the peanut butter icing. Another favorite of mine is the Misfit, which is a raised donut with orange, ginger, and cinnamon infused glaze. It sounds a bit strange, but is excellent without being quite as sweet as some of the other flavors. I still need to tear myself away from my favorites to try one of the donuts with bacon on them, which I have heard are very good.

 The Cosmopolitan Girl, a chocolate cake donut with peanut butter and chocolate icing

My favorite donut, the Calendar Girl, a raised donut with chocolate icing and salted caramel, above, and below, the Cosmopolitan Girl

Victor's 1959 Café

Victor's 1959 Café, located at 38th and Grand in southwest Minneapolis, sells excellent Cuban food at very reasonable prices. I especially like eating on the restaurant's deck during the summertime. The deck is shaded by colorful umbrellas and surrounded by wooden flower boxes filled with flowers and herbs. I ordered the picadillo, which is sauteed ground beef with green and red peppers, green olives, and capers and raisins in Creole sauce. The picadillo is served with rice, black beans, and sweet plantains. I also ordered the guanabana juice, which is a mixture of banana and guava juices. Part of the reason why I wanted to order the picadillo is because it was featured on the Food Network. And I can see why. The dish was delicious; it was spicy, but not overpoweringly so. The plantains that came with it were very sweet and very good. The guanabana juice was good, although I think I would rather have had the mango juice, which was sold out at the time, because mango is one of my favorite fruits. If you haven't had guava before, it tastes similar to papaya, and less similar to but still somewhat like pear.

 The picadillo with beans, rice, and sweet plantains. 

 One of the flower boxes on the patio. The plant on the left is a basil plant. 

 Victor's 1959 Café patio

This is a cool mural that is painted on a wall next to the restaurant.