Turtle Bread Company

The other night we found ourselves near our old neighborhood in south Minneapolis. We were hungry, and thought about going to one of our old haunts. We would usually go to Pepitos over there, but decided to go a little further down the block and try Turtle Bread Company (TBC). It was also dinner time for Ozzie, and we had a package of baby green beans for him, so we got him a high chair for the first time at a restaurant and we were all set.

Megan is a "soup person." I like soup, but she almost always gets soup if it's an option. At TBC they only serve soup and sandwiches after 2:30. The sandwiches are ones they made that day that are in the counter with a whole bunch of delicious looking desserts. I'm not eating chocolate during lent, but I think I have to go back once my self imposed chocolate ban is lifted.

Most places give you 2-3 soup choices. TBC gave is about nine that night. I wish I had a picture of the selections. I don't even remember them all, but Megan got pea soup, and I got brocolli cheddar. The soup is served with a hard crusted roll.

 Here you can see Megan's soup as Ozzie dives for anything out of reach

The soup was good, but it was just soup, you know? Here's where my sticking point comes. Two bowls of soup, and the red velvet cupcake I got came to $14.08. The cupcake was $2-soumething. That's a lot for soup. As I was paying, I saw their advertisement for poutine (poo-teen) on the register, served only after 5:00. I had poutine once at the state fair, and it's awesome. It's french fries topped with gravy, beef, cheese curds and onions. I think it's Canadian. I've been to Canada for an improv festival, and everyone there is delightful. The improvisers are seriously some of the nicest people I've ever met. I know Canada for how nice they are, and poutine. I love it.

I thought about getting it as I ate my soup and mom fed Ozzie. It was $8.99. I thought about how we probably won't be back for quite some time, if at all, so I better get it while I had the chance. Megan said she'd help me eat it, so when I finished my brocolli cheddar amalgamation,  I went back to the register and ordered the second poutine I'd ever have. And you know what? It was awesome. 

It's really salty and delicious. The fries soak in the gravy, and the beef is TBC's short ribs they serve for lunch until 2:30. The cheese curds are melted over the top, and when you get a bite with everything, you want to sing Oh Canada. Megan had a few bites and remarked that the fries are the star of the dish. 

The cupcake was fine. The cream cheese frosting was the best part of it.

$8.99 is a little steep for the poutine. All of the prices at TBC should be a few dollars cheaper. It's too bad that their prices are what they are. The dessert prices actually seemed to be quite fair, and I'll be back to sample them, but if the rest of the prices were reasonable, I would go there almost all the time.