Common Roots Cafe
We serve good food made from scratch — using high quality, local, organic, and fair-trade ingredients. http://www.commonrootscafe.com

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Location:
Minneapolis, MN, 55405
Phone:
612-871-2360
Mon - Fri:
7:00 am - 11:00 pm
Sat - Sun:
8:00 am - 11:00 pm

Events

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Now on Tap

Finnegans, Irish Amber

Lift Bridge, Farm Girl Saison

Point, Summer Wheat

Summit, Oatmeal Stout

Surly, Bitter Brewer

Surly, Coffee Bender

Surly, CynicAle

Surly, Furious

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Apr 21, 2009 7:39pm
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Common Roots GardenUpdated about a week ago
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Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Check out our July dinner menu and new brunch menu. http://commonrootscafe.com/menu.htm Having a garden inspires us to make the menu even more seasonal and fresh!

Menu
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garden salad / mixed greens, tomatoes, radishes, carrots, toasted sunflower seeds, and feta with citrus poppyseed vinaigrette
Fri at 10:03am
Karen
Karen at 10:33am July 3
oh, yum....do you deliver to Florida?
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe We will be open from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday, July 4th.

Thu at 6:08pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Since opening almost 2 years ago, we've composted over 89,000 pounds of what would have been waste! Thanks to our customers and Eureka Recycling.

July 1 at 8:42am
Haley
Haley at 1:14pm July 2
Wow!
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe We were on the news this morning -- check out the Kare 11 story on our garden. (Video is on the right side.) http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=818409

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | Uptown restaurant goes back to its 'roots'
Source: www.kare11.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- An Uptown cafe is taking local food very seriously, so seriously they're growing their produce in their backyard.
June 26 at 8:09am
Abigail
Abigail at 1:16pm June 26
FANTASTIC!
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe

Food and Farm Days
We'll be celebrating the summer growing season and two years in business with our Food and Farm Days. Join us in July for a visit with our featured farmer, Greg Reynolds from ...
Host:Common Roots Cafe
Time:11:00AM Sunday, July 19th
Location:Common Roots Cafe
June 25 at 3:42pm · RSVP to this event
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe

Garden Workshop: The Right Tool
Cathy Rose from Nature's Nest Farm will be leading a class in our garden on how to pick and use the right garden tool. Light refreshments will be provided. A $5 donation to th...
Host:Common Roots Cafe
Time:6:30PM Monday, June 29th
Location:Common Roots Cafe
June 25 at 3:29pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe New brunch options this week -- cinnamon oatmeal pancakes and more

Menu
Source: commonrootscafe.com
burger / thousand hills grass-fed beef or black bean burger with chipotle bean spread, avocado, arugula, and tomatoes on a torta
June 19 at 4:22pm
Alana
Alana at 4:28pm June 19
You're making it hard not to stop by, OMG that sounds good on a Friday night!!!
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe We are now looking for experienced cooks to join our kitchen team. Know anyone?

Now Hiring
Source: commonrootscafe.com
At Common Roots we serve good food made from scratch using as many local, organic, and fair-trade ingredients as possible (84% of all our purchases since opening). We are a from-scratch kitchen and bakery, ...
June 17 at 4:54pm
Nikki
Nikki at 5:38pm June 17
How much cooking experience do they need?
Common Roots Cafe
Common Roots Cafe at 7:19pm June 17
We ask for 2 years of professional cooking experience
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe From 8-10p any night through the end of June, mention facebook and get two for one dinner specials! A link to our current menu is below. And after dinner stay for happy hour -- $3 beer and $4 glasses of wine from 9-11p.

Menu
Source: commonrootscafe.com
burger / thousand hills grass-fed beef or black bean burger with chipotle bean spread, avocado, arugula, and tomatoes on a torta
June 15 at 11:16am
Lloyd
Lloyd at 3:47pm June 15
This is a super place to dine.
Seth
Seth at 8:11pm June 15
What's not to like about this joint?
Susan
Susan at 4:41am June 16
Love the food here; the only thing I don't like is that people set up their laptops, buy a cup of coffee and squat on a table for 6 hours. Then, when you come to spend some bucks on a good meal, there's NO place to sit! I think management should rope off the front section for dining only after 5:30.
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Our garden is in the Star Trib's Taste 50!

Our new entry arch is up (made by Cathy, our volunteer landscaper from Nature's Nest Farm) and the weeds are ready to be pulled out. We'll be out in the garden tomorrow from 4-6p. Volunteers are very welcome -- and we'll provide refreshments.

The Taste 50
Source: www.startribune.com
SUMMER LOVIN'Here's what we want to eat all summer (well, all year): Isaac Becker's light and cool crab salad at 112 Eatery.COOKBOOK FAME RISINGWhen a cookbook has sold 200,000 copies and counting, its title cemented into the summit of Amazon.com's
June 11 at 3:27pm
Ange
Ange at 5:29pm June 11
Love!
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Hear Doug Hilgendorf of Whole Grain Milling on why they started the mill.

www.commonrootscafe.com
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June 3 at 1:34pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Our featured farmer this month is Whole Grain Milling. We visited the farm/mill in Welcome, MN -- they are a great family farm success story and provide us with excellent whole grain flours and tortilla chips. Since opening about 900,000 of them!

Read more at http://www.commonrootscafe.com/WholeGrainMilling.htm and stop by the cafe all month for Whole Grain bagels, breads, and more.

Whole Grain Milling
Source: www.commonrootscafe.com
Every week, we get a delivery direct from Whole Grain Milling - a small organic farm and mill in Welcome, MN - just over 100 miles from Common Roots. Whole Grain Milling brings us organic whole grain flours ...
June 3 at 1:33pm
Justin
Justin at 5:33pm June 3
south central mn represent
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Last month, 90% of all our purchases were local, organic, or fair trade! 54% of all our food purchases were local. More details at http://www.commonrootscafe.com/TheFood.htm

The Food
Source: www.commonrootscafe.com
Local: Grown/Raised within a 250 mile radius of Common Roots. Much of the local produce we buy is also organic. Almost all of the dairy products and flour we use is local, and we never serve meat that isn’t local and either grass-fed or free-range.
June 2 at 6:47pm
Robyn
Robyn at 7:10pm June 2
Very impressive
Palma
Palma at 8:49pm June 2
Impressive indeed!
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe looking forward to hearing tracy, owner of birchwood cafe, on the radio -- MPR in a few minutes -- talking about good food and Fresh the Movie

June 2 at 2:38pm
Judith
Judith at 7:03pm June 10
Sorry I missed this; Tracy is a friend of my daughter Liz from the Lucia days.
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Our new menu starts today -- check it out at http://commonrootscafe.com/menu.htm#dinner And we're launching a new late night happy hour: every day from 9p-11p, $3 beer, $4 selected wines, and $5 appetizers

Menu
Source: commonrootscafe.com
June 1 at 2:00pm
Julia
Julia at 3:35pm June 1
Sounds lovely for some of those too-hot summer nights when it doesn't cool down 'til much later.
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe New beer is here: Rush River's, Double Bubble. A double IPA, 8% abv and very tasty. And we're working on June's dinner and sandwich menus. It's a big month for new things. Starting Monday we'll have new summer hours -- 7a-11p Monday-Friday, 8a-11p Saturday and Sunday. With a new late happy hour every day from 9-11p!

May 29 at 3:00pm
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Ann
Ann at 4:38pm May 30
Pilsner anyone? Why doesn't this town enjoy true Pilsner? (German & Czech). It truly is the champagne of beers, light, bitter, crisp, and is always included in bars throughout Europe, and they serve it in a pilsner glass. I can never find them in town anymore. Don't care for Shell's or Summit version. Staropramen, Urquell, Czechvar, Bitburger, etc. These taste nothing like Bud or Coors.
Seth
Seth at 5:10pm May 30
Prima Pils isn't hard to find...It's a delightful offering from Victory Brewing (PA).
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe We''ll be open on Memorial Day from 7a-4p.

May 23 at 12:52pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Kare 11 ran a great piece last night on the back story of Surly Brewing. Check it out below -- the link to the video is on the top right of Kare 11's website.

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN |
Source: www.kare11.com
VISIT OUR SITE FAMILY: HEALTHFAIR 11|METROMIX|MOMS LIKE ME|MINNESOTA BOUND|SHOWCASE MINNESOTA|KARE REWIND
May 15 at 4:24pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe

Riverbend Farm Onion Planting
Time to plant the onions! We'll be joining Birchwood Cafe staff and customers on a trip to Greg Reynolds’ Riverbend Farm in Delano, MN. We get lots of great organic produce f...
Host:Common Roots Cafe
Time:9:00AM Sunday, May 24th
Location:Riverbend Farm
May 14 at 7:30pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe And here's a video of Cathy talking about her farm festival -- it's this weekend and we'll definitely be there! Her farm neighbors Riverbend Farm -- a great organic farm that sends us lots of produce in season.

Cathy from Nature's Nest Farm
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Cathy from Nature's Nest Farm (www.naturesnestfarm.com) telling us about her farm and the upcoming farm festival.
May 13 at 10:01am
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Thanks to a great group of volunteers, our garden is mostly planted! Here's video of our great volunteer landscape designer showing us how to plant.

Cathy telling us how to plant
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Cathy from Nature's Nest Farm (www.naturesnestfarm.com) telling us how to plant on our first volunteer planting day in the Common Roots Cafe Garden
May 13 at 9:57am
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe 88% of all our purchases last month were local, organic, or fair trade! More sourcing numbers are online

The Food
Source: commonrootscafe.com
Local: Grown/Raised within a 250 mile radius of Common Roots. Much of the local produce we buy is also organic. Almost all of the dairy products and flour we use is local, and we never serve meat that isn’t local and either grass-fed or free-range.
May 2 at 3:18pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Our new brunch and dinner menus are online. By popular demand, we're making fresh pasta again this month!

Menu
Source: commonrootscafe.com
May 1 at 5:11pm
Sara
Sara at 9:51am May 4
Thank You!
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe We just got in a new seasonal coffee from Peace Coffee -- a light roast from Peru. And our new brunch menu is now online.

Menu
Source: www.commonrootscafe.com
mediterranean salad / mixed greens, cucumbers, kalamata olives, red onion, artichoke hearts, and feta with sundried tomato pesto vinaigrette
April 23 at 5:59pm
Common Roots Cafe

Common Roots Cafe Spring is here -- ramps (wild onions) and nettles arrived from the SE MN Food Network! Our new brunch and sandwich menu is online -- ramps are in the spring scramble.

Menu
Source: commonrootscafe.com
mediterranean salad / mixed greens, cucumbers, kalamata olives, red onion, artichoke hearts, and feta with sundried tomato pesto vinaigrette
April 17 at 11:26am
RECENT ACTIVITY
Common Roots Cafe changed their Hours.