Spoonriver

As the menu at Café Brenda has long made clear, Brenda Langton was one of the first Twin Cities chefs to recognize the value of local food producers. Her newest venture, Spoonriver, is a stylish, next-generation expression of those ideals. Brunch after the farmers market might consist of tea-poached eggs or a garden leek omelette, and loft dwellers in the neighborhood can stop in for take-out meals that go way beyond roast chicken or deli sandwiches. Still, that doesn’t mean that dinner can’t be an event, with entrées like orange blossom apricots stuffed with goat cheese, or trout with a passion-fruit lomi crab sauce. 750 2nd St. S., Minneapolis; 612-436-2236; www.spoonriverrestaurant.com