318

Have you packed up your cool city life to move the fam to the suburbs? Does it still sting a little? One way to keep both your giant foyer and your urban cred is to patronize 318. This one-time Excelsior coffee shop has morphed into a cozy live-music cafe under the ownership of two veteran Minneapolis music heads. The food–pear and chevre pizza, a hot roasted El Camino sandwich with veggies and Gruyre–is fresh and simple. Better still, you can order up a nicely priced bottle of wine and settle in for an intimate performance by the kind of singers and musicians who play bigger venues inside the 494 loop–all while sticking close to home. 318 Water St., Excelsior; 952-401-7902