When you’re a fan of excellent dive bars however discover their menus at odds with the way in which you’ve targeted your wholesome consuming habits, you aren’t alone.
In truth, Sarah and Dariush Moslemi are with you—a lot in order that they’ve created The Wild Hare, a Stillwater bar that fuses natural and dive. The couple, who personal The Velveteen Speakeasy a number of blocks away, don’t skimp on the junk meals, simply the junk. The core worth of their menu is that you could make enjoyable meals good whereas retaining it actual.
Cheese Curds
You’ll be able to’t have a dive bar if issues aren’t fried—that’s an immutable legislation. These are as tasty, crisp, and oozy as they should be but additionally battered with a proprietary gluten-free flour and fried in rice bran oil. This magic mixture delivers 30 % fewer energy, twice the protein, and thrice the fiber of curds made with different flours.
Cocktails
Recent juices are pressed each day within the joint. Not like most dive bars, you will get a smoothie along with your lunch in order for you, but it surely’s a dive bar, so why not day drink? The Well being Tonics part of the bar menu takes these fresh-pressed juice blends and provides them a booze increase. Nuttin’ however a G Thang is The Wild Hare’s Inexperienced Machine mix of kale, ginger, apple, and lemon with a bit of kick of gin. It’s a detox-to-retox second in a single glass.
Burgers
Wholesome burgers are nothing new. In truth, they’re driving a billion-dollar fake-meat trade. The Wild Hare goes all pure, to nice success, but it surely’s greater than your previous black bean burger. Be happy to decide on normal meat, or sub in caulafel for a hybrid cauliflower-falafel vegan chunk. You’ll be able to sub a keto bun or GF bun as simply as you’ll be able to improve with fries.
Plus Extra
You’ll nonetheless discover extremely potent traditional drinks and normal dive bar nuance, together with video video games, ’90s music, and crispy wings along with your selection of dipping sauce. There’s a very good stability, and there’s respect for all types of eaters. You get grilled NY strip with herbed butter and roasted veggies, your date will get roasted Moroccan cauliflower with crispy chickpeas—and everybody wins.
218 N. Principal St., Stillwater, wildharebar.com
Stephanie March
Meals and Eating editor Stephanie March writes and edits Mpls.St.Paul Journal’s Eat + Drink part. She can be heard Saturdays on her myTalk107.1 radio present, Weekly Dish, the place she talks concerning the Twin Cities meals scene.
April 27, 2022
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