Vescios Italian Restaurant
Vescios has a lunch and dinner menu that includes pastas, dressings, sauces, braciole, meatballs and Italian sausage prepared with only the freshest and finest ingredients. Students can bring along their student ID's and eat all the spaghetti and rigatoni they want for $5.95. Every day has two specially prepared entrées to choose from with happy-hour appetizers at half price from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, or choose from the lunch menu. The dinner menus include specially prepared entrees, also Tuesday through Thursday, or choose from the menu. Prices range between $2 and $20.
Vescios Italian Restaurant
406 14th Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 378-1747
vesciosdinkytown.com
Zelo
Enjoy fine dining in this mystic-styled restaurant. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner with prices ranging between $5 and $35. The menu items include small plates of shrimp calamari and tuna spring roll. Soups, burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, salads and seasonal selections of fish entrees are on the dinner and lunch menus. Bottles of wine from the wine list range between $26 and $90. Glasses of wine range between $3.25 and $12.50.
Zelo
831 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 333-7000
zelomn.com
Totinos Italian Kitchen
At Totinos, guests enjoy the weekly specials on Mondays and Tuesday with a bottle of wine half price, and all-you-can-eat mostaccioli. On Wednesdays, the restaurant serves ravioli for $1, and kids eat free when there's an adult entrée purchased. A lunch buffet is served Monday through Friday. The dining menu includes appetizers such as garlic bread and Italian chicken wings, soups, salads and pasta such as lasagna and homemade ravioli. Pizzas, sandwiches, side orders and desserts are included on the menu. The restaurant does have a children's menu that includes tots pizza, chicken tenders and macaroni and cheese. Prices range between $3 and $12.
Totinos Italian Kitchen
523 Central Ave. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 379-9105
totinoskitchen.com
Broders Cucina Italiana
Tom and Molly Broder were inspired to start this Italian restaurant after a trip to Italy for Italian cooking classes. The foods are prepared with the same high quality ingredients used in Italy by the Italian restaurants. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Sunday. The menu items include pizza, pastas, salads and entrees such as lasagna and rigatoni. The children's menu includes tortellini or spaghetti. The prices range between $3 and $16.
Broders Cucina Italiana
2308 West 50th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55410
(612) 925-3113
broders.com
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