Awards:

Minneapolis, MN – 2009 – Citysearch, a leading online local guide, announced Stella’s Fish Cafe as its 2009 “Best of Citysearch” Nightlife 2009 winner in the “Best Happy Hour” category.

2009 Grapevine Award "Best Seafood"

2009 Minnesota Monthly "Best View"

2009 Meetings & Events Magazine " Top 101 People, Places & Spaces

Minneapolis / St. Paul Magazine 2009

• Best Seafood
• Best outdoor dining
• Best restaurant - readers poll

Minneapolis St Paul Magazine 2008 'Best Restaurants'

• #3 Outdoor Dining
• #3 Seafood
• #4 View

Reviews:

Heavy Table - Winter Wine Lunch Review

Weekday lunches can be downright boring. Perhaps you’ve packed a sack lunch or maybe you’ll grab a quick bite at a spot close to where you work.  Whatever the case, we often find ourselves looking for sustenance to get through the afternoon and not much more.

That is, unless you were in attendance last Thursday at the Winter Wine Lunch: California Dreamin’ at Stella’s Fish Cafe in Uptown.

Read the whole review at http://heavytable.com/winter-wine-lunch/

Star Tribune
"Highlights of my recent visits include the freshly shucked oysters on the half shell, and the plump and succulent peel-your-own shrimp."

Minnesota Monthly
"The latest of restaurateur Phil Roberts’s big ideas (he helped start Buca, Oceanaire, and Chino Latino, among others. Best of all, the full menu is served on the spectacular rooftop dining area."

City Pages
"The po’boy and lobster roll are the best versions of their genres I’ve ever seen in Minnesota; I particularly recommend the catfish po’ boy. This gargantuan sandwich offers everything good about the New Orleans street classic: It’s spicy, creamy, bold, crunchy and salty. The lobster roll bears good family resemblance to the stars of the seafood shacks of Connecticut and all points north."

Media Coverage:

Kare 11's Job Swap Visit
Kare 11's news anchor Rena Sarigianopoulos visits Exceutive Chef Chad in her job swap segment. Rena learns to peel shrimp. Click Here For the Video

Star Tribune's Metro Section Dining Al Fresco by Bill Ward

Best Cityscape: Stella's affords a great view of the Minneapolis skyline.

Best Decor: The sleek, metallic look at Stella's (granite surfaces, dark-green umbrellas) edges out the Liffey's "Paris street lamps" and orange light strings.

Best Watching-People-Watchers: Looking down at the Uptown sidewalk gawkers from Stella's roof is a hoot.

Best Place on a Chilly Night: Stella's has a boatload of heaters.

Are We There Yet?: Stella's elevator might be the pokiest in the Western Hemisphere.

Best Quote: Painted on a wall at Stella's: "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will still prefer to be given a fish."

Worst Pun: A tie between a couple of cocktail names at Drink (Grape Beyond and Jamaican Me Crazy) and the gender labels on the bathroom doors at Stella's ("Gulls" and "Buoys").