Bep Eatery — Restaurant in Minneapolis

Honestly I went to this place only by the higher number of ratings when I looked for Vietnamese restaurants to try out a Pho. The restaurant is placed in the middle of a busy downtown building that the size of the place isn't too generous.

Luckily the restaurant wasn't too busy on a Friday noon and I got served for lunch within two minutes. This is a quick eat like a Chipotle and I informed the first waitress on the line that I was there for the first time. She got excited and walked me through all the available options in the menu. Since the broth has chicken in it, I decided to pass on the Pho and instead went for a Vermicelli rice salad with veggies.

One by one the waitresses in the line kept stacking different proteins and veggies to the vermicelli and made it look like an art work. The checkout was pretty fast and I got extra soy sauce, crushed peanuts and peanut sauce.

The food was extraordinary without a second doubt. This place is quite small and you will need to be mindful of finishing your meal fast so that others don't have to wait on you.

Be mindful of what you put on your plate. Don't...

I've only been working downtown for a little over a month, but have had the opportunity to try a handful of restaurants in the skyway. Bep is definitely one that I'll return to.

If you go, get the vermicelli noodle salad with the works. It'll give you enough food to last at least two meals, and hit all the flavor profiles on your tongue. The marinated tofu is addictive! I can't speak on the spring rolls, but I've heard that they are the best spring rolls you'll find in the skyway (not sure how long list is of places in the skyway with spring rolls on their menu?).

My only recommendation is that it would be super cool if they offered a vegan broth. I would have loved to order soup, but they only have an...

Bep is one of my favorite lunch spots in the skyway. Their spring rolls are delicious - I typically get the shrimp spring rolls with everything inside but the pineapple. The portion size is on the larger end for skyway eateries and I always end up having a little more than I want to eat - and spring rolls don't exactly keep that well over night.

Nevertheless, Bep does a phenomenal job at providing fast and delicious Vietnamese food. It is refreshing to have a restaurants that doesn't abide by the sandwich/soup/salad skyway culture. Bep is a place I love to frequent and also take friends to when they meet up with me for lunch, especially since they don't have any locations outside...