Cafe Racer Kitchen — Restaurant in Minneapolis

I always thought this place seemed really cute so my partner and I finally decided to try it and we could not have been more disappointed. First of all you order, pay and tip ahead of time at the counter where the minimum option is 20%. You have to find and fill your own water cups. Then the food came, which the portions were quite small for the price. The meat (we tried the chicken and pork) and it was so BLAND, no seasoning or spice at all. We also both got a rice side, one of them with beans. Most of the rice was rock hard and inedible, and it was cold. The only part of the food that was decent was the arepas, which I had to go find my own to go container for. I also had to reach over the counter to find my own napkins because no staff ever checked in or helped me when I came back up to the counter. Then at the end of the meal you have to bus your own food. Why is the minimum tip 20% for a place that you have to find your own napkins, water, order at the counter and then bus your own food? (Seriously cafe racer I'm asking)

With tip our bill was almost $40, for small portions of bland poorly cooked food.

The food at La Casita is better seasoned, and there you get complementary chips and salsa and a waiter.

Save yourself some money and make a quesdilla at home or go buy the tacos at applebees, they'll have...

Gluten free options abound in this quaint Colombian cafe. I'm probably one of the people most-qualified to review in terms of exposure, as I live basically next door and go all the time. Generally, the food is good bang-for-your-buck, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone doing more with the same resources. The menu is largely varying combinations of the same ingredients, but everything is tasty or at the very least acceptable. Happy hour is quietly one of the best deals in town, as all drinks are HALF PRICE (a modest selection of local bottles, cans, and wine with GF drink options). The aborrajado is my favorite breakfast option and for dinner I usually go with the yucca poutine or food truck menu due to price. The green hot sauce is also a low-key gem. The ambience is versatile: you can go for an intimate date night or work on your laptop during the day. I couldn't imagine my life on 25th St without this place. I get their cheap bottomless coffee multiple times a week (not the best in town but pretty dang good for the price). They also serve the community with their free meal every month, and I always feel like my money is going to a good place...

I think this just became our new go-to "take everyone you've ever met here" spot. Somehow it took 1.5 years of living in Longfellow for us to make the 5 minute trek to Cafe Racer. Oh, if only we had known sooner. On this fateful Sunday morning at a little after 10 am, we arrived at the promised land for brunch. The menu, as succinct as it is, will challenge your willpower to not order one of everything. After much deliberation we landed on the aborrajado and the arepa benedict. I am not a coffee drinker myself but my companions each had about 7 refills (its bottomless and apparently very good). Our table was close to the kitchen area so we could see them preparing our food. It's always a good sign when you see a lot of flames in the pans and can smell your food frying a few feet away from you. My aborrajado was truly delicious, a large arepa topped with kielbasa, flambéed plantains, sweet peppers and pico. It was outstanding. None of us left any evidence that there had ever been food on our plates. This is truly a gem of a restaurant and if you have not been, please go! We are already plotting...