Lao · $$

Gai Noi

1610 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, MN

Ann Ahmed's James Beard-nominated Lao restaurant on Loring Park, with sticky rice, laab and a wood-fired grill. A Randle favorite from his first weeks in Minnesota, steered there by coach Chris Finch's restaurant guide: 'Gai Noi is a big one for me.'

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