{"id":85,"date":"2013-06-03T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/?p=85"},"modified":"2013-06-03T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T18:00:50","slug":"minervas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/2013\/06\/03\/minervas\/","title":{"rendered":"Minerva’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the final meal of our may term course, Eating Siouxland, we ate at Minerva’s.\u00a0 Minerva’s shares a parking lot with the Hy-veen on Hamilton Blvd.\u00a0 There is another Minerva’s in Okoboji which is near my hometown, so I have experienced the deliciousness that it has to offer.\u00a0 It is definitely a bit more upscale, like Bev’s, if not more upscale of a restaurant.\u00a0 When you walk up the steps to the front entrance you even get the feeling that it is a classy place.\u00a0 The lighting is dim inside to create a relaxing atmosphere for the guests and soft music played in the background to add to the effect.<\/p>\n

We came together and ate as the whole class since it was our meal.\u00a0The hostess seated us at a large table near the back of the restaurant in the middle dining area.\u00a0 We had a beautiful waitress\u00a0come take of us and got our drinks ordered right away.\u00a0 I forgot my driver’s license, so I was not able to get an alcoholic drink.\u00a0 I opted for the strawberry lemonade and that may have been more enjoyable than an alcoholic drink anyways.\u00a0 It came out in a large glass with sugar coated around the rim of it.\u00a0 It was the perfect mixture of sweet and sour. Next, it was time to order some appetizers. Because it was our last meal, we ate like it was literally our last meal on earth.\u00a0 We ordered almost every appetizer on the menu including quesadillas, coconut shrimp, and onion rings.\u00a0 It didn’t take long for them all to come out and they tasted delicious.\u00a0 The sauces that came out with each item just made them even better and I was full before my main course even came out!\u00a0 I knew I would be full, but I wanted to end the course with\u00a0 a great meal, so I ordered my all-time favorite meal.\u00a0 I got the steak with mashed potatoes, with an Italian house salad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0006\"<\/a>The presentation of the steak and potatoes was superb.\u00a0 The potatoes looked like a flower from the top view and the feta cheese was sprinkled perfectly over the steak.\u00a0 The chef separated the peppers and onions strategically around the potatoes and placed a grape on the plate as a nice garnish.\u00a0 It was a colorful, yet beautiful plate.\u00a0 I was beyond full by the time my plate got to me, but it would be such a waste of steak to not eat it immediately.\u00a0 I manned up and began eating.\u00a0 Before you know it, I had eaten everything off my plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I could have easily tossed in the napkin and gotten out of the restaurant, but I had to have one last dessert and the tin roof sundae sounded like it would be the best thing for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0007\"<\/a>\u00a0The ice cream came out in a mason jar with peanuts, chocolate, caramel and whipped cream covering it.\u00a0To top it all off, two slices of sugar-coated bacon were stuck in the top of it.\u00a0 I died and went to heaven.\u00a0Although I was stuffed, this sundae hit the spot and ended the course better than ever.<\/p>\n

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I couldn’t imagine this course ending better than it did.\u00a0The atmosphere, service, and food at Minerva’s was top notch.\u00a0 The waitresses was kind, helpful, and funny, while also doing an excellent job keeping our large group pleased.\u00a0 The food was absolutely amazing and left me uncomfortably full, but I was fine with it.\u00a0 The prices at Minerva’s are way too high for my college budget, but if you are looking for a fancy place to go with great service and food, Minerva’s is definitely the best restaurant to go to in Sioux City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the final meal of our may term course, Eating Siouxland, we ate at Minerva’s.\u00a0 Minerva’s shares a parking lot with the Hy-veen on Hamilton Blvd.\u00a0 There is another Minerva’s in Okoboji which is near my hometown, so I have experienced the deliciousness that it has to offer.\u00a0 It is definitely a bit more upscale, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":710,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/morningsidemunchies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}