{"id":10329,"date":"2013-10-29T09:42:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=10329"},"modified":"2013-10-29T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T16:42:35","slug":"french-river-mn-new-scenic-cafe-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10329","title":{"rendered":"French River, MN &#8211; New Scenic Cafe Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food so fresh you&#8217;ll want to slap it.<\/p>\n<p>Revisit old Highway 61, and you might not feel like Bob Dylan, but you&#8217;ll be in for a culinary treat or two along this scenic road which runs from Duluth, MN to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Just past French River, you&#8217;ll notice the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sceniccafe.com\/\">New Scenic Cafe<\/a>, a plain and simple looking building that hides cuisine that is anything but.<\/p>\n<p>Taking locavore to the extreme, the owners are cranking out &#8220;new American&#8221; with aplomb. \u00a0Marsha from Milwaukee (the cool town in Wisconsin, not the icky one in Oregon) and her beau took a jaunt up the shore recently, and sent along these great pics from New Scenic.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an earlier\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2009\/11\/duluth-mn-new-scenic-cafe\/\">review of the burge<\/a>r from New Scenic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sceniccafe.com\/menu\/\">Menus for the New Scenic\u00a0<\/a>are online, but change with the seasons and off the menu specials are often offered, as well. \u00a0If you hit the New Scenic and don&#8217;t get enough to eat? Doubtful. \u00a0Head up the road a bit to <a href=\"http:\/\/heavytable.com\/russ-kendalls-smoke-house-in-knife-river-mn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russ Kendall&#8217;s Smoke House<\/a>, for the best smoked fish you will ever experience, anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10332\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/scenic1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10332  \" alt=\"Slow roasted squash with yogurt, maple syrup, and mint\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/scenic1.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Slow roasted squash with yogurt, maple syrup, and mint<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10335\" style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/secenic2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10335 \" alt=\"New Scenic Cafe\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/secenic2.jpg\" width=\"418\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Braised figs, walnuts, sage, bleu<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10333\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/scenic3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10333   \" alt=\"New Scenic Cafe\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/scenic3.jpg\" width=\"411\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Greens with fried coat cheese, green beans, beets<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10334\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/scenic4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10334 \" alt=\"New Scenic Cafe\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/scenic4.jpg\" width=\"442\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Chocolate Hazelnut Cake<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/129\/901206\/restaurant\/New-Scenic-Cafe-Duluth\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px;\" alt=\"New Scenic Cafe on Urbanspoon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/901206\/biglink.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Scenic Cafe Reviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food so fresh you&#8217;ll want to slap it. Revisit old Highway 61, and you might not feel like Bob Dylan, but you&#8217;ll be in for a culinary treat or two along this scenic road which runs from Duluth, MN to Canada. Just past French River, you&#8217;ll notice the New Scenic Cafe, a plain and simple&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10329\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">French River, MN &#8211; New Scenic Cafe Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,35,25],"tags":[1256,2071,2450],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10329"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}