La Belle Vie, which the Star Tribune describes as “Minnesota’s fine dining pinnacle” is calling it quits later this month after 17 years of operation. Chef/owner Tim McKee told the Star Tribune that the closing was due to what the paper paraphrased as “changing consumer tastes, rising costs and increased competition.”
McKee was named Best Chef: Midwest by the James Beard Foundation in 2009, the first Minnesota chef to win the honor.
We profiled Adam Gorski when he succeeded Johhny Michaels as the restaurant’s barman; and we collaborated with Gorski on our Holiday Craft Spirits Laboratory.