Broder's Pasta Bar Review

Broder's is a great little Italian restaurant over on 50th and Penn in South Minneapolis. They make all of their pasta by hand and use a lot of seasonal/local ingredients. Everything is cooked to order, so it all tastes very fresh. For appetizers, we tried a pizza with pear and tomato. Pear on a pizza sounds odd, but it actually tastes quite good! We also got their roasted garlic bulbs, which were soft and delicious. You really can't got wrong with giant garlic cloves. For salads, we sampled their Caesar, which was good but nothing to write home about, and their winter caprese salad. Their caprese salad was very unique because they served the mozzarella and tomato along a variety of root veggies, like potatoes, parsnips, carrots and turnips. For the entree course, I tried portions of the crab lasagna and the lobster pasta. My favorite was the pasta with lobster, squash, and truffle cream. It was creamy and peppery perfection. The crab lasagna was good and had a little spice kick to it, which I appreciated. My only complaint was that they left a bit of the exoskeleton on the crab by accident, which is never a good crunch to get. For dessert I had some bites of their tiramisu, which was a well-balanced blend of cream and espresso. The interior of the restaurant is a clean, simple, and warm as their food. And of course the wine list is nothing to scoff at. If you want good pasta, this is the place to go!