Red Cow - Edina, MN 03/16/2013

Hard to believe, but it has been nearly three years since my last post. Life has changed quite a bit since 2010. Today we stopped at Red Cow in Edina, MN.  Red Cow is new to the burger scene having just opened a few weeks ago. They took up space in an old Blockbuster Video. I was joined by Jason & Tarsha along with their daughter Zoe and my wife Chelsea along with our son Cooper. We came straight from music class that we take on Saturday mornings.  This did not happen back in the day. In fact today, we all passed on beer even though they have a great selection including many local brews. Our reasoning was that it was to early and settled on iced tea and diet cokes.

Red Cow is a very cool and trendy place that is very family friendly during the day. I am assuming that it has more of a hip, younger crowd at night judging by the area. They have ample seating with both a dining section and a bar area. We went at 11am and were one of the first ones in the door.  It was almost full by the time we left around noon. We started with a couple of appetizers. One order of caramel bacon puffcorn which was pretty blasé and an order of Wisconsin cheese curds that were awesome.  Since none of us had ever been there we decided on getting four different burgers and then cutting them into fourths to share. I ordered the Bison burger that come with caramelized onion, fig and goat cheese ($11.50). Jason got the Duck wild rice burger with goat cheese and triple berry ketchup (11.50). Tarsha got the Barcelona burger with manchego cheese, prosciutto, piquillo pepper and smoke aioli ($11.50). Chelsea got the BBQ burger with blue cheese, onion petals, bacon and BBQ sauce ($11.00).  Cooper and Zoe decided on splitting the Mac & Cheese.  No complaints from those two!  

Everyone agreed that all of the burgers were very good but it seemed like the Bison burger was the overall favorite followed by the BBQ, Barcelona burger and then Duck burger. I rated the Bison burger below under the specialty category.  I have not had many Bison burgers but this was definitely one of the better ones I have had. The goat cheese was nice and creamy and paired really well with the caramelized onions on top of the patty. The bun was a soft lightly toasted pleasant addition as well.  Even though Red Cow is slightly over priced compared to some of the other joints around town I am excited to go back and try some of the other burgers on the Menu.  Especially the breakfast burger with peanut butter, egg and bacon on sourdough.  Until next time!

Bison Burger with Sweet Potato Fries

Duck Wild Rice Burger

Barcelona Burger

BBQ Burger

1/4 share of each burger

RED COW
3624 W 50TH ST   
EDINA, MN 55410
Phone: 612-767-4411
Email: luke@redcowmn.com
Website: http://www.redcowmn.com

Specialty Burger Rating: 1-5

Atmosphere (4)  
Presentation (4) 
Bun (4)
Flavor (5)
Juiciness (3) 
Value (3)
Side items (4)
Wait time (4)
Originality (5)


Total Score 36 out of a possible 45