the sample room
Cocktails and Eats
Celebrating humpday by welcoming the camel back - yes, you heard that right. We have camel on the menu until we run out.
This camel tenderloin is plated with rutabaga puree, collared greens with bacon, and pomegranate gastrique.
New pasta this week 🥰
Spaghetti Nero, lobster mushrooms, white wine, lemon, parmesan
New dish this weekend! And OH MY, is it delicious 😋
Lake Trout with rutabaga puree, collard greens, pomegranate gastrique
New pasta today!
Orechetti, nantua sauce, garlic scapes, crayfish meat, pancetta, parmesan, basil oil
New Lunch Special!
Garlic butter ciabatta with pepperoni, capicola, provolone, arugula, tomato, onion, and purslane vinaigrette
Now on happy hour!!!
Chorizo queso fundido
Oaxaca cheese, lion's mane mushroom chorizo, green onions, tortilla chips
New happy hour snacks! 😍
Italian beef French fries
Hand-cut fries, flank tips, giardinara, cheese sauce, au jus
bone in pork chop with bacon fat wild rice, roasted chanterelles, and pomegranate gastrique
☀️ The perfect summer plate ☀️
Green coconut curry pork lettuce wraps- Thai basil, pickled red onion + jalapeno, cucumber, napa cabbage carrot, bibb lettuce
New pasta in rotation!
Strozzapreti, nettle cream, duck confit, parmesan, lemon zest, and ramp oil
Caution: This cheesecake may leave you nostalgic and breed fond memories of sitting next to a campfire 😇
The dessert we will be serving this week is a s'mores style cheesecake with graham cracker crust, housemade chocolate syrup, toasted marshmallow, graham cracker dust
New Lunch Special
Spicy Bacon Melt on toasted brioche, with Oaxaca cheese, Peterson Bacon, house made pickles, and Nashville hot sauce
Stop by and give it a try!
Hey friends! Just a heads up, we will be closed for the 4th of July. Come and see us Friday and Saturday if you're staying in town 🤩 and for those who are elsewhere, have a great holiday weekend! ❤️🤍💙
This weekend, for dessert, we are serving a nettle cake with rhubarb + lemon cream cheese frosting and rhubarb sauce
New pasta this weekend!
Trofie pasta, smoked pancetta and pave du nord broth, porcini, basil + black walnut pistou
New dessert 🍨 a bittersweet delight!
A peanut butter porter float, with peanut butter cup ice cream, house-made chocolate syrup, house-made toffee syrup, peanut butter cream and a cherry on top!
(This dessert is 21+)
It's officially ceviche season! This will be available on dinner menus and on happy hour (Tuesday-Friday, 3pm-5pm)
Shrimp, poached frog leg, lime, bell pepper, cilantro, onion, tomato, jalapeño, cucumber, smoked paprika, and house made corn chips
Hey folks! Just a heads up, we will be closed for indoor dining this coming Friday, June 21st, between 1pm-3pm for a private party. Patio seating will still be open to the public during those hours, and regular service will resume afterwards.
We are loving this flatbread, come get it this weekend!
Garlic butter, salami, pepperoni, tomato's, spicy giardiniera and micro green herbs
New salad!!!
Baby herbs and arugula with tomato + white balsamic vinaigrette, smoked pancetta, crushed nocellara olives, goat cheese
arugula
New pasta hits the menu today!!!
Trofie pasta, sweet corn cream, poblanos, lion's mane chorizo, Oaxaca cheese, pickled red onion
Come try one of our new cocktails this weekend!
We give you..
Paraiso- made with El Jimador blanco tequila, strawberry peppercorn shrub, dry curacao, St. Agrestis bitter, lemon, Jamaican #1 bitters
Den bee's knees- made with CH aquavit, honey, lemon and Jamaican #1
-a-whirl
New pasta this weekend!
Bolognese with beef, pork, veal & lion's mane mushroom, pappardelle noodles and parmesan
A perfect dish for this cool rainy weather 👌
For those who celebrate or those who just love an insanely decadent and delicious burger... we present the 420 burger! It's a Peterson Limousin grass-fed beef patty, with cheddar, bacon, parmesan herbs fries, chili jam, on a brioche bun
#420
Caraway brined pork loin with bacon, onion, cabbage, potato cream
Get it while it lasts!
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The Sample Room
In 1893 Matthias and Rose Thies built The Thies Hotel and Sample Room. They lived and rented out rooms on the second floor and ran a saloon on the ground floor. The namesake “sample room” was coined as they rolled kegs over from nearby Gluek Brewery and sampled the beer.
2124 Marshall changed hands several times over the years. In 2001 it was home to the Polish Palace and many of the windows had been filled in, a drop ceiling had been added and countless layers of paint, wallpaper and posters coated the walls. We worked to restore and rebuild the building (discovering the original tin ceiling), and developed a fresh menu concept to pay homage to the Sample Room. We opened our doors July 16, 2002.
We proudly operate a scratch kitchen. All of our charcuteries, pastas, dressings, mustards and sauces are made by hand in-house. We work with many small local family farmers and artisanal producers to source local ingredients and bring the best to your table.
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2124 Marshall Street NE
Minneapolis, MN
55418
Opening Hours
Tuesday | 11am - 9:30pm |
Wednesday | 11am - 9:30pm |
Thursday | 11am - 9:30pm |
Friday | 11am - 10pm |
Saturday | 10:30am - 10pm |
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