A salute to four-star restaurants

Four stars translates into "exceptional" in the Star Tribune's rating system. The following restaurants have received that designation during critic Rick Nelson's 15-year tenure at the newspaper. Here's what he had to say about about them.

July 31, 2013 at 8:14PM
Head chef Jack Riebel, left, gave Chad Murphy, far, and Kevin Fraley some suggestions on the menu during the soft opening of Butcher & the Boar in Minneapolis Min., Saturday, March 3, 2012. ] (KYNDELL HARKNESS/STAR TRIBUNE) kyndell.harkness@startribune.com ORG XMIT: MIN2012122614503482
Jack Riebel's Butcher & the Boar is among the restaurants given four stars by critic Rick Nelson. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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