A trendy spot blending industrial vibes with plant accents, serving up must-try fusion dishes like the rich Cooper Burger and irresistible sweet potato fritters.
"Chef Kamal Mohamed’s Northeast restaurant Stepchld feels like a West Village hangout, with its snug, narrow dining room and slyly inventive menu. This food is delightfully “off-kilter,” as Mohamed puts it — sweet potatoes are fried into cayenne-dusted fritters; pork belly levels up alongside a ginger coconut rice; chicken wings come dusted in berbere spice and fenugreek. The mimita-spiced burger is especially popular, but the lavender nori shrimp, fermented in chile butter sauce that’s sopped up with sourdough, is an even better bet. Stepchld also has one of the Cities’ best selections of orange wine. Place reservations through Tock." - Stacy Brooks
"Chef Kamal Mohamed’s Northeast restaurant StepChld feels like a West Village hangout, with its snug, narrow dining room and slyly inventive menu. This food is delightfully “off-kilter,” as Mohamed puts it. Examples of this have included sweet potatoes that are whipped and fried into cayenne-dusted fritters; pork belly leveled up alongside a silky coconut rice; chicken wings dusted in berbere spice and fenugreek. The mimita-spiced burger is especially popular, but the lavender nori shrimp, fermented in chile butter sauce that’s sopped up with sourdough, is an even better bet. StepChld also has one of the Cities’ best selections of orange wine." - Eater Staff
"Chef Kamal Mohamed’s brunch is much like his dinner menu at Stepchld in Northeast Minneapolis: fun but focused; delightfully off-kilter. Sweet potato fritters — crispy on the outside, sweet and soft as a cloud on the inside, served with a tangy smear of ricotta — are a perfect preamble to entrees like blueberry ricotta pancakes, pork belly with ginger coconut rice, and Ethiopian birria tacos. Mimosas (classic, mixed berry, or turmeric) are served by the glass." - Justine Jones, Eater Staff
"Vines dangling from the ceiling and a colorful mural of Nina Simone and Erykah Badu to your left. No, you’re not chilling at your stylish friend’s North Loop loft, you’re eating brunch at Stepchld. Their menu has dishes that pull flavors from a variety of countries, like birria tacos seasoned with an Ethiopian berbere spice blend, and pork belly and ginger coconut rice upgraded with kimchi and gochujang aioli. The fried brussels sprouts flavored with apricot and curry are so good they’ll win over people who haven’t eaten anything green in the past decade, and the Cooper Burger is anything but basic, thanks to a sauce made with capsaicin-packed mitmita. For a sweet ending, split the crepe-style, einkorn flour ricotta blueberry pancakes." - stacy brooks
"Vines dangling from the ceiling and a colorful mural of Nina Simone and Erykah Badu to your left. No, you’re not chilling at your stylish friend’s North Loop loft, you’re eating brunch at Stepchld. Their menu has dishes that pull flavors from a variety of countries, like birria tacos seasoned with an Ethiopian berbere spice blend, and pork belly and ginger coconut rice upgraded with kimchi and gochujang aioli. The fried brussels sprouts flavored with apricot and curry are so good they’ll win over people who haven’t eaten anything green in the past decade, and the Cooper Burger is anything but basic, thanks to a sauce made with capsaicin-packed mitmita. For a sweet ending, split the crepe-style, einkorn flour ricotta blueberry pancakes." - Stacy Brooks
