If you haven’t been to the Grand Cafe yet for their Sunday suppers, you owe it to yourself to give it a try. Piano legend Cornbread Harris, is still going strong at 89. Backed by sax and standup bass, they plays a repertoire of jazz classics. No cover.

And chef Andrew Kraft supplements the small plate menu of shareable dishes with a rotating selection of Sicilian-style deep-dish pizzas. $10 for a quarter-pan, $18 for a half, $27 for a full pan, big enough to feed four. But the small plate menu offers lots of good choices – highlights of recent visits have included a juicy burger, served on a foccacio bun with fries ($13); mussels in red curry ($11), and spaghetti with clams ($13).

Open for dinner on Sundays from 5 to 9 p.m. Cornbread Harris plays from 6:30 to 8:30.

Author: Jeremy Iggers

Jeremy Iggers is a journalist, university instructor and social entrepreneur with interests that include food, philosophy and global-local connections. Previously, he was a staff writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and publisher of the Twin Cities Daily Planet. He lives in south Minneapolis with his wife Carol and two cats.